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Establish operational risk programs for business units globally to incorporate risk governance into a centralized approach and align with corporate risk tolerances; Effectively identify, assess, prioritize, aggregate, mitigate, and document current/emerging risks and controls to support transparency, communication, and escalation of risk information; Track mitigation progress across the company while reporting issues and recommendations to Executive Leadership, governance committees, and Board of Directors; Facilitate the creation metrics to analyze and report performance; Collaborate with key stakeholders and leadership to gain insight, details, and context around identified issues which could result in operational risk findings.

Created enterprise Personal Data Privacy Program by providing recommendations to management regarding privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) while creating and communicating personal data inventories throughout the company/business units; Designed personal data inventory system in coordination with Applications System Development team, connected and analyzed data from various departments avoiding duplicative data gathering efforts; Developed Personal Data Privacy Compliance training program, strategies, and communications for the enterprise, engaging team members to comply with internal and external regulations while enabling the use of awards and recognition program; Completed GLBA validation for business units across the company and prepared reporting to Executive Leadership and Board of Directors.

Provided recommendations for process improvements and program creation such as the Personal Data Privacy Program (GDPR, CCPA); Compiled data for reporting to Executive Leadership and Board of Directors; Provided responses to inquiries from internal, regulatory, and client entities; Created presentations and reports for Governance/Executive/BOD committee review to ensure proper oversight; Established and maintained compliance policies and programs to ensure organizational compliance; Created internal web pages for various teams and programs to ensure data delivery and reporting as well as business unit cohesion.

Completed risk analysis to provide routine reports containing highly sensitive information such as Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security standard updates, account data compromise events, potential illegal/brand damaging violations, system status, strategic initiatives; Investigated inquiries from regulatory bodies by gathering routine customer (merchant, third party, and vendor) or portfolio data; Maintained data records, risk policies, and programs to ensure organizational compliance; Prepared compliance communications and engaged team members and leaders; Aided in development of enterprise-level risk management and operational compliance functions

Columbus, Georgia, United States

Columbus, Georgia, United States

Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia, United States

Established expert organizational, administrative and communication skills. Helped build detailed customized databases used by detectives. Initiated ideas which improved operations, strategies and tactics. Collected, retained, and disseminated criminal intelligence informationAnalyzed intelligence information to provide strategic, tactical,and operational recommendations to patrol divisions.

Valdosta, Georgia

Bachelor Of Arts, Anthropology

Paralegal Assistant Certificate, Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Part time study of several science courses while working full time.