Risk, Operational Risk, Associate, Salt Lake City / Dallas

Level/Location: Associate, Salt Lake City or Dallas

The Associate in Op Risk Programs Governance is responsible for supporting the design, implementation, and maintenance of the operational risk governance framework while managing cross-functional projects across operational risk teams. This role bridges governance oversight with hands-on project delivery, ensuring that risk policies, standards, and initiatives are executed effectively and in alignment with departmental expectations and enterprise risk appetite.

Primary Responsibilities:

•    Support operational risk program activities by helping coordinate timelines, deliverables, stakeholder inputs, and follow-up actions across teams
•    Assist with risk and issue reviews by gathering information, organizing materials, documenting updates, and tracking open items through completion
•    Help maintain clear program reporting, including status updates, meeting materials, action logs, issue summaries, remediation progress, and key themes for leadership review
•    Partner with Risk, business, compliance, audit, and technology stakeholders to coordinate program execution, validate updates, and support timely resolution of open items
•    Support operational risk processes by helping document risks, controls, issues, decisions, and follow-up actions in a clear and organized way
•    Identify themes, risks, dependencies, or delays that may require additional stakeholder follow-up or escalation
•    Support updates to procedures, program materials, and governance documents to help drive consistent execution across teams


Qualifications:

•    3-5 years of prior work experience in operational risk, program management, non-financial risk, compliance, internal audit, controls, financial services, or a related   field
•    Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage timelines, track action items, follow up with stakeholders, and maintain accurate program materials
•    Working understanding of risk, controls, issues, audit findings, remediation, or governance processes
•    Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear updates, summarize key points, and communicate follow-ups effectively
•    Ability to organize information, identify themes, and escalate delays, risks, or dependencies appropriately
•    Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
•    Team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, attention to detail, and willingness to learn
 

Preferred:

•    Experience supporting operational risk, governance, control, audit, regulatory, or cross-functional programs
•    Exposure to issue management, remediation tracking, risk reporting, audit findings, or program governance routines
•    Experience preparing stakeholder updates, meeting materials, action trackers, and leadership summaries
•    Ability to build relationships across teams and help drive accountability, follow-through, and consistent execution
 

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