Risk Management Senior Director
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Job Location:
Wilmington, DE - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Best Egg is a market-leading tech-enabled financial platform helping people build financial confidence through a variety of installment lending solutions and financial health tools. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them.
We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values:
Put People First We foster an inclusive flexible and fun workplace.
Create Clarity Open communication drives trust and results.
Get Things Done We focus prioritize and deliver with excellence.
Deliver with Heart We lead with kindness humility and strong teamwork.
Listen to Our Customers Their needs drive our innovation.
Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg withclosing expected to take placein Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture lower cost of funds and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella.
We are looking for collaborative innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If youre inspired by growth and want to make a real difference Best Egg is the place for you.
Were proud to be an equal opportunity employercommitted to building a diverse inclusive team.
Role Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Director of Risk Management to design operate and enforce our Enterprise Transaction Risk Governance Program. This leader will own the transaction governance framework oversee risk reporting build our Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) Program and contribute to our Data Governance program. The position requires deep regulatory fluency strong cross-functional influence and presence at the executive level.
What you will do:
- Serve as the enterprise owner for the transaction risk governance framework establishing clear processes standards and controls to meet internal and external approval standards.
- Act as the single point of accountability for end-to-end transaction governance by identifying documenting and securing all required approvals while maintaining transparency and audit readiness.
- Advise senior leadership on key risks and opportunities providing actionable recommendations.
- Engage directly with executives and functional leaders internally and externally to facilitate alignment drive decisions and resolve escalations.
- Manage relationships with external partners obtaining required approvals and negotiating outcomes supported by clear rationale and analysis.
- Build a repeatable scalable governance process with standardized templates documentation tooling and automated tracking.
- Maintain centralized decision and exception logs ensuring timely follow-up and escalation to the CRO or C-suite when appropriate.
- Collaborate across first and second lines of defense to ensure effective identification measurement and mitigation of enterprise risks.
- Help build and mature a Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) Program aligned to our Bank requirements ensuring appropriate risk identification control design and testing.
- Lead risk reporting program and team ensuring accuracy timeliness and insight.
- Act as a key stakeholder in developing the Data Governance Program and ensuring risk reporting draws from a single trusted source of truth.
- Continuously assess and evolve risk programs as business priorities and regulatory requirements change.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in business finance or a related field.
- 15 years of experience in financial services or banking including 10 years leading risk management programs with strong governance and control expertise.
- Demonstrated success building or maturing enterprise risk governance functions.
- Working knowledge of the regulatory environment and compliance requirements for financial institutions.
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate across executive and functional lines including Legal Compliance Finance Credit Operations Marketing etc.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to distill complex risk topics for executives and Board audiences.
- Experience leading small teams including hiring mentoring and performance management.
- Preferred experience with consumer lending products and services.
- Experience engaging with external partners regulators and auditors and preparing executive and Board-level materials.
$170000 - $195000 a year
In addition to semi-monthly salary payments this position is also eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance. Yearly incentive bonus target 30% of base salary. This position may also be eligible for a long-term cash incentives.
Employee Benefits
Best Egg offers many additional benefits for our employees including (but not limited to):
Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching
program
Generous paid time-off plans including vacation personal/sick time paid short--
term and long-term disability leaves paid parental leave and paid company
holidays
Multiple health care plans to choose from including dental and vision options
Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care Dependent Care and Health
Reimbursement Accounts
Company-paid benefits such as life insurance wellness platforms employee
assistance programs and Health Advocate programs
Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection pet insurance
fitness center reimbursements and many more!
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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
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About Company
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