Company: Discover Financial Services
Industry:- Private
Employment Type:- Full-time
Work Hours:- 8 Hours
Locations:- USA
Full Job Description:
Discover. A brighter future.
With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world’s leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.
Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.
Job Description
Career Site Job Description
Responsible for performing business compliance and operational risk and control monitoring activities. Educates and trains the business to ensure compliance with domestic and international regulations. Evaluates current operations across the business to identify areas for enhancements. Partners with the business to implement processes. This role helps ensure compliance related to companywide policies and standards. Additionally, this position supports the payment service business compliance with requirements for issue management and promotes a culture of self-identification.
Responsibilities
- Creates and distributes monthly risk and project process reporting.
- Provides education and monitors the business on requirements of company policies and standards related to risk and control ownership. Develops and implements job aids and tools to facilitate efficient completion of policy and standard requirements. Identifies and implements effective controls to manage operational, financial, and compliance risks. Maintains an accurate library of risks and controls. Performs control design reviews and compliance risk assessments. Monitors the risk and control environment for weaknesses and identifies solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of controls. Executes control testing plans.
- Leads the completion of projects. Develops, implements, and administers control standardization and workflow solutions. Creates continual monitoring exception reports for critical business processes.
- Works as a liaison between Payments Risk and partners such as Operational Risk Management, Internal Audit, Third Party Risk Management, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, or related field
- 4+ years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing, Compliance, Internal Audit Operations, Vendor Management areas, or related field
- Instead of a degree, 8+ years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing, Compliance, Internal Audit Operations, Vendor Management areas, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
If we had our say, we’d also look for:
- 6+ years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing, Compliance, Internal Audit Operations, Vendor Management areas, Operational and Regulatory or related field
- Payments/Financial industry experience
- Solid presentation skills
Lead Business Risk Control Testing Specialist
