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Position Summary

As a member of the Ascensus Risk Management Department, the Risk Analyst provides meaningful contributions to the efforts of the team to proactively identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risk throughout the organization.

Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Data Privacy

• Coordination of communication and response to privacy issues that require notification to impacted parties and regulatory bodies

• Partner with Information security to review communications blocked by security tools to determine the actual risk presented by the issue. Coordination of updates to security tool configurations required to attain business needs

Internal Control Testing

• Coordinate key control reviews including quarterly logical and physical access review

• Assist with risk assessments and audit activities as necessary

Project Management Initiatives

• Assist with various departmental projects including platform changes and process improvement initiatives

• Track completion of initiatives (training, certifications, etc) and follow-up with stakeholders and others to ensure tasks are properly and promptly completed

Program Support

• Support administration of all risk programs as necessary including but not limited to Vendor Management, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Data Privacy, Security Awareness Training, Access Certification, Risk Assessments, Audit and Incident Response.

Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

• Minimum of 1 to 3 years of financial service experience, preferably within risk management or audit support

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment and across various levels of an organization

• Ability to respond to routine multi-tasking as well as complex, unplanned issues while adhering to aggressive deadlines for multiple initiatives

• Proven ability to proactively and independently research issues, gather evidence, and successfully work with various groups throughout the organization

• Effective oral, written, and presentation skills with a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across all functional areas and levels of seniority

• Self-motivated, proactive, and energetic team player

• Ability to proactively identify areas for process improvement, and to turn recommendations into actions

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills

• Ability to manage multiple tasks/deadlines with limited supervision

• Advanced MS Excel knowledge and skills to assist with data organization and interpretation.

• Detail-oriented, PC proficient (including MS-Office), flexible, committed to quality

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