About the role
About the Job
As an IT Risk Operations Senior Analyst, you lead the identification, assessment, and optimization of information security risks and controls. You lead enterprise cyber maturity and IT risk assessments, serving as a trusted advisor on complex and ambiguous risk matters. As a subject matter expert for the IT Risk team, you track and manage all discovered risks and follow up on treatment plans. You have excellent presentation and communication skills and are skilled at ServiceNow as a GRC tool. You are committed to excellence, accuracy, and discretion in all aspects of your work.
What You’ll Do
- Execute complex GRC initiatives and assessments to ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations Conduct ad-hoc IT risk and compliance assessments across technical and non-technical domains and define effective risk mitigation strategies Conduct an annual comprehensive IT Risk Assessment in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements using a combination of interviewing and data analysis
- Deliver to and advise senior management on risk assessment results and associated responses
- Partner with stakeholders to resolve GRC issues and strengthen governance and risk management practices
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members to support their professional development What You’ll Bring to the Role Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience 6–8 years of experience in information systems or systems audit with strong knowledge of technologies and processes Impeccable oral presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage, influence, and build trusted relationships with senior leadership Demonstrated experience designing and implementing monitoring strategies for IT general controls A self-starter mentality with strong ambition, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to proactively tackle new challenges with minimal supervision
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex and ambiguous situations
- Experience with ServiceNow IRM (Information Risk Management Module) Excellent relationship management, influence, and communication skills, with sound judgment and diplomacy Skills You Have Adaptive Communication Formulates strategies to be used to convey complex information about services, products, systems, or processes to targeted audiences; communicates and liaises between technical and non-technical audiences Cross Functional Partnering & Planning Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions within the organization, and who have different areas of expertise, to achieve common goals Negotiation & Managing Objection Compromises in a cooperative effort to reach mutually satisfactory conclusions and results; navigates challenging conversations Process Improvement Assesses the current processes and impact to analyze, design, and manage potential improvement areas for more efficient, effective workflow Risk Assessment & Identification Leverages industry knowledge to determine and seek hazards that could potentially prevent the program, enterprise, or investment from achieving their objectives; designs systematic processes of identifying severity of hazards and evaluating the scale and impacts of any associated risk on the business Risk Consulting Identifies, understands, and facilitates discussions/processes and provides recommendations/resources to manage risk in collaboration with business and process owners #LI-Hybrid Compensation Range Pay Range - Start $98,320.00 Pay Range - End $147,480.00
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