Data Risk Analyst

Grow your career as a Data Risk Analyst with an innovative global bank in New York, NY. Contract role with strong possibility of extension. Will require working a hybrid schedule 2-3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration: 7+ Months
Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree, major in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in the financial services industry.
• Skilled in:
  • Data Governance
  • Data Lineage & Tracing
  • Risk Data Testing
  • Data Architecture
• Experience in Risk Management, Internal Audit.
• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory and risk management in the financial services industry.
• Proven leadership and project management skills to drive alignment across stakeholder groups to review and challenge repeatable end-to-end risk management solutions and controls aligned with policies, framework and processes.
• Deep understanding of risk framework, corporate/business policies, and programs to translate into plans for the business, function and/or risk type.
• Demonstrated ability to understand effective and efficient risk controls and gaps within large organizations.
• Experience advising and collaborating with cross-functional internal & external stakeholders.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Master's degree.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration.
• Certification: BCBS 239, CISA certification.
• Experience working for a Regulator.
• Recent experience in managing or leading audits and/or quality assurance reviews for a banking institution.
• Skilled in:
  • Data Quality Management
  • Data Quality Strategy
  • Risk Management Skills

What You Will Be Doing

• Partner with issue owners and teams to provide guidance, challenge and quality assurance on the approach to pass IA and Regulatory scrutiny.
• Facilitate execution of the Challenge and Quality Review Framework (1st LoD self-assessment), through engagement and credible challenge with senior stakeholders, 2nd and 3rd LoD.
• Drive compliance of the QC Framework with Accountable Executives and Issue Owners.
• Provide guidance to issue owners on how to best represent a reduction of risk and issue remediation that will pass the scrutiny of IA validation and regulatory review.
• Provide an independent initial assessment and challenge on the remediation and evidence artifacts.
• Work with stakeholders to drive challenge to ensure strategic deliveries meet the letter and spirit of management, regulator, Compliance or IA concerns.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders including issue owners, governance/policy owners, and program leads for intersecting work efforts.
• Execute against multiple competing priorities simultaneously.
• Ensure risks and issues are raised in a timely manner and in accordance with company policy.
• Ensure all programs understand regulatory feedback and expectations, underlying concerns, and their root causes to make sure their commitments are complete.
• Provide review and challenge of each program's defined scope, assessed gap, target state, and success criteria to ensure it fully addresses the letter and the spirit of the regulatory feedback, broader supervisory expectations and underlying issues and root causes.
• Identify related and interdependent program elements and provide feedback and input to ensure consistency of review and challenge implementation according to developed guidelines.
• Review policies and risk frameworks.
• Governance and project management.
• Be proactive and self-motivated in driving quality and timely reviews/assessments end-to-end.