Join the team providing financial solutions to large, profitable businesses nationwide at one of the world’s most innovative banks.

Business Banking is dedicated to helping our Small Business Owners as they start, thrive and grow their businesses. Our goal is to provide the right banking products, services and advice across all segments of Small Businesses. 

As the Governance Director in Business Banking you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a centralized oversight framework to mitigate risk and protect our clients and business. The role will be responsible for day-to-day operations, managing a team of individuals, and strategic agendas. If you are passionate about enabling the business to grow, partnering across all products and services, and have a controls mindset, you may be a perfect fit. 

Job Responsibilities 

• Lead governance in the business for functions including: recurring communications, disclosures, legal document templates, vendor management 
• Ensure adherence to firmwide policies, standards, and regulatory obligations in support of organization commitment to compliance
• Drive initiatives across all products and services in Business Banking to establish new protocols and/or uplift existing, as needed 
• Partner closely with Controls and other critical stakeholders to ensure issues are addressed timely and root causes are resolved
• Work with internal Legal, Controls, Compliance, Audit, Risk, and across Lines of Business to effectively mitigate risks
• Provide strategic insights for improving the business control environment and consistency across products and platforms through automation, simplification, centralizing, etc.
• Protects the firm by applying sound risk management protocols and adhering to regulatory requirements
• Be a culture carrier for a diversity, inclusion, and control mindset 

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• 5 years of experience in a Leadership role and 5 years of financial services industry experience in the field(s) of Controls, second-line (Compliance, Risk) or third-line (Audit)
• Experience executing across functional teams and strong ability to develop partnerships across the Business Banking organization and extended partners
• Ability to adapt and actively looks for ways to mitigate risk to our clients and the bank
• Makes decisions using sound judgment; communicates findings, issues and proposed solutions to business executives
• Appreciation for operational complexities and how they may translate to risk 
• Produces clear and succinct written and verbal communications and knows how to think through and frame messages for different audiences
• Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Bachelor’s degree
• Technical understanding of internal controls, operational risks, and infrastructure (such as CORE)
• Knowledge of Business Banking processes, procedures and business applications