Federal GRC & Audit Lead - Compliance & Risk

U.S. Bank; Earth City (MO); On-site; USD 127,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Vacation

401(k)

Holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced IS Governance Risk & Compliance Lead to oversee federal compliance, audit readiness, and technology risk activities supporting critical federal programs.

The role partners with Information Security, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Architecture teams to ensure adherence to federal requirements while maintaining an audit-ready environment. This leadership position requires a combination of federal compliance expertise, technical understanding, and the ability

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of regulatory compliance, audit, or risk management, with at least 5 years federal audit experience including GAO or other federal entity audits.
• Experience managing or conducting vendor audits in a highly regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead federal audit activities with federal oversight agencies and internal stakeholders.
• Serve as primary point of contact for audit requests, compliance reviews, and regulatory examinations.
• Lead audit readiness efforts, including evidence collection, documentation review, issue remediation, and control validation.
• Support Authorization to Operate (ATO) activities and ongoing federal compliance requirements.
• Partner with Information Security, Technology, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Cloud teams to maintain effective security and compliance controls.
• Oversee vendor compliance reviews and audits to ensure adherence to regulatory and risk management requirements.
• Identify compliance and control gaps and drive remediation efforts.
• Present audit findings, compliance assessments, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and work direction across compliance initiatives.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Audit leadership

Vendor audits

Cross-functional collaboration

GAO audits

FedRAMP

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Tenable

Microsoft Defender

Azure

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced IS Governance Risk & Compliance Lead to oversee federal compliance, audit readiness, and technology risk activities supporting critical federal programs.

The role partners with Information Security, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Architecture teams to ensure adherence to federal requirements while maintaining an audit-ready environment. This leadership position requires a combination of federal compliance expertise, technical understanding, and the ability