Associate Director - Risk Analysis, Controls & Assurance

Dow Jones; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plans

Comprehensive Insurance Plans

Lifestyle Programs & WellnessResources

Education Benefits

Family Care Benefits & Caregiving

Commuter Transit Program

Subscription Discounts

Employee Referral Program

Financial Health Programs

Cybersecurity Protection

Job summary

Dow Jones Energy seeks an Associate Director - Risk Analysis, Controls & Assurance to design, deploy, and maintain an enterprise-wide risk framework. You will partner with senior leaders to embed risk-by-design into AI, data ingestion, and new product development while ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will lead risk assessments across editorial and non-editorial functions, oversee controls testing, and drive proactive guardrails to mitigate emerging risks before they impact the business.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management, internal controls, regulatory assurance, or operational risk.
• Exposure to data governance, AI governance, antitrust/competition law, event operations, and product development lifecycles.
• Proven analytical ability to map business processes and identify control gaps.
• Executive presence and strong communication to senior leaders, technical teams, and partners.
• Proactive problem-solving mindset with risk management as strategic enablement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to architect, operationalize, and maintain a comprehensive risk framework for Dow Jones Energy.
• Lead risk assessments across editorial and non-editorial functions with monitoring, controls testing, and gap analyses.
• Define and monitor control frameworks for AI, ML, and automated data ingestion; embed risk-by-design in NPD pipelines.
• Implement controls to safeguard against antitrust issues, conflicts of interest, and regulatory non-compliance.
• Collaborate with Data Governance and Tech teams on data provenance, IP usage, third-party licensing, and data security.

Skills

Risk management

Internal controls

Regulatory assurance

Operational risk

Executive communication

Data governance

AI governance

Antitrust awareness

NPD lifecycle

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, Technology, Risk Management, or related field

Job description

About the Role:

We are seeking a strategic and proactive Associate Director - Risk Analysis, Controls & Assurance to work directly alongside the VP, Global Risk & In-Business Controls to design, deploy, and maintain an enterprise-wide risk framework. This role extends beyond traditional price reporting risk management into the full operational spectrum of the business - spanning research, data management, AI deployment, new product development, antitrust compliance, and events. You will be responsible for building robust guardrails and control mechanisms that proactively identify and mitigate emerging risks before they impact the business.

About the Team:

Dow Jones Energy is a leading global energy intelligence business providing trusted price reporting from our specialist Price Reporting Agency (PRA) OPIS, Chemical Market Analytics (CMA) and McCloskey, proprietary data, market intelligence, news and research to help customers navigate increasingly interconnected energy markets. Through our specialist businesses, Dow Jones Energy makes it easier to discover and access trusted expertise spanning oil and gas, chemicals, refined fuels, coal, electric vehicle infrastructure and renewables. Our specialist businesses combine rigorous pricing methodologies with world-class human judgment to deliver the trusted intelligence and specialist insight customers need to make confident decisions.

You Will:

• Partner with leadership to architect, operationalize, and maintain a comprehensive risk analysis, controls, and assurance framework tailored to Dow Jones Energy.
• Lead risk assessments across editorial and non-editorial business functions, executing continuous monitoring, controls testing, and gap analyses to ensure guardrails remain effective.
• Define and monitor control frameworks governing the use of AI, machine learning tools, and automated data ingestion, while embedding risk-by-design principles into the new product development (NPD) pipeline.
• Implement controls to safeguard against antitrust issues, commercial conflicts of interest, and regulatory non-compliance.
• Partner with Data Governance and Tech teams to establish control standards around data provenance, intellectual property usage, third-party licensing, and data security.

You Have:

• Demonstrable experience in risk management, internal controls, regulatory assurance, or operational risk, preferably within financial data, energy/commodities markets, or publishing.
• Broad domain exposure to operational risk areas, including data governance, AI/tech governance, antitrust/competition law considerations, event operations, and product development lifecycles.
• Proven analytical ability to map business processes, identify latent control gaps, and design pragmatic, non-bureaucratic control solutions.
• Executive presence and strong communication skills to articulate risk concepts clearly to senior business leaders, technical teams, and commercial partners.
• A proactive problem-solving mindset with a focus on shifting risk management to an upfront strategic enablement function.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, Technology, Risk Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources
• Education Benefits
• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program
• Financial Health Programs
• Cybersecurity Protection

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Business Area: Dow Jones - Energy

Job Category: Finance

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally.

It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).