Risk Analyst Senior

FIS Global•Little Rock, AR

About The Position

At FIS, our technology and our people are moving forward. We advance the way the world pays, banks and invests. We believe in building inclusive, diverse teams. Together, we innovate to help our colleagues, clients and communities succeed. If you’re ready to grow your career and make an impact in fintech, we have one question: Are you FIS? About the team: The Enterprise Policy Office (EPO) is part of the Enterprise Risk Office (ERO). EPO defines and governs processes associated with the management of policies and standards across FIS and oversees Policy and Standard Owner activities including assessing compliance with the FIS Policy Management Policy. EPO also collaborates with Policy and Standard Owners to adhere to the Policy Management Policy requirements during the policy management lifecycle (i.e. authoring, publication, change management, review/maintenance, and retirement). About the role: EPO is seeking an experienced candidate who will help execute the FIS Policy Management Governance Program. This new position on the EPO team is part of a broader effort to enhance and further develop the Risk Management Framework at FIS. Throughout 2026, the Policy Management Governance Program will continue to undergo numerous changes as to how policies and standards are organized and managed, how business impacts from new or updated policies and standards are assessed, and how adherence to policy and standard requirements are determined and reported. This individual will be instrumental in helping FIS transition to this more robust program.

Requirements

Successful candidates will possess 5-8 years prior experience in the financial services industry leading, executing, or contributing to a Policy Management Governance Program; understanding of key risk management principles including how policies and standards serve as a critical piece of the Risk Management Framework; strong verbal and written communication skills; and the ability to both collaborate and credibly challenge partners across FIS.
Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience. May be required to hold certification or equivalent in area managed.
General business skills, industry knowledge, financial management and planning skills
Strong problem-solving skills
Ability to utilize judgment in decision making process and decisions related to job tasks
Excellent skills in communicating ideas both verbally and in written form in a clear, concise and professional manner including presentations

Responsibilities

Implementing a sustainable business impact analysis (BIA) process to enable consistent implementation of new or updated policies and standards by document owners.
Periodically assessing policy adherence to the EPO-owned Policy Management Policy.
Helping to establish a policy and standard adherence program across FIS.
Participating in policy-related merger integration activities, as needed.
Supporting the execution, oversight and reporting of the policy exceptions process.
Supporting the creation, maintenance and enhancement of EPO’s educational materials (i.e., training courses, job aids, EPO intranet pages, etc.).
Communicating, coordinating, and guiding FIS teammates of our regulated entities on compliance with the policy management lifecycle of their regulated entity policy content.
Serve as primary back-up to other EPO teammates in
Maintaining accurate policy and standard documents in Archer (risk management system of record) and publishing updated documents on the FIS Policy Repository share point.
Processing Archer change tickets in a timely manner ensuring a clear audit trail of policy and standard changes.
Reviewing policy content changes to determine materiality and uphold adherence to established EPO requirements and procedures.
Reviewing policy content and collaborating with policy content owners, suggesting revisions or otherwise authoring policy content where necessary.
Disseminating policy changes or other announcements and collaborating cross-functionally when necessary.
Coordinating annual reviews of FIS policies and standards with document owners.
Coordinating the translation and publication of policy content into other languages.