Risk And Compliance Associate

Summary

Join Esusu's Risk & Compliance team as a Risk & Compliance Associate and contribute to democratizing access to credit for underserved communities. You will play a key role in implementing and monitoring the company's risk management and compliance program. This involves identifying emerging risks, conducting risk assessments, and preparing reports. The position requires strong analytical, communication, and project management skills, along with experience in risk management and compliance. You will collaborate with internal teams and contribute to a healthy risk and compliance culture. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact at an early-stage startup.

Requirements

• Degree in a related field (Business, Finance, Accounting)
• At least 3 years experience in a risk, audit and compliance or equivalent role
• Familiar with implementing risk and compliance frameworks and taxonomies
• Demonstrated ability to use GRC tools, Google Suite, VBA, Macros, Visualizations tools, etc
• Experience in data analysis, or data management, or data quality assurance
• Experience supporting key aspects of compliance, operational and enterprise risk management
• Knowledge of the three lines of defense principle
• Ability to work in a dynamic setting and to make adjustments as required as a result of changes in business need or strategic direction
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize multiple tasks daily
• Ability to work US Eastern time (this is equivalent to evening hours Manila Time)
• Strong analytical skills; the ideal candidate must be able to analyze a large collection of data, then create reports of trends and results to support decision making
• Sound written and verbal communication skills to communicate clearly and effectively with business and team members at all levels
• Project management: must be able to organize and manage time to track and complete multiple projects
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with a positive and collegial attitude
• Experience coordinating workflows
• Ability to work independently and/or in a team structure with a diverse group of individuals

Responsibilities

• Identify emerging Risks
• Risk aggregation and reporting
• Risk and control Assessments
• Monitoring and reporting on Key Risk and Performance Indicators
• Managing the Process and Control Library
• The monitoring, analysis and reporting of risk exposures
• Incident Management
• Issues Management
• Vendor / Third Party risk Management and oversight
• Preparation of periodic and ad hoc Reports
• Internal Audit activities
• Conduct tests to determine control effectiveness
• Support organizational compliance with applicable policies through regular risk exposure monitoring and reporting
• Support the development, maintenance and revision of policies, including routing and revising policies through existing protocols
• Assist in the technical writing of department and enterprise level policies, procedures, manuals, as needed and maintain records of any policy changes
• Participate in activities to monitor and facilitate compliance with policies, laws and regulations
• Assist in the continued efforts to train and foster a healthy risk and compliance culture across the company
• Support efforts to improve processes including automating tasks where possible
• Perform administrative tasks to ensure team initiatives are successfully managed and implemented
• Play an administrative role in managing team tasks and workflows using a governance, risk and compliance (GRC) tool
• Complete needed updates for the team’s online portals on an ongoing basis

Preferred Qualifications

• Other technical skills such as SQL, Python programming will also be viewed positively
• Ability to build quantitative models and scenarios
• Familiarity with Google workspace, Atlassian (Opsegenie, Confluence) and GRC tools (such as Vanta, Protecht)