Remote Senior Policy & Procedure Writer — Governance & Risk

Eliassen Group; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Policy & Procedure Documentation Specialist to support the enterprise risk framework within the wealth management sector. You will develop, maintain, and enhance policies, procedures, standards, work instructions, and governance documentation.

You will partner with risk, compliance, audit, and operations teams to ensure documentation is accurate, usable, and aligned with regulatory objectives. This role drives consistency and supports audits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a policy and procedure documentation specialist or senior technical writer.
• Background supporting enterprise risk frameworks or governance, risk, and compliance functions.
• Strong knowledge of documentation standards, style guides, and information architecture.
• Experience working with stakeholders across risk, compliance, audit, and operations.
• Proficiency with documentation tools and repositories.
• Ability to translate complex subject matter into clear and usable content.
• Demonstrated capability to manage multiple initiatives and deadlines.
• Experience within wealth management or financial services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance policies, procedures, standards, work instructions, and governance documentation.
• Partner with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, risk and compliance teams, and operational leaders.
• Ensure documentation accuracy, compliance, usability, and alignment with organizational objectives.
• Drive consistency across documentation standards and templates.
• Support regulatory and audit readiness through controlled documentation.
• Enable operational excellence and process improvement initiatives through clear documentation.
• Manage version control, change history, and governance workflows.
• Facilitate reviews, approvals, and periodic updates with accountable owners.
• Create user‑friendly artifacts and taxonomies that improve discoverability.
• Measure effectiveness and adoption of documentation with defined metrics.

Skills

Policy writing

Documentation standards

Stakeholder collaboration

Technical writing

Version control

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Policy & Procedure Documentation Specialist to support the enterprise risk framework within the wealth management sector. You will develop, maintain, and enhance policies, procedures, standards, work instructions, and governance documentation.

You will partner with risk, compliance, audit, and operations teams to ensure documentation is accurate, usable, and aligned with regulatory objectives. This role drives consistency and supports audits.