Operational Risk Associate

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Summary :

The Operational Risk Associate is responsible for supporting the Information Security and Operational Risk Team in the pursuit of effectively identifying and managing risk. Specifically, this individual will be assisting with performing routine Information and Cybersecurity Risk Reporting and Monitoring, organizing business continuity testing efforts, and coordinating communications across multiple business units for various operational risk functions. Additionally, the associate will work with the Third-party Risk Management team to assist with the organization and completion of third party, technology and entity risk assessments across the Bank. Other operational risk tasks and projects will be assigned as needed, such as model risk, control validations, meeting minute taking, and presentation design. This role is located in Holyoke MA.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

INFORMATION SECURITY / CYBERSECURITY MONITORING :

• Partner with IT Security Administrator to ensure logs and alerts are thoroughly investigated and resolved.
• Review change management logs for authorization discrepancies or anomalous behavior and escalates to IS Risk Manager, IT.
• Supports the Information Security Risk Manager in coordinating Information Security Awareness Training Programs.
• Escalates threats immediately to the Manager to ensure that threats are contained immediately and assesses the potential impact.
• Analyze subscription-based threat intelligence data for correlation to bank security posture, determining potential exposure and recommending enhancement to mitigate the risk associated with the threats.

BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY :

RISK REPORTING :

RISK ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS :

GENERAL :

Education and / or Experience :

Skills needed :

Computer Skills :

Work Environment and Physical Demands :

The working conditions and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.