Controls: Governance, Strategy, Change and Insights - Program Manager
On-siteJersey City, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate governance routines and committee processes to proactively manage operational risk and maintain a strong control environment. Draft meeting materials, capture minutes, and track action items to closure while synthesizing key risk themes and metrics into executive-ready reports. Route escalations for review, consolidate cross-functional inputs from business, operations, legal, and audit, and facilitate discussions to drive continuous improvement initiatives. Track headcount movement and expenses against budget to surface variances, and support senior forum deliverables including leadership business reviews and Audit Committee materials. Manage program/project milestones for AWM Controls priorities and streamline governance processes to reduce manual touchpoints.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in controls, audit, quality assurance, operational risk management, governance, compliance, or related fields
- Strong stakeholder management skills: ability to build relationships across business, operations, technology, audit, compliance, and risk partners; align on competing priorities and drive shared accountability
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills: ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise updates and executive-ready materials
- Senior Management engagement (lead and support): experience preparing executive-ready materials and coordinating prep meetings (speakers/SMEs, key messages, run-of-show); able to lead select discussions and support senior leaders with content, logistics, follow-ups, and presentations as needed
- Critical thinking and analytical/problem-solving skills: ability to analyze routine to moderately complex data, identify key issues/patterns, and support fact-based decisions and escalations
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment and shift priorities as needed
- Proactive and action-oriented mindset with strong follow-through
- Professional discretion and judgment when handling sensitive topics and materials
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams) and SharePoint
Desired Qualifications
- Project management experience: ability to lead deliverables through the full lifecycle (planning, execution, stakeholder coordination, and closure)
- Background in Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) and/or Controls
- Process optimization / reengineering mindset: challenges legacy ways of working; proposes practical workflow improvements to reduce errors/control gaps
- Technology and AI literacy: leverages analytics and emerging tools to support control objectives and propose solutions (with appropriate controls and governance)
- Familiarity with data visualization / reporting tools (e.g., Tableau). Alteryx and/or Python skills a plus
- Familiarity with fiduciary regulatory requirements (e.g., ERISA, Conflicts of Interest, Part 9) is a plus
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