Senior Policy & Procedure Writer - Risk & Compliance

Eliassen Group; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Policy & Procedure Documentation Specialist to lead policy and governance content supporting the enterprise risk framework in the wealth management domain. The role requires translating complex regulatory concepts into clear, actionable documentation in partnership with risk, compliance, audit, and operations teams.

The expert will manage version control and governance workflows, ensuring consistency across templates and readiness for audits while enabling process

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a policy and procedure documentation specialist or senior technical writer.

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 docs

Procedures

Governance docs

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk & compliance

Information architecture

Translate complex subject matter

Multi initiative management

Tools

Documentation tools

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Policy & Procedure Documentation Specialist to lead policy and governance content supporting the enterprise risk framework in the wealth management domain. The role requires translating complex regulatory concepts into clear, actionable documentation in partnership with risk, compliance, audit, and operations teams.

The expert will manage version control and governance workflows, ensuring consistency across templates and readiness for audits while enabling process