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Senior Manager
Discover Financial Services
Riverwoods, IL, United States
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Discover. A more rewarding way to work.At Discover Financial Services, you’ll find yourself in the company of some of the industry’s smartest and most reliable professionals. And at a company that rewards dedication, values innovation and supports growth.Thrive in an environment that promotes teamwork and shared success. Build on a foundation of mutual respect. Join the company that understands rewarding careers like no other, with this exceptional opportunity: Job Description:
This is a strategic Senior Manager role in Compliance Technology and Innovation team within Anti Money Laundering (AML). This position holds both Leadership and Management roles managing Business Analysts and Testers using various methods and practices of SDLC involving Business Technology (BT), improving the AML and Compliance project portfolio management. The successful candidate will work in a cross-functional environment as a liaison between Business Technology (BT) and Business primarily responsible for the strategic implementation of technology solutions along with improving business efficiency while meeting AML business goals in a high pressure environment. Key Deliverables:
• Lead Business Analysts and Testers, team configuration and recruitment appropriately to deliver the agreed-upon goals and objectives
• Effectively communicate and manage project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Mentor and supervise project team members, to influence them in taking positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Lead and implement project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines and standards in order to establish a stable framework that supports all project teams and stakeholders to improve the probability of successful project delivery
• Facilitates the agreed-upon process that develops project plans and prioritization by leadership
• Promote a risk-aware culture, ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes.
Skills:
Required Skills:
• 10+ years of experience in Technology initiatives focusing business objectives, working as a liaison between BT and Business, strong banking business acumen, including industry, domain specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units.
• 6+ years of experience in Leadership Responsibilities managing people, effective influence and negotiation skills with cross functional teams.
• Highly proficient in Data warehouse, Reporting, Business Intelligence, Business Analysis, Testing Methodologies, Project Management Methodologies, Process improvement, and successful implementation of large projects
• Ability to manage a high-performing direct reports across a broad set of activities including business analysis, project management, testing in a high stress environment.
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field
Preferred Skills:
• Experience with AML applications like Actimize, Compliance Link, eCredit.
• Experience with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Compliance taxonomies such as Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM), Customer Risk Scoring (CRS), Know Your Customer (KYC), OFAC Sanctions Screening, Partner Due Diligence (PDD), Transactions Monitoring.
• Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field
• Technical Skills – Teradata, Tableau, SQL, SAS, Unix, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, HP Quality Center
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