Serves as the senior business-aligned risk leader responsible for oversight of governance effectiveness, operational risk management activities, and business-owned risk practices within a business segment, function, or operational area. Acts as a trusted advisor to business leadership by providing insight into risk exposures, governance priorities, operational challenges, and emerging concerns. Responsible for ensuring enterprise risk requirements are effectively integrated into business operations and for promoting a culture of accountability, transparency, and business ownership of risk. Provides leadership and direction to embedded risk professionals while supporting effective governance execution, escalation management, and risk-informed decision-making.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
1. Maintain oversight of the business risk profile, governance environment, and operational risk landscape within assigned business areas.
2. Advise business leadership regarding operational, regulatory, compliance, conduct, and governance-related risks that may impact business objectives.
3. Translate enterprise risk requirements into business-specific governance expectations, operational practices, and management routines.
4. Provide leadership and direction to managers, consultants, specialists, and analysts responsible for governance execution, risk monitoring, and business support activities.
5. Evaluate risk trends, operational incidents, governance outcomes, and remediation activities to identify emerging concerns and areas requiring management attention.
6. Ensure effective governance routines, escalation processes, and reporting mechanisms are in place to support business accountability and informed decision-making.
7. Partner with business leaders to incorporate risk considerations into operational planning, business initiatives, organizational changes, and strategic priorities.
8. Support readiness for audits, regulatory examinations, governance reviews, and enterprise assessments by ensuring governance expectations are understood and consistently applied.
9. Promote business ownership of risk and reinforce accountability for operational risk management, governance effectiveness, and remediation outcomes.
10. Provide oversight of business-specific risk management activities and ensure alignment with enterprise standards, governance expectations, and organizational objectives.
Required Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Economics, Public Administration, or equivalent professional experience
2. 12+ years of experience in operational risk management, governance, compliance, audit, controls, enterprise risk management, or related disciplines
3. Advanced understanding of enterprise risk management frameworks, operational risk governance, issue management, remediation oversight, and control monitoring activities
4. Experience supporting RCSA programs, governance committees, regulatory examinations, audits, and enterprise reviews
5. Ability to analyze operational risk trends, control effectiveness, remediation activities, and governance outcomes
6. Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership capabilities
7. Experience coordinating activities across business units, enterprise governance functions, and control partners
8. Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
9. Experience coaching and developing risk professionals
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Experience in Internal Audit, Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, or independent risk review functions.
2. Demonstrated executive presence with experience influencing senior leaders, leading teams, and driving strategic initiatives.
3. Experience using data analytics and risk intelligence to support decision-making and identify emerging risks.
4. Professional certifications such as CIA, CPA, CRMA, CISA, FRM, CFA, or equivalent preferred.
General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit . Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.
