AI Governance Analyst - Mid Level

USAA•San Antonio, TX

1d•$103,450 - $197,730•Hybrid

About The Position

The AI Governance Analyst will be part of USAA’s AI governance function, helping enable the responsible development, deployment, and ongoing use of AI across the enterprise. The role combines analytics, risk management, and governance to assess AI-related risks, strengthen controls and monitoring, and translate complex business and technical information into actionable insights. It works across business, technology, risk, and governance teams as USAA expands its use of emerging AI capabilities while maintaining strong risk and compliance practices. The position provides risk management support for a line of business or staff agency, including identifying, measuring, and aggregating key risks and supporting their management through quantitative and analytical practices. It monitors the risk and control environment to help keep exposures at acceptable levels and consults on risk mitigation plans. The work environment is flexible but requires being in the office four days per week. The position may be based in San Antonio, Texas; Plano, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; or Charlotte, North Carolina. Relocation assistance is not available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Actuarial Sciences, or a quantitative field; or four years of relevant education and/or experience.
Four years of related quantitative analysis experience, including statistical analysis, modeling, engineering, mathematics, business, or another quantitative discipline; or an advanced degree/designation in a relevant quantitative discipline and two years of relevant work experience; or a PhD in Economics, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or another quantitative discipline.
Two years of experience working with complex analytical tools and data.
Experience producing and presenting research data related to business activities.
Experience effectively participating in cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Regulated-industry experience.
Experience in analytics, risk, governance, controls, compliance, model risk, or data governance; AI experience is a plus.
Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
US military experience through service or as a military spouse/domestic partner.

Responsibilities

Apply advanced analytics to assess future risk, opportunities, and effectiveness, translating results into meaningful solutions that enhance decision-making.
Produce analytical material for discussions with cross-functional teams to understand complex business objectives and influence solution strategies.
Produce and communicate analytical content and data visualizations for cross-functional teams, governance committees, and business process owners to influence business strategies related to risk opportunities and effectiveness.
May create statistical reporting and financial analysis to forecast results for required stress test scenarios, analyze and challenge stress-testing results, and partner with relevant functions to validate those results.
May engage in model validations, produce model validation reports, measure and aggregate model risks, and report model issues to committees, auditors, and regulators.
Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.
Monitor the risk and control environment and consult on risk mitigation plans.