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South San Francisco, California, US

Seattle, Washington, US

• Build and lead an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function to understand and manage risks to strategic and business objectives. Provide early-stage risk advice and develop strategic risk prioritization roadmaps to.
• Lead a world-class, highly-engaged, innovative ERM team that has fun while being the best!
• Establish and lead an executive-level risk committee to align decision-making with risk analysis and appetite, as well as identify and act on emerging risks
• Lead cross-functional teams to identify, assess, and mitigate enterprise risks spanning strategic, technology, financial, operational, and regulatory risk domains
• Develop a new product risk analysis model, coordinating shared service functions to provide early risk insights to unlock risk-informed product designs
• Define and implement an enterprise risk framework, supporting significant functional areas in identifying opportunities and threats to strategic goals

Seattle, Washington, US

Madison, WI, US

• Define and execute the enterprise risk management framework for a Fortune 300 Company. Guide risk management activities to align opportunities with strategic objectives. Consult with and influence leaders to analyze.
• Increased visibility to ERM through expanded stakeholder engagement, mobilizing the team to engage over 262 leaders in risk identification and increase risk assessments completed by ~200% in 2020
• Facilitated the team creation of the ERM Maturity Assessment framework, a strategic tool to help peers better identify and prioritize opportunities to advance the overall maturity of the ERM program
• Strategically assess risk outlooks, identify emerging risks, and develop risk responses by maintaining strong business partner relationships and influencing leadership decision-making
• Introduced a process to enable ERM to evaluate merger/acquisition risks; leveraged by due diligence teams
• Increased coverage of documented playbooks and policies for core processes by ~75% YoY

Madison, WI, US

• Evaluated critical financial business processes and controls' design and operating effectiveness, monitoring the overall control environment to administer the Model Audit Rule (MAR) program effectively
• Identified and recommended financial reporting and internal control improvement opportunities to the CEO, President, CFO, and business-line leadership quarterly
• Designed and implemented an automated control transformation roadmap
• Supported enterprise MAR, ITGC, and COSO framework execution at enterprise & operating company levels
• Standardized company-wide SOC 2 review and governance processes
• Led risk assessment, control testing, and remediation activities for core business functions

Chicago, IL, US

• Delivered industry-leading risk, assurance, and process innovation capabilities and consultations for over 25 insurance and financial services clients, including risk and control consultations for the largest U.S..
• Collaborated with external senior leaders to develop strategies to achieve financial and business goals
• Served as a project management lead for engagement teams; responsible for achieving project milestones on long-term engagements and overseeing junior staff
• Achieved favorable budget realization on complex, long-tail projects to support firm’s financial success
• Performed risk assessments, financial statement audits, compliance review examinations, and complextransaction consulting for global clients, including publicly traded and Fortune 100 companies
• Supported M&A due diligence engagements, IT & risk advisory projects, SOX/MAR/FDICIA programs, SOC 2 reporting engagements, and cybersecurity/ITGC audits

Eau Claire, WI, US

• Recognized by senior leadership for reducing loss mitigation expenses by 40% in a single year by identifying cost-effective vendor solutions and increasing efficiency in secondary market foreclosure proceedings
• Executed bankruptcy, foreclosure, troubled debt restructuring, and repossession proceedings for a $1.7B loan portfolio to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulations
• Collaborated with risk management functions to conduct and assist with internal and external audit engagements
• Implemented and created a new documented training program with interactive job aids to increase team awareness and efficiency on departmental processes
• Analyzed and reported on loss mitigation trends, including charge-off and delinquency performance, by conducting loan portfolio analysis

Wausau, Wisconsin, US

• Led and supported business operation improvement projects, specifically lending and deposit operations
• Led internal audit program for indirect lending portfolio to ensure compliance; identified & addressed improvement areas
• Prepared reports and analysis of portfolios for regulatory NCUA audit and various internal/external audits
• Successfully implemented long-term solutions and systems to strengthen compliance of indirect lending portfolio
• 2010-2012: Served as a Member Service Representative; required strong communication & customer service skills, transactional accuracy, and financial literacy

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