Remote GRC Project Manager — Audit & Compliance

Apex Systems; Providence (RI); Remote; USD 96,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with match

ESPP

HSA

EAP

Training programs

Job summary

Apex Systems is seeking a Senior Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Project Manager to lead the delivery of GRC, cybersecurity, risk management, and audit remediation initiatives in Providence, RI. The role combines project management with business analysis to ensure regulatory and control requirements are met.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in PM/BA, PMO discipline, and proven ability to manage multiple complex initiatives in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
• Ten or more years of project management or business analysis experience required.
• Experience delivering GRC, cybersecurity, audit remediation, risk management, or business transformation programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of GRC, cybersecurity, compliance, audit, and risk management initiatives.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, remediation activities, and project governance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Cybersecurity, Compliance, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Technology, and business stakeholders.
• Drive execution of audit findings, compliance commitments, and control remediation efforts.
• Lead project recovery efforts and manage multiple concurrent initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Partner with compliance, risk management, internal audit, and business stakeholders to define and document regulatory, audit, control, and risk management requirements.
• Conduct risk assessments, control reviews, and gap analyses to identify compliance and remediation needs.
• Develop and maintain requirements, process flows, control documentation, risk registers, and remediation plans.
• Support audit responses, evidence collection, control validation, testing, and user acceptance testing activities.
• Adhere to PMO, governance, compliance, and audit standards while maintaining project plans, RAID logs, status reports, and financial trackers.

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

GRC

Cybersecurity

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

SharePoint

Teams

Clarity PPM

DocuSign

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Apex Systems is seeking a Senior Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Project Manager to lead the delivery of GRC, cybersecurity, risk management, and audit remediation initiatives in Providence, RI. The role combines project management with business analysis to ensure regulatory and control requirements are met.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in PM/BA, PMO discipline, and proven ability to manage multiple complex initiatives in regulated environments.