Mary W. Wilcox

Director, Enterprise Risk Management Program and Governance at Circle

Role
Director, Enterprise Risk Management Program and Governance at Circle
Location
Omaha, NE, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Mary W. Wilcox

Successful leader across diverse business functions, with proven experience in managing teams in risk management, governance, business systems, building business frameworks, and end-to-end project implementation. Areas of strength and special skills include:** Challenges the status quo with major process improvement initiatives; champion of change.** Makes decisions and takes actions by balancing customer satisfaction with protection of company interests.** Solid academic foundation including MBA.** Thorough knowledge of banking operational risk management, regulations, and industry practices.** Strategic mind; focuses on designing – then operationalizing – strategic plans for meaningful impact.** Enables employees to grow and develop by optimizing their individual strengths and giving new assignments.** Sets expectations with a direct, yet motivational management style.** Tailors communication to meet individual needs of employees, clients, and fellow leaders.** Ensures no surprises during employee performance reviews; earns trust and loyalty of staff.** Viewed as the “go-to” leader when departments need to be launched, improved, or overhauled.** Gifted translator between business leaders and technology experts to ensure the right tools are built via program development life cycle (PDLC) and software development life cycle (SDLC) frameworks.** Proven experience with advanced systems testing, and training users across the enterprise.** Financially adept; experienced with budgets, P & Ls, variance analysis, and action planning.

Experience

  1. Director, Enterprise Risk Management Program and Governance

    Circle

    Aug 2021 — Present · Omaha, NE, US

    Directs efforts of the company’s overall Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team whose mission is to identify, assess and prepare the operation for any risks that could interfere with reaching goals and Recommends and implements ERM strategies to embed risk management in the company’s day-to-day culture and decision-making Drives critical risk and governance initiatives in line with aggressive global Builds strong relationships with internal stakeholders, as well as the VP of ERM and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer to foster a common ground for risk-mitigating projects, training, tool-creation, and product launches in conjunction with Legal, Compliance, and As part of the Enterprise Risk Committee, offers input into the overall trajectory of the ERM program and to provide status updates of risk-based monitoring.

Education

  • Leadership Training – via PayPal

    Participated in management classes including Emerging Leaders, and eBay Leadership Program.

    2006 — 2015

  • University of Nebraska - Omaha, Ne

    Master of Business Administration - MBA

    1994

  • University of Kansas-Lawrence, Ks

    Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Emphasis in Economics

    1990

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