First Line Risk Senior Analyst

Citizens Financial Group•Charlotte, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

As the First Line Senior Risk Analyst, you will participate with the first line risk teams to define the target state for monitoring and testing for assigned products, processes, and services. You will be responsible for assessing and executing the control monitoring and testing program for multiple lines of business and/or products. The Senior Risk Analyst will work within established timelines to deliver control testing and metric monitoring, which are critical to determining control environment effectiveness. Further, the Senior Risk Analyst will act as a technical control expert in support of one or more critical business processes.

Requirements

2-4 years' experience in a risk management and testing environment.
Strong analytical skills and an innovative approach to solving both practical and theoretical problems.
Ability to collaborate effectively, build relationships, facilitate discussions, and diplomatically build consensus across diverse audiences/viewpoints.
Excellent communication skills and experience producing high-quality materials for management consumption.
Proficient use of Microsoft suite of products and Atlassian tools (JIRA/Confluence).

Nice To Haves

Understanding of internal testing best practices & methodologies (e.g. OCC Comptroller’s Handbook on Internal Controls, FINRA 3120 Supervisory Control System)
Experience with statistical analysis and trending of testing metrics
Proficient use of Salesforce, Alteryx and Tableau
Proficient use of Microsoft suite of products and Atlassian tools (JIRA/Confluence)

Responsibilities

Recommend an assessment of the controls performance based on analysis.
Assist in the training and development of peers.
Identify and implement continuous monitoring and risk-adjusted control testing through workshops.
Increase the use of key control metrics, automated testing, and data analytics to provide value and insight to key stakeholders.
Execute the control monitoring and testing program for assigned products, processes, and services.
Meet all established SLAs related to control testing and continuous monitoring.
Support Risk and Control Self Assessment (RCSA) execution, make recommendations to existing risks/controls/control assessment methods.
Support exam management through delivery of control monitoring documentation and related analysis.
Support risk issue closure.
Maintain an up-to-date understanding of business processes along with regulatory, statutory, and legislative requirements for risk management and controls.
Collaborate with designated business partners to remain apprised of the status of ongoing risk, control, and change initiatives, as well as to ensure compliance with internal risk management requirements.
Write and maintain metric requirement documents, including overall solution, data definitions, and process flow.
Partner with other members of the Commercial Risk team, using metric-based visualizations to facilitate Business Partner, Independent Risk Management, and Senior Leadership decision-making.