Director - Resilience Risk Management (Finance)

Position Title
Director - Resilience Risk Management

Location
New York/1400 Broadway/114025

Job Summary
Pay Range: 223- 280K

JOB SUMMARY
The Director of Resilience Risk is a second line of defense role accountable to identify, measure, monitor, and manage the Resilience risk profile of the Bank (including business continuity and disaster recovery risk), ensuring risk exposure remains within the Bank's risk appetite. Demonstrate independent, effective, outcome-based oversight and challenge for these risk domains through own activity, in addition to leading a team in these activities. Accountable for successful regulatory engagement for these risk domains. Build strong stakeholder relationships including with CIO, head of Business Continuity, and other senior executives across the first, second, and third line of defense.

Pay Range: Local Minimum Wage - $0.00 - $0.00

Job Responsibilities:

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide independent, proactive oversight and challenge of resilience, business continuity and disaster recovery risk management at the Bank through execution of risk framework elements and embedded monitoring of key business continuity and disaster recovery programs.
• Build Resilience Risk Management Program and framework, including second line of defense standards and guidelines, in alignment with the Bank's Risk Governance Framework.
• Assess and report resilience, business continuity and disaster recovery risk profile based on quantitative and qualitative risk measures and including assessment of effectiveness of planned remediation to reduce excess risk exposure.
• Regulatory engagement, including regular supervisory meetings, exams, and sustainable remediation of findings.
• Talent management functions including: employment, performance evaluations, staff development/training, disciplinary actions, succession planning and ensuring all staff comply with compliance requirements.
• Uses independent judgement and discretion to make decisions (about the applicability risks and necessary controls).
• Analyzes and resolves problems pertaining to (differing views of risks/controls and due diligence relating to third parties).

ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Leads special projects, and additional duties and responsibilities as required.
• Consistently adheres to regulatory and compliance policies and standards linked to the job as listed and complete required compliance trainings. Accountable to maintain compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Required Qualifications:

• Education level required: Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• Minimum experience required: 15+ Years in Resilience, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Information Technology risk management or related role.
• Proven experience in senior leadership position in relevant domain, including strategically influencing senior management and key stakeholders.
• Proven experience in Operational and/or Cyber Resilience program.
• 8-10 years' experience managing high performing teams.
• 5 years' experience of large bank regulatory oversight.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Financial industry experience.

Job Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of and demonstrated experience in operational and cyber resilience.
• Expert knowledge in identification, measurement, monitoring and mitigating resilience, business continuity, and disaster recovery risks.
• Demonstrated ability to provide outcome-based risk oversight and challenge to first line risk management.
• Strong knowledge of non-financial risk frameworks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and an ability to effectively translate technical issues for non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause determination skills.
• Strong ability to build consensus across diverse teams with competing agendas.
• Ability to supervise, train, and motivate staff.
• Physical demands (ADA): No unusual physical exertion is involved.

Flagstar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, or national origin.