Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Policy and Governance Risk Analyst

KeyBank • Cleveland, OH

16h • $116,000 - $216,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Policy and Governance Risk Analyst supports preparation of materials and administrative activities for Key’s ERM Committee and the Risk Committee of the Board. The Analyst advises committee administrators and secretaries across the enterprise and assists with materials requested for internal audit, Credit Risk Review, and regulatory examinations or reviews.

The role promotes standardized governance processes for Risk Governance Committees, including charter content, approvals, and escalation of materials to the ERM Committee, Risk Committee of the Board, the Board, and other Board Committees as applicable. It also leads efforts to promote committee governance and ensure that risk committees and related administrative activities align with Key’s standards and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a business discipline or related field of study.
• Five or more years of work experience in a policy, governance, or regulatory-related capacity.
• Proven ability to take initiative, anticipate needs, and work independently on complex matters with minimal direction.
• Ability to communicate and interface effectively with senior management, line-of-business partners, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen and ability to assess implications of committee governance or policy changes.
• Ability to conduct research, synthesize findings, and formulate approval-ready recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills, including asking thoughtful questions, articulating policy changes, and drafting clear policies and related communications.
• Results-oriented, with strong follow-through and the ability to prompt decisions and generate outcomes through others.
• Strategic thinking and strong attention to detail.
• Fluent user of Archer Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), including its risks, controls, findings, and remediation plans.

Nice To Haves

• MBA.
• Demonstrated competency with financial regulations.
• Experience with paralegal work and/or corporate governance.
• Solid working knowledge of the organization, lines of business, support partners, business processes, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Diligent Access in accordance with approved committee membership needs.
• Support planning and administration of the ERM Committee and Risk Committee of the Board, coordinating with meeting secretaries as applicable.
• Gather committee materials, build and publish committee decks through Diligent, and collect prior meeting minutes.
• Promote awareness of and adherence to the ERM Policy, Policy Governance Policy, and Policy & Charter Standards.
• Review and quality-check enterprise committee materials for consistency and adherence to governance templates.
• Support enterprise processes for submitting official committee governance materials to regulatory agencies.
• Identify and establish clear linkages between ERM and other risk governance committee and policy requirements.
• Support effective administration of Level I, Level II, and Level III Risk Governance Committees, including participating in Risk Committee Administrator meetings as needed.
• Advise committee administrators and secretaries on charter development, review, revision, approval, and communication.
• Oversee risk governance committee charters to promote consistency with business strategy, risk appetite, governance standards, and regulatory expectations.
• Provide committee governance information and materials in response to regulatory reviews, audits, examinations, and internal control testing.
• Conduct gap analyses of Key’s enterprise risk management practices against existing or proposed regulations and guidance.
• Assist with the annual review of Risk Governance Committee Charters.
• Maintain the Risk Committee Charter Inventory as a current catalog of charter status.
• Support annual Risk Committee Charter Certification under the Policy Governance Policy.
• Administer periodic Level II Risk Governance Committee Self-Assessments and report results.
• Facilitate Risk Management review and challenge of committee charters.
• Assist with control testing for policy- and governance-related controls.

Benefits

• Eligible for short-term incentive compensation and deferred incentive compensation, subject to individual and company performance.
• Eligible for incentive compensation, which may include production, commission, and/or discretionary incentives.
• The posting refers applicants to a benefits list for details; specific benefits are not stated.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level