Principal Risk Specialist, Compliance Governance Analyst

About the role

The Compliance Governance, Oversight and Validation (CGOV) team within Compliance & Ethics is seeking a collaborative, analytically-focused risk management professional to support well-managed governance processes and protocols. This role is ideal for an individual who is adaptable to change, embraces bold ideas, and is intellectually curious, and who is proficient in using Google Suite, AI tools, and advanced risk methodologies to drive organizational effectiveness and maintain business integrity. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to carry out key governance activities, collect and analyze data, and implement meaningful process improvements. The position offers the opportunity to serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders by tracking audit commitments, assessing risks, and championing innovative, AI-driven workflows.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Compliance Processes and Governance: Develop, coordinate, and mature internal processes and program governance, ensuring the efficiency and sustainability of key programs and initiatives; monitor day-to-day CGOV operations to ensure adherence to standards and proactively identify and implement process improvements and redesign initiatives.
• Establish and Manage Engagement Structures: Set up and maintain milestone meetings, folder organization, communication channels, and meeting minutes to ensure effective collaboration and communication; create meeting templates, coordinate template distribution, manage content inputs, and provide meeting facilitation support.
• Resolve Impediments and Support Compliance Organizational Priorities: Resolve or escalate impediments to deliver on top priorities in a timely and efficient manner; assist in managing key deliverables across various initiatives.
• Audit/Exam Support: Assist with compliance-related audits and exams; engage in pre-planning, prepare and distribute status reports, track requests, timelines, milestones, and progress for key stakeholders; design, implement, and monitor relevant audit/exam remediation activities.
• Dashboard Governance: Manage intake requests for new or decommissioned compliance dashboards; create and monitor new dashboards.
• Facilitate Reporting and Analytics: Support the gathering of insights and data, prepare written reports, and deliver oral presentations on identified issues and recommended remediation actions; perform end-to-end outcome analysis and create relevant reporting updates to help leadership understand risk implications.
• Stakeholder Communication & Change Management: Communicate the results of assessments, process outcomes, and issue management to ensure leadership remains informed on compliance priorities and impactful change.
• Documentation: Support C&E Policies, Standards and Procedures (PSP) governance; create and maintain job aids to memorialize relevant processes and protocols.
• Information Management and Business Continuity: Provide support to Business Area Information Management (BAIM) and Business Continuity Planning, including managing access requests and maintaining governance for departmental records.
• Tool Advocacy: Leverage and integrate AI tools—such as Gemini, Google Workspace, and NotebookLM—into daily workflows and serve as an ambassador to demonstrate their value to others.
• Monitoring & Quality Assurance: Design, implement, and execute monitoring and quality assurance activities as needed to ensure consistency with expectations outlined in the Compliance Management Program.
• Collaboration: Participate in cross-functional project teams to provide input and partner with groups across the organization on larger strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
  • At least 4 years of Compliance, Audit, or Risk Management experience
  • At least 2 years of Financial Services experience
  • At least 2 years of experience using Google Suite
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree or military experience
  • At least 3 years of experience in Project Management, Process Management, or Relationship Management
  • Process Management, Project Management, or Risk Management certification
  • Proficient in use of query and data visualization tools (Tableau)
  • Experience using AI tools (Gemini, Workspace Studio, Gemini Notebook, etc.)

Pay

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

• McLean, VA: $120,800 – $137,900 for Principal Risk Specialist
• Richmond, VA: $109,900 – $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist
• Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long-term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non-discretionary depending on the plan.