HR Operational Risk Manager

Division Description:

With a team of over 50 highly engaged, diverse, and innovative HR professionals located in the US, Canada, and Brazil, the Americas Human Resources team is dedicated to acquiring, developing, advising, and promoting talents focused on best meeting and exceeding the needs of our business partners.  As strategic partners to the Business, we are committed to providing staff with value-added programs and policies, a competitive compensation and benefits package, and a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe employee-centric environment where all can thrive to achieve their best potential.  The HR team is composed of 5 teams: (1) Strategy, Transformation and Talent Acquisition, (2) Career Advisory, Talent & Development, (3) Compensation and International Mobility, (4) HR Operations, and (5) Projects, ORM and Analytics.

Responsibilities:

As part of the HR ORM Team, the HR ORM Manager is responsible for managing the robust operational risk management program for HR in the Americas. This includes setting strategy, determining best practices, and establishing and enhancing HR controls to help mitigate and reduce operational risks. 

Main responsibilities include:

  Continuously assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the control framework in place to identify, reduce and mitigate risks, and propose action plans to address residual risks.

  Act as the point of contact on all HR internal and external audit, regulator, compliance and Inspection missions or inquiries. Ensure thorough and timely follow-up of the implementation of all action plans/audit recommendations.

  Lead and effectively manage the comprehensive annual Americas Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) process.

  Ensure HR data is appropriately safeguarded and ensure compliance with all regulations applicable to the HR space.

  Identify and report on any potential operational loss or data leakage incidents and effectively remediate and prevent reoccurrence.

  Act as Secretary of the Personal Relationship Review Committee to effectively assess any potential conflicts of interest. This includes communicating with managers on the process, setting up the committee meetings with all parties, collecting required meeting materials, documenting meeting results and action items, and managing the annual attestation process.

Skills and Qualifications:

 Must Have:

  Degree or U.S. equivalent in Finance, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field

  Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

  French helpful but not required

 Competencies:

  Analytical

  Ability to effectively identify and appropriately escalate issues

  Good communication skills, both written and verbal

  Results-oriented

  Proactive and innovative

  Excellent interpersonal skills; Independent with the ability to work collaboratively in a team setting

  Strong project management skills

  Client focus, industry savvy, awareness of current and emerging HR operational risks

  Desired / Plus:

  Master's degree or U.S. equivalent in Finance, Financial Engineering, Engineering, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field

LANGUAGE: 

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

Due to US Federal Securities law applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")

OUR BENEFITS:

WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to:

• Minimum of 20 Vacation days + 4 personal days 
  • Supportive Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave policy 
  • Health spending ($2,000/year) and personal spending ($1,000/year) accounts with 75+ eligible reimbursement categories (health, training, electronics etc.)

Fully sponsored virtual healthcare assistance and Employee Assistance Program to you and your immediate family

Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One planet, etc.

• A culture of continuous development by encouraging our employees various training programs (online training and coaching platform such as Coursera, GoFluent, Pluralsight, First Finance, and others)

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.

OUR CULTURE: 
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/)

D&I: 
Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.
Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-about/diversity-and-inclusion/)

HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols.  Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area.  The applicable business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.