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Hartford, Connecticut, Us

• Implements, supports, and enhances the Enterprise Risk Management process. This includes strategic, operational, financial, and capital allocation risk evaluations.• Works with risk owners on the assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of risks associated with operations and business strategies.• Report preparation and delivery of enterprise risks, business unit strategic risks, and compliance risks to senior management.• Researching and identifying metrics to monitor progress of mitigation plans and risk status.• Educating the assigned organization on the fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management.• Researching emerging risks facing the utility industry.• Created and implemented an e-Learning module for Enterprise Risk Management that is accessed company wide.• Ensured successful migration of historical enterprise risk data into company wide GRC application, UAT, training, and ongoing development of data dashboards and reporting to easily communicate current risk trends and help identify potential emerging company risks.

Radnor, Pa, Us

• Partners with key stakeholders to provide a control analysis for routine activities and recommends solutions for closing gaps based on industry best practices.• Complies and analyses data, processes, metrics and other relevant information associated with assessing and evaluating the control environment.• Documents and tracks risks, mitigating controls and control improvements.• Maintains and maps key procedural controls to defined risk scenarios for each risk category.• Documents process flows as defined through interviews with subject matter experts.• Develops and maintains project plans, and SharePoint site for assigned projects.• Identifies and recommends process improvements that reduce workloads and/or improve quality, while ensuring risk mitigation.Develops ORM Training and Overview materials for facilitation across the enterprise.• Promotes and enhances organizational initiatives by positively influencing and support change management and/or enterprise initiatives.• Prepares monthly reports and other routine status updates to support the day to day operational risk functions.

Bridgeport, Ct, Us

Administered all aspects of a Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Risk Assessment Program for assigned Divisions and Business Units encompassing the COSO 2013 Framework. Independently facilitated risk assessment workshops, created process flow maps, identified risks, documented controls, performed control testing and assurance activities.• Drafted Risk Assessment Reports for review and approval by the Business Line and Executive Management.• Served as primary point of contact for assigned Business Units and liaisons with Audit, Compliance, Legal and Loss Prevention/Fraud Investigations departments. • Worked closely with internal audit ensuring adequate control testing was performed successfully and issues were captured with applicable compliance/regulatory impact. This included SOX 404 TDRA controls, and SSAE user control considerations review.• Kept abreast of industry trends interfacing with risk professionals, regulators, auditors and compliance officers.• Ongoing review of guidance from various regulators to incorporate recommendations into Operational Risk Management policy and procedures.

Bridgeport, Ct, Us

Oversaw all ATM Fleet and Card operational activities, including network and vendor relationships, management, transaction processing, financial reconciliation, cross channel marketing, network security, vendor management, regulatory and legal compliance, fixed assets and inventory management.• Evaluated effectiveness of existing operational processes and systems identifying opportunities to optimize efficiencies, reducing expenses, increasing revenue.• Utilized project management expertise to manage operational projects across the enterprise including acquisitions.• Product ownership of the ATM Fleet. Ensuring the ATM Fleet adheres to regulatory and legal compliance mandates along with network security deployments to reduce risk. • Maintains profitability analysis of existing and potential ATM locations.• Maintains expertise in the area of ATM & Debit card operations and network routing. Partners with the organization’s Security and Loss Prevention areas to minimize the bank’s loss exposure.• Mentored staff and direct reports to develop skills and achieve advancement opportunities.

Bridgeport, Ct, Us

Gathered applicable business requirements to create, issue and analyze competitive bids (RFPs). Summarized RFP responses and presented to Business leaders for review.• Interfaced with Contract Administration and Legal Counsel during RFP renewal process ensuring all agreements were in compliance with internal controls and external audit guidelines.• Performed effective Vendor Management (including Vendor Risk Management) acting as the company’s primary interface between internal customers and vendors to resolve service issues (e.g. SLA, Billing, etc.).• Identified opportunities to improve relationship between the internal customer and the vendor through process improvements and technology enhancements.• Spearheaded efforts to identify and work with applicable resources modifying existing procurement practices and introducing new initiatives.• Excelled in negotiation skills with current and new potential vendors as a key independent contributor.