Risk Analyst (Finance) - Suncoast Credit Union

Compensation: $55,000 - $80,000 based on experience and credentials
Location Type: Hybrid, a flexible work model blending in-office and remote working
Position Type: Full Time

The Financial Risk Analyst will develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of regulatory, compliance, and policy developments and trends. This individual will create partnerships to engage and maintain relationships to represent the business line during engagements. Key responsibilities include assisting with the coordination of audit-related and compliance activities, creating consistency in responses, and enabling the review of findings and management actions. The Financial Risk Analyst provides advisory and analytic perspective to support projects for significant initiatives impacting business line activities.

• Collaborate with Enterprise Risk Management and Audit to support risk and compliance-based initiatives
• Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled
• Perform risk assessments to identify and document risks and related controls to manage and mitigate those risks
• Drive continuous improvement of processes through analysis of quality metrics and implementation of improved policy and procedures
• Assess adherence to risk policies, practices, and appetite to ensure a comprehensive understanding and management of risks according to industry standards and internal standards
• Engage business partners to communicate second line findings from risk assessments and drive appropriate action or closure
• Support business adherence to the risk framework and ongoing supervision of business controls through risk and control self-assessments, identification, and evaluation of control effectiveness, identifying control failures, facilitating risk and compliance remediation, internal and external audits, and regulatory exams
• Monitor the first line of defense to minimize risk exposures and strengthen the overall control environment
• Perform ongoing supervision and oversight of business controls and share knowledge with team members to evaluate the effectiveness of established business controls
• Anticipate business needs and proactively identify opportunities to improve and strengthen the control environment through actionable insights
• Assist with translating control deficiencies into action plans
• Provide recommendations to enhance governance practices in alignment with risk and compliance frameworks
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of current trends, laws, and issues affecting the area of expertise
• Attend educational events to increase professional knowledge

• 5+ years of experience in internal audit, risk management, regulatory, quality control, compliance, or a related field
• Proficient knowledge of internal audit and regulatory validation of risk management capabilities
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to drive positive and sustained change as a risk professional working on large regulatory or strategic cross-functional risk and control transformation initiatives in the financial services industry
• General understanding of relevant regulations and supervisory expectations for complex financial institutions
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically to creatively solve problems
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across large organizations
• Strong communication skills to proactively approach issues, requests and escalations
• Ability to prioritize tasks by effectively managing competing and changing priorities to meet deadlines
• Accurate, detail-oriented, and organized with task management
• Ability to analyze and resolve difficult and complex problems effectively with members, staff, vendors, and government regulator
• Ability to influence others regarding policies, practices, and procedures

Skills

• Analytics

Benefits

• Financial Well-Being: Bonus Program up to 9%, 401K Matching up to 8%, Retirement Planning, Pay Increases based on Competency, Employee Loan Discounts, Flex Spending Accounts
• Wellness: Medical Coverage, Dental and Vision Coverage, Access to 4,000+ Gyms, Mental Health Resources, PTO Wellness Days, Short Term and Long Term Disability Coverage
• Work-Life Balance: 11 Paid Holidays, 3 weeks of Paid Time Off, 4 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Birthday PTO
• Community Involvement: Paid Volunteer Hours
• Growth: Degree Assistance up to $5,000 per year
• Flexibility: Remote, Hybrid, and Onsite Schedules
• Security: Pet Insurance, Free Identity Theft Protection, Legal Assistance 

For more information, including additional benefits, please visit our benefits website at https://careers.suncoastcreditunion.com/benefits

Company Overview 

Suncoast Credit Union is consistently chosen as a Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace because its employees genuinely #LOVEWORK! Employees flourish in an inclusive culture celebrating growth and prioritizing the community. Chartered in 1934, Suncoast has never furloughed any employees.
For more information, please visit our careers site at https://careers.suncoastcreditunion.com/