Risk Analyst (Digital Workplace)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Risk Analyst (Digital Workplace) based in United States.

This role supports governance, risk, and controls initiatives within a complex digital workplace and regulated business environment.

You will partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to document processes, assess risks, and strengthen controls.

The position combines risk analysis, project coordination, process improvement, stakeholder facilitation, and detailed documentation.

You will help translate business needs into practical procedures, control frameworks, and actionable remediation plans.

The role also provides exposure to audits, examinations, executive reporting, and cross-functional risk initiatives.

Success requires someone who can bring structure to ambiguous situations while influencing teams without direct authority.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced risk professional who enjoys solving complex problems and improving how organizations manage operational risk.

Accountabilities

• Partner with business and technology teams to document end-to-end processes, procedures, risks, controls, and supporting workflows.
• Coordinate GRC-related projects, remediation initiatives, deliverables, dependencies, milestones, and action items to support timely execution.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, interviews, and working sessions to identify process gaps, control requirements, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, procedures, control narratives, risk assessments, control inventories, and related governance artifacts.
• Assist in designing new preventive and detective controls and enhancing existing controls to address identified risks.
• Monitor action plans, issues, dependencies, and remediation activities while helping stakeholders maintain alignment and momentum.
• Translate business requirements into clear, actionable processes, procedures, and control documentation.
• Prepare management- and executive-level status reports, presentations, updates, and risk-related communications.
• Support internal reviews, audits, and regulatory examinations by gathering, organizing, and maintaining required documentation and evidence.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, and increase operational efficiency across digital workplace activities.
• Apply sound operational risk management practices, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience, with substantial experience supporting Governance, Risk, and Controls (GRC) programs in financial services or another regulated environment.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with business and technology teams to identify, document, evaluate, and improve processes and procedures.
• Strong experience creating process flows, procedures, risk assessments, control inventories, control narratives, and other governance documentation.
• Solid understanding of operational risk management concepts and experience developing, documenting, and maintaining preventive and detective controls.
• Knowledge of established control frameworks and standards such as COSO, SOX, Operational Risk Management, NIST, or COBIT is preferred.
• Strong project management and coordination skills, including the ability to track deliverables, action items, dependencies, remediation activities, and milestones.
• Experience facilitating workshops, interviews, and stakeholder working sessions to gather requirements and drive measurable outcomes.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, accurate, and professional documentation for different audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence and drive progress without direct authority.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and creating structure where processes, procedures, or controls are not yet fully established.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Constructive approach to challenging existing processes and recommending practical, sustainable improvements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, as well as Visio and collaboration platforms such as SharePoint, Jira, or Confluence.
• Strong customer-service mindset and commitment to building productive relationships with stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.

Benefits

• 12-month contract with potential for extension or conversion.
• Fully remote work arrangement within the United States.
• Opportunity to contribute to governance, risk, controls, and process-improvement initiatives within a regulated environment.
• Exposure to cross-functional business and technology teams, audits, examinations, and executive-level risk reporting.
• Opportunity to influence processes and controls while working across multiple organizational functions.
• Role suited to experienced risk professionals seeking a combination of analysis, project coordination, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Target start date of September 21, 2026.