Assistant Vice President, Digital Payment Operations

facilitate the attainment of operational objectives

• Direct functional managers to conduct periodic reviews of existing systems, products, and procedures

• Anticipate internal and/or external business challenges including regulatory; recommend process, product, or service enhancements

• Ensure the internal controls and procedures are being built in line with technical requirements, risk tolerance and group standards

• Identify areas of improvement; determine solutions; implement enhancements/changes to improve operations, standards, and results

• Establish and monitor operational risks to ensure adequate controls are deployed and followed

• Serve as key advisor to SVP, Digital Payments and corporate executive management in determining operational infrastructure for the Digital Payments branch; including staffing and budget considerations

• Serve as subject matter expert regarding business functions, systems, policies and/or procedures

• Serve as strategic advisor to senior management

• Contribute to a culture of collaboration by actively working across business lines, communicating knowledge and business processes to other business units

• Provide overall leadership to large organizational projects or programs

• Build and maintain relationships with team members, management, key stakeholders and/or external contacts (vendors, etc.)

• Interact effectively with managers and/or executive management

• Stay abreast of and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines

• Stay informed of business environment, financial services, and associated trends to ensure competitive business conditions and newest developments are incorporated

• Perform supervisory/managerial responsibilities:

  • Ensure adequate/skilled staffing; select employees
  • Establish performance goals and priorities
  • Prepare, conduct, and review performance appraisals
  • Develop, mentor and counsel staff
  • Provide input and/or prepare budget requirements for Annual Financial Plan (AFP)
  • Ensure section/branch goals and objectives align with division/department strategy
  • Ensure efficiency of operations

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Experience in leading, planning, organizing, directing, and controlling a corporate level business operation

• Significant experience with change management processes that demonstrate skills in producing results and achieving objectives consistent with the strategic objectives of an organization

• Ability to develop strategies to address highly complex and sensitive business issues

• Ability to establish effective policies and procedures

• Significant experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors

• Significant experience demonstrating thought-leadership, initiative-taking, decision-making and creativity solving business problems

• Significant experience managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment to achieve goals

• Significant experience supervising and leading professional employees

• Advanced organizational, planning and time management skills

• Advanced research, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Advanced skill in results-oriented leadership in a challenging environment

• Expert skill leading with diplomacy and tact while maintaining appropriate assertiveness and persistence

• Advanced skill to influence, negotiate and persuade to reach agreeable exchange and positive outcomes

• Expert skill presenting findings, conclusions, alternatives, and information clearly and concisely

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Economics, Finance or related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

Desired Qualifications

• Significant experience in the Financial Services Industry

• Advanced knowledge of Navy Federal's functions, philosophy, operations, and organizational objectives

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Economics, Finance or related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

Additional Information

Hours:

• Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location:

• 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180

• 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526

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