Business Risk Lead Analyst

Global Financial Firm located in Irving, TX has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Business Risk Lead Analyst.

Work Mode: Hybrid

Pay rate range: $ 70.00 - $ 75.00 Negotiable based upon years of experience

Duration: Full-time

Responsibilities:

• Support execution of the Country Risk Limits and CFR processes.
• Coordinate process activities and stakeholder engagement across multiple teams.
• Prepare meeting materials, documentation, governance artifacts, and senior management reporting.
• Ensure consistency, adherence to governance requirements, and regulatory compliance across both processes.
• Support governance oversight of sovereign risk, country risk appetite, country limits, balance sheet risk, liquidity risk, public sector exposure management, and country franchise strategy.
• Review and support approval processes for balance sheet and liquidity limits for sovereigns representing approximately 82% of the company's Global Public Sector exposure.
• Conduct country assessments, risk appetite reviews, governance reviews, strategic country considerations, and regulatory compliance activities.
• Monitor sovereign exposures, country limits, liquidity metrics, and risk reporting.
• Identify and implement process enhancements and efficiency opportunities, including streamlining CFR reviews, standardizing review documentation, enhancing governance reporting, improving stakeholder coordination, and reducing manual processes.

Requirements:

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience gained within top-tier global financial institutions, central banks, credit rating agencies, or multilateral institutions/development banks.
• Understanding of country, sovereign, and public sector risk frameworks.
• Experience supporting governance, risk management, regulatory, or control-related processes.
• Strong business analysis, process management, and program coordination skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, data analysis, large dataset management, reporting and tracking, risk and governance metric analysis, and reconciliation activities.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, including executive-level presentations, governance materials, and senior management reporting.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with internal risk management platforms, governance tracking tools, workflow and approval systems, and reporting databases.
• Process automation and workflow tool experience preferred.
• Business Process Management (BPM) platform experience is helpful but not required.
• Data analysis and reporting automation capabilities are beneficial.