Digital Regulatory Advisor Sr Technical Architect - GRC

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 19-May-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

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Team Overview:

The Digital Risk Management organization is responsible for defining and governing the firm's technology, cyber, and data risk posture across a complex financial services environment spanning both bank and broker-dealer operations. The team ensures that risk management practices, controls, and governance processes align with evolving regulatory expectations and enable the business to operate securely, compliantly, and at speed.

Within this organization, the Regulatory Advisory function will serve as the centralized capability responsible for interpreting regulatory requirements, translating them into actionable risk and control expectations, and ensuring the firm maintains a strong, defensible compliance posture.

Role Overview:

The Regulatory Change & Advisory Lead is a Senior Individual Contributor role responsible for monitoring, interpreting, and operationalizing the regulatory landscape across technology, cybersecurity, and data domains.

This individual acts as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, bridging regulatory requirements with practical implementation across Digital and Business teams. The role requires deep expertise in financial services regulation, strong technical fluency, and the ability to influence outcomes without direct authority.

The individual will lead regulatory interpretation, ensure alignment between regulatory obligations and the firm's control environment, and support regulatory examinations by serving as a key interface between regulators and internal stakeholders.

What You'll Do:

Regulatory Intelligence & Interpretation

• Monitor and analyze evolving regulatory requirements across banking and broker-dealer domains (e.g., FFIEC, SEC, FINRA, FDIC, NYDFS, OCC).
• Interpret regulatory rules and guidance, translating them into clear, actionable expectations for Technology, Cybersecurity, and Data teams.
• Provide authoritative guidance on regulatory applicability, scope, and impact to the organization.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of the regulatory landscape, proactively identifying upcoming changes and implications.

Regulatory Advisory & Compliance Positioning

• Serve as the primary regulatory advisor to Digital leadership.
• Assess current-state capabilities against regulatory expectations and articulate clear gap positions and risk implications.
• Partner with domain leaders to define and prioritize remediation strategies and implementation roadmaps.
• Ensure consistent interpretation and application of regulatory requirements across the enterprise.

Control Environment Alignment

• Ensure regulatory requirements are accurately mapped to controls, policies, and standards.
• Validate that the control environment is designed effectively to meet regulatory expectations.
• Partner with control owners to enhance control design, documentation, and traceability.
• Drive alignment between regulatory requirements and internal frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF 2.0, COBIT, CRI Profile).

Testing, Evidence, and Assurance Readiness

• Ensure appropriate control effectiveness testing strategies are defined and executed.
• Validate that evidence collection processes are sufficient, repeatable, and audit-ready.
• Partner with assurance and testing teams to strengthen defensibility of control outcomes.
• Identify gaps in testing coverage and drive improvements in monitoring and validation.

Regulatory Exam & Audit Support

• Provide senior advisory support for regulatory examinations and supervisory engagements.
• Act as a key interface with regulators, ensuring clear, consistent, and credible communication.
• Prepare teams for regulatory interactions, including interviews, walkthroughs, and document reviews.
• Review and quality-assure materials submitted to regulators to ensure alignment with expectations.
• Coordinate responses to regulatory findings and track remediation activities.

Governance, Reporting, and Awareness

• Establish and maintain visibility into regulatory changes, known gaps, and remediation progress.
• Deliver executive-level insights on regulatory posture, risks, and priorities.
• Ensure stakeholders are informed of emerging requirements and required actions.
• Support governance forums with clear, concise regulatory updates and decision support.

Industry Engagement & Benchmarking

• Participate in industry forums, working groups, and peer networks to stay current on regulatory trends and supervisory focus areas.
• Benchmark the firm's practices against peers and leading industry standards.
• Incorporate external insights into internal strategies and control improvements.

What Experience You'll Need:

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in financial services risk management, regulatory compliance, or cybersecurity governance.
• Deep experience interpreting and applying regulations across banking and/or broker-dealer environments.
• Proven experience supporting regulatory exams and direct regulator engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive outcomes in a matrixed organization.

Technical & Regulatory Expertise

• Strong understanding of technology and cyber risk management practices.
• Strong understanding of control frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, COBIT, ISO).
• Familiarity with regulatory expectations (e.g., FFIEC, SEC, FINRA, FDIC, NYDFS).
• Ability to translate regulatory language into practical control and architecture implications.
• Familiarity with control testing, evidence requirements, and audit expectations.

Leadership & Influence

• Executive presence with the ability to communicate complex regulatory topics clearly and concisely.
• Strong judgment and ability to provide defensible regulatory positions.
• Ability to operate as a department-level leader without direct reports, driving alignment across multiple teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including board- and regulator-facing materials.

What Could Set You Apart:

• Experience in a large, complex financial institution with both bank and broker-dealer operations.
• Prior experience in a regulatory agency, consulting firm, or internal regulatory advisory function.
• Experience establishing or maturing regulatory change management programs.
• Advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CRISC).

Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week.

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Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.

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