Risk Management Officer

**Responsibilities**:
The risk professional sought for this position will be a member of the Stress Testing & Risk Assessment (STR) team being part of the SG US Enterprise Risk Management Team, reporting to the manager of Stress Testing & Risk Assessment (located in New York). He/she will also be part of the “Risk Automation & Innovation” functional group made of risk professionals located in Montreal, tasked with enhancing RISQ’s usage of relevant data and analytics to support risk management.

In its capacity related to Risk Identification and Assessment, the Stress Testing & Risk Assessment (“STR”) team is primarily responsible for ensuring that all types of risks (e.g., credit, market, liquidity, operational, compliance, strategic, reputational, etc.) are consistently and comprehensively captured across Société Générale in the US. This process is essential to ensure a thorough understanding of risks inherent to Société Générale’s businesses and key in ensuring consistency between the business strategy, risk profile and risk appetite.

Day to day responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Liaise with and support businesses and risk officers on risk identification and assessment tasks;
- Track the execution of risk identification and assessment campaigns; identify, track and escalate issues;
- Provide effective challenge on risk assessment results;
- Contribute to aggregation of risks and preparation of presentations to senior management;
- Support the 1LOD and 2LOD in the identification, development and establishment of metrics used in assessing risks across the Materiality, Business Environment, Risk Profile and Risk Management Effectiveness dimensions;
- Assist in developing links with related processes, such as stress testing, Risk Appetite Statement (RAS), strategic planning;
- Assist in maintenance and enhancement of supporting documentation (policies, procedures, methodologies, training materials, etc.);
- Assist in the development and enhancement of the GRC platform, as it relates to risk identification and assessment.
- Support transversal topics such as Regulatory Exams, change-the-bank activities, systems design, and presentations of SGUS risk profile to Senior Management both in the US and at Head Office level.

In addition to Risk Identification & Assessment, the STR team is also in charge of the development and enhancement of SG AMER’s stress testing framework, periodic and ad hoc stress tests, and of the oversight of SG AMER’s Strategic Risk.

As a member of the Risk Automation & Innovation group, the risk professional will also work with all RISQ teams to improve the efficiency of risk monitoring and enhance the development and usage of risk analytics through automation and digitalization.

**Profile required**:
**Competencies**:
Strong presentation and excellent oral / written communication skills; proven experience in delivering strong, well-structured presentations for senior leadership.

Effective interpersonal and influencing skills.

Ability to interact with business lines, management and support functions and to provide effective challenge to members of business line and of risk management across the organization.

Effective communication and analytical skills.

Efficiency and ability to achieve results under tight deadlines and high pressure; strong problem-solving abilities.

Quick learner and self-starter with a hands-on approach.

**Technical Skills & Knowledge**:
Understanding of key activities linked to a financial institution operating a large capital markets activity, inclusive of trading portfolios and lending activities in the Americas.

Working knowledge of ideally several risk types (credit, operational, market, liquidity, etc.).

Quantitative and technical skills needed for risk reporting and analysis, knowledge of applied statistics preferred.

Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint); working knowledge of a business intelligence tool (Power BI, Tableau, etc.).

**Qualifications (Experience, Education, Languages)**:
5+ years in the banking industry, preferably in a risk or compliance environment

Master’s degree

Fluent written and spoken English

**Business insight**:
Within the RISQ Division, the Enterprise Risk Management department has the following remit, across all risk types to which SG’s Americas operations (SG AMER) are exposed:

- Coordinate risk analysis reporting to risk committees, including SG’s Enterprise Risk Committee, Executive Committee’s Risk Committee, and SG’s Board of Directors Risk Committee;
- Establish, and monitor adherence to, Risk Appetite Statements for SG AMER and its business lines;
- Coordinate and enhance SG AMER’s risk identification and assessment framework, and conduct periodic risk identification and assessment campaigns;
- Coordinate and enhance SG AMER’s stress testing framework, and conduct periodic stress testing exercises;
- Oversee SG AMER’s Strategic Risk management a