VP, Deposit & Payment Risk Manager

The VP, Deposit & Payment Risk Manager role oversees the Bank’s Deposit & Payment Risk Team including, the prevention, detection, investigation, recovery, and remediation of high-risk account activity, specifically leading efforts to protect clients’ deposit balances and the organization from fraudulent attempts to misappropriate funds in a rapidly changing environment while enhancing client experiences when encountering fraud. This role also oversees the management and oversight of relevant software and other tools to facilitate a reduction of the Bank’s overall loss risk exposure. This position requires that the individual work in office, independently, and with minimal supervision.

Ensures compliance within all Bank policies and procedures, as well as all applicable state and federal banking regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages and directs the day-to-day activities of the deposit and payment risk department ensuring alerts are reviewed in a timely manner
• Reviews escalated account alerts from staff and determine additional actions or next steps
• Performs transaction activity reviews derived from system alerts and non-alert, based sources, such as incidents reported by Bank employees
• Identifies and implements appropriate loss detection, loss mitigation tools, and related procedures, addressing aspects of both effective loss risk management and operational efficiency
• Works with internal partners and external vendors to validate, tune, and improve loss monitoring technologies
• Coordinates with appropriate business units, compliance, fraud, and BSA/AML departments to ensure timely and appropriate responses to suspected high risk transactions and remediation
• Leads investigations of questionable account activity and collaborates with appropriate business stakeholders to identify and address root causes
• Oversee the monitoring of deposit and payment risk warning reports and supporting risk management applications
• Conduct investigations of digital banking transactions, account takeover, customer scams, and money mule activity
• Ensures a culture of exceptional service and support for clients and team members by monitoring, understanding, and delivering on support related SLA standards
• Acts as a deposit and payment risk subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies, networking with industry contacts to gain competitive insights and best practices
• Utilizes strong communication skills to effectively communicate with stakeholders, present findings, and raise awareness about risks within the organization
• Demonstrates independent judgment with a minimal amount of supervision and direction
• Demonstrates ability to motivate and develop employees with a positive approach to challenges while building a high-performance culture
• Identifies areas for process improvement
• Demonstrates knowledge of state and federal regulations as they pertain to deposit and payment loss
• Remains current with emerging technologies 
• Minimum of 10 hours CRA volunteer hours per year. Volunteer hours are typically scheduled within business hours. This is compensable time and mileage is reimbursed
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position will manage a team of Deposit & Payment Risk Specialists. 

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in banking
• 5+ years of commensurate fraud, risk management, or loss mitigation responsibilities in either an operational or oversight function
• Experienced in a fast-paced, high-volume financial services environment
• Self-starter with strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Physical/Mental Demands & Work Environment:

The individual in the course of performing this position frequently spends time writing, typing, speaking, listening, operating basic business equipment, seeing (such as close, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and adjusted focus), sitting, walking, standing, reading documents or instruments, detailed work, problem solving, client contact, reasoning, math, language, presentations, verbal and written communication, analytical reasoning, stress, multiple concurrent tasks, and frequent interruptions. The incumbent for this position will occasionally lift up to 15 pounds, pull, squat, kneel and reach. The incumbent is in a non-confined office-type setting in which they are free to move about at will. The work environment is typically quiet to a moderate noise level.

Travel: There will be occasional local, out-of-area, and overnight travel. 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Management reserves the right to change this position description at any time.

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