Operational Risk Manager

When you're a Securian Financial employee, you're part of a hard-working, high-performing, bright-thinking, make-things-happen family. One that sees your potential on day one, challenging you to grow your unique strengths as you create a career filled with opportunity, collaboration and meaning. One where you get the support and flexibility to become the person you want to be, at work and outside of it. For our newest team members and our most tenured, we're committed to being an employer of choice.

Location: St. Paul, MN

Department: Enterprise Risk Management

Overview:

The Operational Risk Leader develops, implements, and maintains an effective Operational Risk program that enables Securian Financial and its affiliates to comprehensively identify, understand, assess, manage, monitor, report, and review operational risk. The Operational Risk Leader will design an operational risk management framework that focuses on managing risk and enabling the enterprise to achieve its objectives.

What you would do in this job:

1. Develop, implement, support and maintain the enterprise operational risk management framework, governance, policies, procedures, and tolerances designed to enable the enterprise to achieve its objectives while managing its operational risks.
2. Develp and implement an operational risk quantification methodology and related reporting using industry best practices.
3. Engage senior leaders across the business to coordinate and influence risk management activities and decisions while promoting a culture of operational risk awareness.
4. Enhance risk governance requirements and processes across all operations. Monitor adherence to the operational risk framework and tolerances.
5. Develop tolerances, risk metrics, key indicators, and early warning indicators and partner with leaders across the business to integrate into business processes.
6. Communicate with Senior Management, the Board of Directors, rating agencies, regulators, and other audiences about operational risk topics.
7. Execute the annual risk control self-assessment and scenario analysis processes Company-wide.
8. Support the development and implementation of tools, techniques, policies, processes, and procedures across the Enterprise Risk Management department.

What we'd expect from you:

1. 5-10 years' experience in operational risk management.
2. Strong interpersonal, influencing, and communications skills with an ability to work effectively, establish credibility, and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels within the business and enterprise risk function.
3. Strong planning, problem-solving, and analytical skills with the ability to prioritize duties and responsibilities.
4. Ability to develop strategies, implement and manage enterprise-wide programs, solve complex problems, and manage critical, complex and often highly sensitive incidents.

Preferred skills for this job:

1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

What you could expect from us:

Securian Financial is based in downtown St. Paul for the past 130 years. We're committed to giving back to our community, donating 15,000+ employee volunteer hours this past year. We also provide extensive resources to our employees for professional development and growth and a number of diverse professional and social opportunities throughout the company. There's a reason our employees have voted us as a best place to work year after year! In addition:

• Generous paid time off to help you maintain work-life balance.
• Company-funded pension plan as well as 401k plan with company contribution
• Variety of health plan options to support your health and wellbeing.
• Paid paternal leave and adoption assistance.
• Company paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement program.

Physical job requirements:

• Ability to work at least 40 hours per week
• Ability to utilize keyboard, mouse and computer for up to 3-6 hours per day
• Ability to utilize phone for approximately 1-3 hours per day
• Ability to perform simple grasping including handwriting, paper manipulation, sorting, folding, etc. periodically throughout entire workday

The physical job requirements described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal employment opportunity:

Securian Financial Group, Inc. does not discriminate based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital or familial status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, veteran status, status in regard to public assistance, status in a local human rights commission, or any other status or condition protected by local, state or federal law. If you are a job seeker with a disability and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please contact us by telephone (voice), 711 (telecommunications relay), or by email at

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