Global Banking Director

We are looking for experienced professionals to join our rapidly growing Global Banking Risk Consulting Practice.  Candidates for this role will join a diverse, high performing team of professionals with extensive experience working with top US and Global Banking institutions in a multitude of capacities. 

As a member of our Risk Consulting practice, focused on serving global banking institutions, candidates will step into a dynamic culture that values innovative thinking, solution focused collaboration, and diversity of thought and experience, all while providing opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Our Global Banking Risk Consulting practice works with leading banking institutions who depend upon effective risk management, internal audit, and governance over their business processes to achieve their business objectives, comply with evolving regulatory demands, and meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders. Our Directors assist clients with identifying and prioritizing risk and leveraging process and controls to reduce risk exposure. 

As a Director in the Global Banking consulting practice, you will work with a variety of complex global banking organizations as they continue to transform their risk management and assurance capabilities to be aligned to the key risks and strategies of their organization.  You will work closely with clients to develop strong and collaborative working relationships, built on a deep understanding of their businesses, their challenges, risks, and strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Experience

• Advanced understanding of general controls concepts and their application in differentiated client environments, specifically within complex global banking organizations.
• Global banking industry experience with interpreting policies, procedures, and controls of our clients’ business applications, networks, operating systems, and other components of their technology infrastructure, and ability to effectively articulate professional observations and practical prior banking experience with RSM team members and client stakeholders.
• Experience in consulting with client leadership on strategic plans and other business matters, helping our clients to anticipate emerging risks and opportunities.
• Advanced ability to independently assess and provide practical guidance on the appropriateness of internal controls, assessing their design and operational effectiveness, determining risk exposures and developing remediation plans, determining technical and business impact of identified security and control issues, and providing remediation guidance to clients.
• Reviewing the documentation, evaluation, and testing of application controls, particularly automated controls on a wide range of externally developed and in house developed software applications across a variety of client business processes.
• Advanced understanding of the use of key reports, data transmissions, input/output data controls, and data lineage in business operations.
• Ability to interpret and articulate technical findings and recommendations to a broad range of senior management stakeholders.
• Proficiency in understanding and articulating emerging trends within the global banking sector (e.g. machine learning/automation, use of data and analytics, etc.).

Client Experience

• Leverage understanding of global banking industry trends to think critically about complex challenges and propose dynamic solutions.
• Identify current and relevant global banking industry thought leadership to share with the client.
• Own management level relationships and interact with executive level stakeholders. Drive collaboration with external stakeholders.
• Lead risk assessment management interviews and collaborate in the development and execution of audit plans.
• Perform review of client deliverables including process narratives/flowcharts, risks and control matrices, detailed testing of controls, and suggested remediation and process improvement opportunities.
• Lead formal closing meetings with clients to share and confirm deliverables.
• Maintain overall responsibility for project economics and manage expectations around billing, monitoring, and collections.
• Demonstrate effective delegation strategies by managing multiple clients, projects, and teams simultaneously with the goal of overseeing a book of business.

Business Development

• Actively participate in relevant industry associations and events to develop and/or maintain industry focus and relationships.
• Build, maintain, and utilize your internal network to address issues timely and add value to client relationships; begin cultivating an external network with the goal of generating new business opportunities for the firm.
• Assist in writing, developing, and delivering thought leadership internally and externally.
• Communicate effectively with prospects, assess needs, and develop clear and accurate project parameters including scoping descriptions, delivery plans, and budgets.
• Contribute to pursuits through development of proposals and other materials.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, accounting or related discipline
• A minimum of eight (8) years of professional experience with risk management, external audit, internal audit, IT audit or other compliance related work serving large global banking institutions.  Prior public accounting or professional services firm experience is preferred.
• Experience leading project based work with milestones and workflow driven by objectives and defined timelines.
• Experience managing people, mentoring staff, providing performance feedback, and monitoring workloads of the team while meeting stakeholder and client expectations.
• Good understanding of relevant regulations and industry standards (e.g., FFIEC, SOX, COSO, COBIT) and best practices and methodologies to address these requirements.
• Must possess a relevant professional certification including Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA®), Certified Information Systems Security Professionals® (CISSP®); Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®) and/or Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP).
• Must be able to interpret and convey technical information across various levels of technical aptitude, including senior management. This includes written and oral communications.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation skills, including interaction with members of client management.
• Ability to travel to meet client needs and work collaboratively with others in-person or remotely.
• Demonstrated success in high pressure scenarios.