Risk Governance and Oversight Specialist II

Truist Bank • Atlanta, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The position involves providing coordination, effective challenge, and robust independent oversight of policies, limits, and committees to drive effective governance structures and requirements. The goal is to effectively manage and mitigate risks across the company and support alignment with the overall corporate strategy. The role also supports the design, implementation, and execution of risk-based governance processes and systems for prioritizing, structuring, reviewing, and approving governance materials throughout the company. For this opportunity, Truist will not sponsor an applicant for work visa status or employment authorization, nor will they offer any immigration-related support. Candidates must be located in or willing to self-relocate to Charlotte, NC, Raleigh, NC, Richmond, VA, Atlanta, GA, Winston Salem, NC, or Wilson, NC. The role requires 5 days per week in the office, with no full remote or relocation assistance available at this time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Communications or equivalent education and related training
• 8+ years of financial services or risk management experience or demonstrated equivalent proficiency
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills with ability to interact and communicate within all levels of organization, across functions, and within public sector/governmental agencies
• Strong analytical, cognitive, conceptual, critical thinking and organizational skills
• Demonstrated leadership, communication (verbal and written), presentation, and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated planning ability with demonstrated judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products

Nice To Haves

• Risk, Audit, or Compliance background that demonstrates experience supporting Quality Assurance or monitoring activities, including executing QA testing against defined program or policy requirements and documenting results.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to summarize and distribute QA findings to a broad audience across first and second line partners, ensuring clarity, consistency, and appropriate escalation.
• Comfortable leveraging metadata and existing reporting tools (e.g., policy or governance systems) to measure adherence and support enterprise reporting, with interest in AI‑enabled efficiencies—without requiring advanced data analytics or report‑building expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provide coordination, effective challenge and robust independent oversight of policies, limits, and committees to drive effective governance structures and requirements to effectively manage and mitigate risks across the company and support alignment with the overall corporate strategy.
• Provide consultative leadership and develop working relationships across assigned business units and committees to drive the implementation and execution of a multi-level governance document structure and comprehensive inventory for all defined governance materials.
• Support and contribute to the design, implementation, and execution of comprehensive, forward-looking, and risk-based frameworks, processes, and systems for prioritizing, structuring, reviewing, and approving governance materials throughout the company.
• Support the monitoring and execution of risk governance policies and procedures to establish defined processes, clear roles and responsibilities, and effective challenge routines.
• Identify and monitor risk governance exceptions, issues, and emerging trends across assigned business units and committees to drive their remediation, acceptance, or escalation to governing bodies.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of the enterprise-wide system(s) of record for governance materials through collaboration with business unit points of contact and risk management partners.
• Support the development and delivery of risk governance stakeholder trainings and communications to support a proactive, enterprise-level and risk-based oversight program.
• Support and contribute to the execution of ongoing monitoring and quality assurance/control activities of the processes and functions performed by assigned business units and risk committees.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• disability
• accidental death and dismemberment
• tax-preferred savings accounts
• 401k plan
• no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment
• 10 sick days (also prorated)
• paid holidays
• defined benefit pension plan
• restricted stock units
• deferred compensation plan

What This Job Offers

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