Strategic Risk Management Analyst

Job Title : Strategic Risk Management Analyst

Location : CityScape

What you'll do :

The Strategic & Reputational Risk Management (SRM) Analyst will be responsible for supporting change risk oversight and program reporting to senior management and the board in line with regulatory and board expectations.

The Risk Analyst will also assist with Risk-specific LFI Transformation initiatives, such as compiling workstream updates and reporting to the LFI Transformation Office.

The successful candidate will partner effectively across all Lines of Defense and be aligned with relevant 1LOD functions, such as the LFI Transformation Office, Change Management, HR, Treasury, IT, and Business Controls & Testing.

The Strategic & Reputational Risk team is part of the Bank's wider Risk Management department and a rapidly growing team focused on providing expert guidance, credible challenge, and effective oversight of risk-taking activities throughout the Bank.

The Risk Management department plays a critical role in helping to inform bank management and the Board of Directors of the risks inherent in its actions and decisions, enterprise impacts, and opportunities to manage risk.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Strategic & Reputational Risk, the ideal candidate will be driven to build and scale, ready to challenge the status quo, able to comprehensively synthesize and communicate information, as well as driven to continuously improve.

What we are looking for :

Responsibilities :

Support change risk oversight, review, and challenge of the LFI Transformation Office through all change lifecycle stages (e.

g., initiation, planning, execution).

• Support enterprise regulatory relations and remediation activities, focused on program reporting deliverables.
• Assist Risk-specific LFI Transformation initiatives, such as compiling workstream updates and reporting to the LFI Transformation Office.
• Participate in enterprise risk programs such as Risk & Controls Self-Assessments (RCSAs), Issue Management, and Risk Appetite, focused on change and people risks.
• Participate in development of Strategic & Reputational Risk team committee / board deliverables as needed (e.g., Risk Appetite Statement KRI reporting, Large Financial Institution Readiness updates).

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 1-2 years of direct or related experience in Risk Management, Internal Audit, Finance, Public Accounting, or Management Consulting.
• Knowledge of general banking operations and governance practices, industry trends, competitive landscape, and corporate strategy.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Excellent written and presentation / PPT development skills.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills.

Benefits you'll love :

Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.

We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program.

In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company :

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank;

Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and / or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.

com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.

We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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