Senior Risk Manager at Edward D. Jones in St Louis, Missouri

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.

The Senior Risk Manager will be responsible for leading Compensation Program Support through the  planning and execution of risk assessments, the implementation of internal control enhancements where needed, as well as the reporting of the effectiveness of the overall control environment. This position will work in partnership with multiple Compensation Program Support Leaders to develop an overall risk and control framework that will be executed by associates and leaders within the department. 

- Act as an independent advisor for leaders and associates by facilitating the risk assessment process of high-risk areas and processes to ensure the significant risks within the process are addressed. 

- Advise on control design to mitigate operational risks and be able identify when the control environment can be improved 

- Consolidate and report risk assessment information across areas to allow business and senior leaders to effectively manage the department’s risk level 

- Advise and assist business process owners on performing root cause analysis and the development of controls to effectively mitigate the identified control gaps 

- Prepare risk documentation and synthesize risk data into meaningful reporting, tailored to various audiences and levels in the organization 

- Develop recurring sign off process of key controls within Compensation Program Support 

- Develop efficient processes to execute controls using data gathering software like Power BI, Excel Power Query, and Tableau 

- Identify and enhance existing control processes 

- Bachelor’s degree (business, finance or accounting preferred) 

- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, as well as other software programs and databases. 

- CPA, CIA, CFE, CISA, or FRM preferred 

- 6+ years public accounting, internal audit, risk management, or internal control experience with comprehensive knowledge of process analysis and control design techniques required 

- Experience with SQL to gather data in tools like Power BI, Excel Power Query, and Tableau strongly preferred 

- Previous direct and cross-functional team leadership skills or project management experience preferred 

- Ability to independently identify, prioritize, monitor, communicate, and/or resolve issues 

- Ability to lead and facilitate risk discussions with various stakeholders within the organization 

- Demonstrates ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment by incorporating effective listening and collaboration skills 

- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work at all levels of management, including senior management 

- Strong time management and organizational skills required