Senior Risk Manager - Change and Integration

Edward Jones

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Risk Manager serves as a trusted risk advisor and partner to the Wealth Management and Field Management (WMFM) division. The WMFM 1st Line Risk Team identifies, assesses, manages, and elevates risks; implements and operates the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework; promotes alignment with standards; provides visibility into the WMFM risk profile; and helps design and monitor risk mitigation plans. This role emphasizes hands-on execution and influence rather than people leadership.

The position partners with ERM stakeholders and WMFM teams to assess initiative impacts, lead change management and communications, and support business and process owners. It owns the Third-Party Tools risk program and develops and executes the WMFM Strategy Risk program in alignment with future ERM standards. The role also supports training, onboarding, leadership risk reporting, and the rollout of firm policies and standards.

Candidates who live within commuting distance of the Tempe, Arizona, or St. Louis, Missouri, home offices are expected to work in the office four days per week. Internally, this role is known as a Senior Risk and Control Associate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 5 years of risk management and/or change management experience.
• Experience leading and managing multiple initiatives, projects, or large efforts.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking skills, including the ability to independently identify, prioritize, monitor, communicate, and/or resolve issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• FINRA Series 7 license, or ability to acquire it within 12 months of hiring.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience on an ERM or first-line-of-defense risk team, including experience handling multiple ERM initiatives.
• Prior experience focused on change and communication initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Enterprise Risk Management stakeholders to stay informed about current and upcoming initiatives, assess impacts with the first-line risk team, and lead change-management and communication plans for internal teams and affected business and process owners.
• Evaluate the impact of ERM initiatives on the department and prepare a monthly status report covering progress, key impacts, and resourcing considerations for senior partners preparing for governance meetings.
• Maintain an inventory of required training for the first-line risk team and business and process owners, establish and monitor completion plans, and keep onboarding materials and plans current for new risk team members.
• Own the Third-Party Tools risk program and ensure existing and potential WMFM tools are appropriately assessed.
• Develop and execute the WMFM Strategy Risk program, providing the business area with tools and a framework to assess strategy risk and make informed decisions; coordinate with Enterprise Risk leadership to align with future standards.
• Provide insights to leadership for consideration in risk forums and escalate emerging risk concerns.
• Act as a team resource and assist divisional leaders and associates as needed.
• Support ERM division initiatives to roll out policies and standards to WMFM as needed.

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
• Basic life insurance
• Basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• Ten paid holidays
• 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning January 1 of each year
• Sick time
• Personal days
• Paid day for volunteerism
• Potential bonuses and profit sharing
• Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

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