Job description
Join Aurora Financial Group as a Senior Risk Management Lead, shaping the risk framework of a dynamic, global financial services firm. You will partner with executive leadership to identify, assess, and mitigate strategic and operational risks across the enterprise.
We offer a collaborative environment, advanced risk analytics, and opportunities to influence policy and governance at scale.
Responsibility
- Implement and maintain the enterprise risk management framework aligned with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
- Lead comprehensive risk assessments across markets, products, processes, and third-party relationships.
- Develop risk appetite statements, tolerance metrics, and dashboards to monitor key risk indicators (KRIs).
- Oversee incident response, business continuity, and crisis management planning, including recovery testing.
- Collaborate with Compliance, IT Risk, Finance, and Treasury to ensure effective control design and operational resilience.
- Drive governance through reporting to the board risk committee and senior leadership, translating complex risk data into actionable insights.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Risk Management, or a related field; advanced degree or professional certifications preferred (FRM, CFA, PRM).
- 7+ years of experience in risk management, with strong knowledge of ERM frameworks and risk taxonomies.
- Experience across credit, market, liquidity, and operational risk with regulatory exposure (Fed, NYDFS, SOX).
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills; proficiency in data tools (SQL, Python, R) and risk modeling.
- Proven leadership, stakeholder management, and ability to influence at the executive level.
- Excellent communication and report-writing skills with a track record of clear, data-driven decision support.