Risk Analyst

Risk Analyst

Salt Lake City, UT

Our client, a highly innovative and rapidly growing consumer bank, is seeking a talented Risk Analyst to serve as a valuable team member of the business controls function in Salt Lake City, UT.

In this position, you’ll play a critical role in issues management by proactively identifying, analyzing, and reporting on control issues, helping the business to maintain regulatory compliance, strengthen risk management, identify enhancement opportunities, and make a meaningful impact across the organization.

Key responsibilities:

Evaluate control issues to ensure conformance to Consumer and Firm requirements

Analyze issue root-causes and validate remediation actions

Perform issue data quality monitoring

Aggregate issues to identify key themes and control enhancement opportunities

Develop and report on Key Risk Indicators/ Key Control Indicators

Engage with audit and risk partners to facilitate exams and monitor findings

Assess vendor risks and issues for themes, and monitor closure

Perform control reviews to identify enhancement opportunities

Advise, challenge and inform the businesses on risk mitigation actions

Identify ways to share risk best practices across teams and functions and with other business lines

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree required (preferably in Risk Management, Business, Finance, or a related field)

1+ years related work experience in Operational Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit or Corporate Governance

Understanding of Consumer banking processes in a risk management context would be ideal

Exposure to qualitative and quantitative controls across financial products

Strong analytical orientation, lateral thinking, organizational, influencing skills and attention to detail

Ability to perform data analytics using metrics to identify trends and themes

Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate issues and ideas with different levels of stakeholders

Innovative, including a keen eye for identifying areas of control enhancements

Good influencing skills to challenge the status quo and enhance the control environment

Sound time management skills to be able to effectively prioritize and multi-task

Good interpersonal and teamwork skills to develop strong stakeholder relationships

Track record of delivering and enhancing measurable, impactful business outcomes

Why you want to work here:

Gain experience working with a leading and established global financial firm

Innovative and entrepreneurial spirit within a collaborative and diverse environment

Opportunities to grow professionally and personally with training and development programs

Medical and wellness benefits, mindfulness programs

Personal finance offerings

PTO

PrincePerelson & Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we do not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States.