Risk & Strategy Lead Associate

Job Description

The Risk & Strategy Lead Associate (Flexible Hybrid) ole will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

• Conduct compliance and operational risk evaluations to assess and identify potential risks and instances of non-compliance with internal policies and regulatory guidance.
• Analyze, summarize and present evaluation results to senior management.
• Maintain awareness of and analyze changes in the internal and external environment to inform compliance and operational risk assessment activities.
• Assess the effectiveness of D&I-related policies, standards, procedures, and job aides, and contribute to the creation of update of D&I governance documents.
• Identify, draft, escalate, track and/or remediate issues and operational risk events in accordance with corporate issue management standards.
• Support internal and regulatory examination activities.
• Assist with governance document creation and revision.
• Support strategic planning and oversight activities through analyzing market trends and leading practices in D&I strategy, coordinating strategic projects, and organizing efforts to assess the viability and feasibility of expanding and/or modifying existing D&I efforts. 

Qualifications

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experience

• 4 years of relevant experience in compliance, audit, SOX, operational risk, strategy development or a related function.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Experience evaluating and designing controls and/or processes, conducting impact assessments, identifying control gaps, and remediating risks.
• Familiarity with strategic planning and change management processes.
• Strong writing skills and experience preparing written communications that convey information in a way that is factual, balanced, engaging and easy to understand.
• Demonstrated ability to complete projects with high attention to detail and within established timelines.
• Experience gathering accurate information to explain concepts and ask and answer critical questions.
• Ability and willingness to learn quickly and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Skilled in Microsoft Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams.

Desired Experience

• 6 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree or equivalent.
• Familiarity with assessing risks related to Artificial Intelligence and/or Generative Artificial Intelligence.
• Experience helping an organization to plan and manage change in effort to meet strategic objectives.
• Experience creating policies, standards or procedures and executing Risk and Control Self-Assessments.
• Influencing skills including negotiating, persuading others, and resolving conflict.
• Managing stakeholders and working with people with different functional expertise respectfully and cooperatively.
• Demonstrated decision-making skills and good judgment on issues, analyses or projects.
• Demonstrated success in presenting to colleagues, senior management and/or regulators.