Financial Risk Advisor

Financial Risk Advisor
Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, OR Jersey City, NJ
Hybrid – onsite 2-3 days per week

Position Summary:
This role is open with a leading financial services company. We are looking for someone who will provide critical support to senior leadership by monitoring and supporting the company's financial risk management framework. Support colleagues to act as a liaison between FRM and the Second and Third Lines of Defense and provide advisory services as related to regulatory/ compliance best practices, risk assessments, control frameworks, and process documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Learn, develop, and advance financial risk and GRC knowledge through practical experience and ongoing training, to promote efficiency, effectiveness, and maturity of FRM's control environment
• Support training of RAS staff on FRM's processes, GRC practices, and ad-hoc initiatives that support achievement of goals and objectives
• Support business units' preparation, execution, and delivery throughout regulatory examinations and other internal or external reviews
• Support resolution of issues discovered during examinations, internal audits, compliance reviews and self-testing findings
• Monitor, coordinate, support, and document remediation activities of FRM and escalate issues, as necessary
• Support preparation of a summary of remediation activities and closure documentation to FRM leadership and governing committees
• Implement the FRM Department's internal policies, procedures, processes, controls, and risk statements, Identifying and implementing enhancements for increased efficiency in processes, controls, and related documentation
• Support senior leaders on projects and cross-department collaboration and mentoring of staff
• Support interactions with regulators, exchanges, and other external parties
• Implement risk management policies consistent with risk management and GRC best practices
• Drive business results by continuously demonstrating a strong bias for action through ownership and accountability

Requirements:

• 1+ years of experience with audit, compliance and enterprise risk approaches within SEC or CFTC regulated businesses
• Experience identifying, developing, and implementation solutions for processes that support governance, risk, and compliance activities
• Experience with Governance and Risk & Compliance Software (Archer preferred, any will do)
• Full competency with use of the MS Office suite, with emphasis on Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Nice to have:

• Experience within Capital Markets, SIFMU, CCP and/ or Financial Services
• MBA
• Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), GRC Certification, or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

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