Hybrid: Senior Country Risk & Governance Lead

Kelly; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelly in Irving, TX seeks an experienced Business Risk Analyst for a contract role expected to extend beyond 12 months. The position offers a hybrid schedule with three days onsite per week in Irving and a focus on Country Risk, CFR processes, and governance oversight.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in risk analytics within global financial institutions, strong Excel skills, and the ability to coordinate across multiple teams to deliver executive-level governance materials.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of BA experience in risk at top-tier global financial institutions.
• Understanding of country, sovereign, and public sector risk frameworks.
• Experience supporting governance, risk, regulatory, or control-related processes.
• Strong business analysis, process management, and program coordination skills.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel including Pivot tables and data analysis.
• Data analysis and reporting automation capabilities are beneficial.

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.
• 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 (approx. 82% of Client'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 and standardizing documentation.

Skills

Business analysis

Governance & risk

Process management

Program coordination

Executive presentations

MS Excel advanced

PowerPoint

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Tableau

Power BI

Governance tools

Job description

Kelly in Irving, TX seeks an experienced Business Risk Analyst for a contract role expected to extend beyond 12 months. The position offers a hybrid schedule with three days onsite per week in Irving and a focus on Country Risk, CFR processes, and governance oversight.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in risk analytics within global financial institutions, strong Excel skills, and the ability to coordinate across multiple teams to deliver executive-level governance materials.