Senior Risk Manager - Finance

Edward Jones

About The Position

The Senior Risk Manager – Finance serves as a trusted risk advisor and partner to the Finance division, collaborating with stakeholders across the organization to drive risk management initiatives. The role is part of the Finance Risk Management team and executes the firm's Enterprise Risk Management framework for identifying, assessing, treating, mitigating, monitoring, reporting, and escalating risks. Internally, this role is known as a Senior Risk and Control Associate.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; business, finance, or accounting preferred.
At least 5 years of risk management experience.
Experience building and influencing cross-functional stakeholder relationships to drive alignment and results.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking skills, with a track record of solving complex business challenges.
Effective communication skills, including experience presenting to diverse audiences and delivering results in fast-paced, evolving environments.

Nice To Haves

CPA.
Experience as a risk manager or risk owner within the financial risk domain.
Experience supporting systems implementation.
SOX experience.

Responsibilities

Execute Finance risk and control activities in accordance with the Enterprise Risk Management Program and applicable divisional requirements.
Execute critical business risk assessments, including assessments for new projects and initiatives, and maintain process, risk, and control inventories.
Build and maintain knowledge of assigned business division processes, risk profiles, firm policies and programs, and ERM frameworks and standards to support risk oversight, governance, and credible challenge.
Support business owners of out-of-appetite risks, issues, or incidents, including root cause analysis, action plan development, evidence review, remediation documentation, and effective challenge of action plan effectiveness.
Use GRC to document risk issues and assessment data in accordance with established SLAs, ensuring complete, accurate, and timely reporting.
Support development of reporting and analysis for risk forums, communicating trends, exposures, remediation status, and matters requiring escalation.
Monitor emerging risk and provide early-warning risk insight to divisional leadership.
Develop and inventory KRIs to enable effective monitoring of the division's risk profile.
Support development of risk training and education to strengthen business partners' understanding and application of the Enterprise Risk Management Program.
Stay informed about risk industry and educational and development opportunities.

Benefits

Medical and prescription drug coverage.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Voluntary benefits, including accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness coverage.
Short- and long-term disability coverage provided at no cost to associates.
Basic life and basic AD&D coverage provided at no cost to associates.
401(k) retirement plan.
Health savings account.
Flexible spending account.
Ten paid holidays.
15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year.
Sick time and personal days.
Paid day for volunteerism.
Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing.
Employee Assistance Program.