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Director, Enterprise Risk & Internal Controls
Discover Financial Services is hiring for the role of Director, Enterprise Risk & Internal Controls, Riverwoods, IL (Hybrid). This is a Risk role in the governance, risk, and compliance field. Review the full details below and apply directly with Discover Financial Services.
Directs second-line enterprise risk oversight, risk identification programs, and control testing across payment services and banking operations. Formulates enterprise risk appetite frameworks and presents risk posture summaries to the Board Risk Committee. Evaluates emerging operational and credit risk exposures across business units.
Location and market context
This role is based in Riverwoods on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Discover Financial Services's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.
About risk management roles
Risk roles own the methodology for identifying, assessing, and escalating enterprise, operational, and technology risk. Second-line teams set risk appetite and challenge the first line. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices.
How to position yourself for this risk management role
Strong candidates emphasize risk assessment methodology, appetite and escalation, cross-functional partnership, and clear reporting to senior leadership and the board. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Discover Financial Services would apply enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.
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