Strategic Third-Party Risk & Compliance Analyst

Citizens Bank; Johnston (RI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens Bank is seeking a Third Party Risk Analyst to manage vendor issues and execute Third Party Assessments. You will engage with business leaders and vendors, assess control environments, and support remediation actions to mitigate risk.

Responsibilities include leading risk assessments, producing assessment reports, and communicating risk findings to diverse audiences while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Travel within the United States is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to navigate program requirements independently.
• Demonstrates advanced critical thinking.
• Identifies opportunities and recommended solutions.
• Ability to appropriately manage multiple assessments and related activities.
• Demonstrates strong verbal and written communications amongst various internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills to identify and classify inherent and residual risks.
• Effectively leads calls with various stakeholders to achieve desired results.
• Experience in financial services organization, particularly in Risk, Audit, Compliance, Cyber or Third-Party Risk
• Proficient use of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• Experience gathering and analyzing evidence through various methods and sources.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating third party vendors' control infrastructure effectiveness and obtaining evidence of controls.
• Applying experience in audit, security and regulatory frameworks including ISO 27001, GLBA, SOX, PCI, HIPPA, States Privacy Regulation and FFIEC.
• Assisting in Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) program’s design, process reengineering or enhancements and tool and technology implementations as applicable.
• Leading current risk assessments, continual risk assessments, and risk metrics and visualizations.
• Working directly with key business leaders to facilitate risk analysis and risk management processes, identifying acceptable levels of risk and establish roles and responsibilities with regards to risk management.
• Maintaining and monitoring enterprise risk exception process to identify areas of noncompliance.
• Supporting and participating in regulatory exam preparation and execution as well as remediation where applicable.
• Producing Third Party Vendor Assessment reports that clearly articulate risks in order to speak to a varied audience.
• Translating security risk and communicating effectively to business partners within the organization.
• Travel within the United States is required.

Skills

Advanced critical thinking

Verbal and written communication

Independent navigation of program

Risk analysis

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Citizens Bank is seeking a Third Party Risk Analyst to manage vendor issues and execute Third Party Assessments. You will engage with business leaders and vendors, assess control environments, and support remediation actions to mitigate risk.

Responsibilities include leading risk assessments, producing assessment reports, and communicating risk findings to diverse audiences while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Travel within the United States is required.