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If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and competencies
• Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent certification would be highly valuable
• Any Risk or Audit certification nice to have
• Excellent organizational, communication, documentation and project management skills
• Strong people management skills. Excellent leadership and influencing abilities including the ability to drive innovation and change in a constantly evolving environment

Education
• 10 years or more relevant experience in operational controls, risk and audit, with preference of experience in international organizations or financial institute

Role and responsibilities

This role involves delivering executive controls reporting and interacting with senior management. Key responsibilities include developing internal control practices, ensuring controls and process disciplines are maintained, and enhancing governance through metrics reporting, risk assessment, quality assurance, and root cause analysis. The role also involves creating dashboards and reports on key KPIs, fostering continuous improvement, and enhancing customer experience within regulatory standards.

• Operational Rigor and Process Improvement: Assist with operational improvement projects and contribute to planning, execution, and progress tracking to ensure successful outcomes
• Help establishment & integration of an Operational Control framework, including the design & implement control structures, governance, & measures interpreting policy & standards requirements to proactively implement a best-in-class control environment
• Help assess the operational controls aspects of potential new processes across Commercial Operations
• Implement and maintain an effective Operational Risk framework. Help assess emerging/material risks, identify trends and remediate control issues
Proven experience in the design & testing of controls; proven experience in a Control & Risk frameworks
• Develop & implement Operational Control analytics to identify risks & measure the controls

About the team

The AVP Operational Controls, part of the Operational Governance team, supports the Commercial Operation Governance lead.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.