What You'll Do:
Effectively controls the risks associated with business activities via the execution of firm's Enterprise Risk Management framework for identifying, assessing, treating, mitigating, monitoring, reporting and escalating risks. This role is a leader of individual contributors.
Here are a few of the key responsibilities:
- Responsible for day-to-day oversight and management of the divisional integration and implementation of the Enterprise Risk Management Program as well as any divisional required elements.
- Partners with business risk owners and stakeholders in issue/incident management, control effectiveness, and risk assessment support for critical business processes, new products/ initiatives, and identified risks outside of firm risk appetite.
- Seeks to ensure the integrity, completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of risk data, in addition to executing risk programs.
- Provides leadership with recommendations for enhancements to overall divisional risk execution and ERM Program.
- Monitors risk management procedural requirements for open high risks and ensures past due action plans are escalated to divisional leadership. Ensures evidence and remediation documentation is adequate and challenges business risk owners on action plan effectiveness.
- Uses GRC tools to evidence review and approvals as well as monitoring KRIs and generating reporting for divisional governance. Engages with ERM on tool framework elements and enhancements.
- Assists leadership in developing reporting and analyzing results for inclusion in divisional risk forums. May lead or participate in 1st and 2nd LOD risk forums and share information with divisional leadership.
- Identifies and reviews emerging risk concerns and provides early warning on key risks with divisional leadership. Works to develop a KRI inventory, reporting, monitoring and gaining alignment with ERM on risk levels and tolerances.
What You'll Need:
- 5+ years of financial services industry experience with a preference for compliance risk, ethics, conduct risk, analytical and/or core strategy work
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of risk management, ethics, controls and reporting frameworks
- Demonstrated experience and comfort communicating strategy, plans and results to senior leadership.
- Series 7 required within 6 months of start date
What Could Set You Apart:
- Previous leadership experience
- Advanced Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or Analytics
- CPA
Candidates that live within in a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday. Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
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Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.