Brazil Control Management team provides operational risk and control coverage from both a corporate and legal entity perspectives through continuous and proactive execution of controls assessments and monitoring of corrective actions plans to mitigate operational risks.
The team provides a centralized view of all control functions, and thereby assists in immediate, real time problem detection, discussion, and escalation.
Main activities include overseeing regulatory exams and ensuring that regulatory issues are properly addressed, leading projects to ensure full compliance with local requirements as well as corporate policies and working with key stakeholders to implement regulatory changes as communicated by Legal and Compliance.
The Head of Controls for Brazil will coordinate relevant control matters across all Businesses working side by side with other Functions including but not limited to Finance, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Operations, Technology etc.
The role will be a trusted advisor to the Senior Country Officer of Brazil and will be required to manage a team that supports the Brazilian franchise.
The position will report to the Head of Controls for Latin America and Canada (LAC) and will be based in Brazil.
This position will also have a local reporting line to the Senior Country Officer and will be a member of the Brazil Operating Committee.
**Responsibilities**:
- Chair the Local Control Committee and be an active member of relevant local governance meetings such as Brazil OC and Brazil Audit Committee.
- Conduct and lead risk assessments for matters impacting local legal entities always in partnership with the relevant Businesses/Functions Control Managers.
- Coordinate teams to identify control gaps, escalate them and collaborate with the control owners to address issues in a timely manner.
Act as a facilitator for the control owners to identify, assess and mitigate risk.
- Lead cross-Businesses/Functions discussions in relevant matters impacting the local franchise, such as regulatory changes and regulatory examinations.
- Conduct pre-regulatory review checks to support timely requests during regulatory exams.
- Represent Controls before local Regulators, participating in meetings together with Risk and Compliance and other key partners as well as in local markets associations whenever needed.
- Lead regional efforts to implement and enhance corporate policies and control frameworks.
- Facilitate coordination for issues management across the different Businesses/ Functions in the location.
**Qualifications
- Professional experience (+/- 15 years) in a regulatory, risk and/or business background with demonstrated career progression; Specialist experience in a control discipline (preferred).
- Excellent coordination, analytical, quantitative and control skills.
- Excellent management skills, including ability to matrix manage.
- Experience in dealing with regulatory authorities.
- Excellent communication, relationship building and influencing skills.
- Presence and ability to engage with senior management.
- Flexibility and ability to partner with other team members across global time zones.
- BA (or equivalent) degree required.
- Fluent in English & Portuguese is required, Spanish desirable
- Knowledge of local market required
- International experience desirable
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