Risk Management Specialist, Affirm

• 2+ years of professional work experience in internal audit, enterprise risk, or operational risk in a regulated environment, preferably in banking or financial services
• 4-year college/university degree; in lieu of this, we will consider additional years of experience beyond the 2+ listed above
• Self-starter with the desire to ramp up quickly, collaborate, execute and propose alternative or creative solutions when necessary
• Excellent time management, critical thinking, analytical and communication skills
• Resourceful and can work well independently
• Proficient in Google Workspace applications: Gmail, Sheets, Drive, Docs, etc

Desirable

• Affirm’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team is focused on enabling informed risk based decisions by establishing enterprise standards, governance practices and independent risk oversight programs to safeguard our business, people and brand
• ERM runs several risk focused programs and we’re looking for an analyst to support the team in maturing all programs
• Support all ERM programs including but not limited to:
• Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery Program
• Risk Management Committee Administration
• Third-Party Risk Management Program
• Issue Management Program
• Policy Governance
• Product Governance
• Support risk identification, tracking and monitoring activities as part of operational risk oversight and product governance for existing products and new strategic initiatives
• Assist with issue management activities including remediation coordination, risk committee escalations, reporting and trend analysis
• Coordinate risk committee agenda, pre-read materials and scheduling of attendees
• Keep track of risk committee action items and take meeting minutes
• Handle internal and external audit requests related to risk committee reporting and minutes
• Facilitate policy reviews and ensure policy governance standards are met
• Assist in drafting and maintaining procedures for program activities
• Propose ERM program enhancements including recommendations on policy, standards, procedures, and tooling
• As needed, support the execution of strategic projects for the wider ERM team