Senior Risk & Controls Analyst – Regulatory & Audit

Bank of America; Pennington (AL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America in Pennington, NJ is seeking an experienced risk governance professional to support audit and regulatory activities within the Financial Center Business Controls organization. You will partner with risk, compliance, audit, and control partners to research, track, and remediate identified risks and issues.

The role emphasizes root cause analysis, trend evaluation, and the development of dashboards and executive summaries to monitor control effectiveness.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in risk management, business controls, audit, compliance, complaints management, regulatory relations, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting internal audits, regulatory examinations, compliance reviews, or control assessments.
• Experience performing research, root cause analysis, and risk assessments in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience analyzing complaint data, audit findings, operational risks, or control performance metrics.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of executive-level reporting and governance materials.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholder groups, including Risk, Compliance, Audit, and Business partners.

Responsibilities

• Conducts research and analysis related to internal audits, regulatory examinations, compliance reviews, and risk assessments.
• Assists in the coordination and management of audit and regulatory exam activities, including information gathering, response development, evidence validation, and stakeholder coordination.
• Performs root cause analysis to identify underlying drivers of issues, complaints, audit findings, and control deficiencies.
• Supports complaint oversight activities through trend analysis, issue identification, and assessment of emerging risks and themes.
• Evaluates the impact of regulatory changes, policy updates, and enterprise requirements on business processes and controls.
• Develops reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and executive summaries used to monitor emerging themes, audit readiness, complaint trends, and control effectiveness.
• Identifies emerging risks and thematic concerns requiring escalation or management attention.
• Prepares materials and analysis for leadership reviews, governance forums, audits, examinations, and regulatory discussions.

Skills

Risk management

Regulatory awareness

Analytical thinking

Communication

Dashboard reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, Economics, or related field

HS diploma or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Bank of America in Pennington, NJ is seeking an experienced risk governance professional to support audit and regulatory activities within the Financial Center Business Controls organization. You will partner with risk, compliance, audit, and control partners to research, track, and remediate identified risks and issues.

The role emphasizes root cause analysis, trend evaluation, and the development of dashboards and executive summaries to monitor control effectiveness.