Chief Risk Officer

ShortList Recruitment Limited; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

ShortList Recruitment Limited is seeking a Chief Risk Officer to join a New Mexico financial institution. The role is on-site near Santa Fe with relocation assistance available.

The CRO will own enterprise risk across the full landscape and report directly to the CEO. The ideal candidate has 15+ years of risk leadership, experience building or strengthening an enterprise risk management framework, and a track record in regulatory compliance, internal audit, and fraud oversight.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of risk leadership including executive-level responsibility.
• Experience building enterprise risk management frameworks and scalable governance.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive enterprise risk strategy as a member of the executive leadership team.
• Own the enterprise risk management framework, risk governance and board-level risk reporting.
• Lead compliance, BSA/AML and fraud across the organization.
• Own internal audit, information security oversight and third-party risk.
• Embed risk management into strategic planning, new business initiatives and growth.
• Build scalable risk processes and develop capability across the organization.
• Manage policy governance, legal coordination and regulatory readiness.

Skills

Executive leadership

Risk governance

Regulatory compliance

BSA/AML knowledge

Internal audit oversight

Fraud risk management

Vendor risk management

Operational risk

Strategic planning

Education

Degree in Business/Finance/Accounting/Risk Management

Job description

Santa Fe, NM - Relocation assistance available

Up to $300,000

ShortList is looking for a Chief Risk Officer to join the executive leadership team of an established financial institution in New Mexico. The Chief Risk Officer will own enterprise risk across the full risk landscape and report directly to the CEO.

This role would suit someone with 15+ years of risk leadership and with experience of building or strengthening an enterprise risk management framework. The role is on-site in New Mexico but relocation assistance is available.

Key Responsibilities for the Chief Risk Officer role:

• Set and drive enterprise risk strategy as a member of the executive leadership team
• Own the enterprise risk management framework, risk governance and board-level risk reporting
• Lead compliance, BSA/AML and fraud across the organization
• Own internal audit, information security oversight and third-party risk
• Embed risk management into strategic planning, new business initiatives and growth
• Build scalable risk processes and develop capability across the organization
• Manage policy governance, legal coordination and regulatory readiness

Key skills for the Chief Risk Officer role:

• Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, or equivalent.
• 15+ years of demonstrable risk leadership including executive-level responsibility
• Track record of building enterprise risk frameworks and scalable governance practices
• Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance, BSA/AML, internal audit, fraud, vendor risk and operational risk
• Executive presence and the judgement to balance regulatory expectations against commercial objectives
• Credit Union, Tier 3/4 Bank or other highly regulated financial services background is preferable

This Chief Risk Officer role is ideal for someone looking to step into a full executive seat in a smaller organization, building a risk function that enables growth.

The role does require you to be on-site near Santa Fe NM so please do not apply requesting remote working as this will result in your application being rejected. You must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder. I can not consider applications requiring sponsorship at this time.