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What you'll do:

What we are looking for:

Responsibilities:

• Support Director of Business Controls in operational risk management activities including: Assess risks and effectiveness of operational controls within business functions including
• Perform Risk Control Self-Assessment reviews including risks, risk metrics, control record updates, and control test reviews.
• Champion a strong risk culture for the company via elevating the risk knowledge base of associates and leaders and deploying risk management best practices across the organization
• Foster effective partnerships across the firm with risk subject matter experts to implement risk
• Support risk and control assessments through collaboration with process owners and other stakeholders.
• Create and update process flow documentation for processes.
• Assist in quarterly assessments of operational risk related to other processes e.g., internal operational risk reports, risk appetite statements and control testing.
• Review operational losses to ensure that sufficient mitigating controls are identified and documented; and remediation actions are appropriate, effective and timely. Recommend corrective actions to Division Risk Manager.
• Defend risk assessments with stakeholders and assist in coordinating requests and responses during Internal Audits and bank regulatory exams.
• Ensures accuracy and timeliness for operational risk event reporting
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of experience in Compliance, Operations Management, Audit, Risk Management or related field
• Knowledge of associated financial processes and controls. Strong communication skills, oral and written, ability to interact with all levels of management.
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio skills.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation