Risk Governance and Oversight Senior Specialist

Regular or Temporary: Regular · Language Fluency: English (Required) · Work Shift: 1st shift (United States) · Location requirement: candidate must be located in Charlotte, NC; Winston‑Salem, NC; or Richmond, VA. Truist’s in‑office requirement is 5 days per week; no full‑remote or relocation assistance is available.

About the role

Provide leadership and subject‑matter expertise in designing, implementing, and strategically developing risk‑based governance processes and systems for prioritizing, structuring, reviewing, and approving governance materials across the company. Coordinate, challenge, and independently oversee policies, limits, and committees to ensure effective governance structures that manage and mitigate risk while aligning with corporate strategy.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evolve comprehensive, forward‑looking, risk‑based frameworks, processes, and systems for governance material review and approval.
• Coordinate, challenge, and provide independent oversight of policies, limits, and committees to drive effective governance and risk mitigation.
• Develop working relationships across business units and committees to implement a multi‑level governance document structure and maintain a comprehensive inventory of governance materials.
• Support the Head of Policy Management and Governance in developing, monitoring, and continuously improving risk‑governance policies and procedures, establishing clear roles, responsibilities, and challenge routines.
• Identify, monitor, and report governance exceptions, issues, and emerging trends; drive remediation, acceptance, or escalation to governing bodies.
• Collaborate with business‑unit points of contact and risk‑management partners to implement and maintain enterprise‑wide systems of record for governance materials.
• Lead the development and delivery of risk‑governance stakeholder trainings and communications.
• Contribute to ongoing monitoring, quality‑assurance, and control activities for processes performed by assigned business units and risk committees.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Communications, or equivalent education/training.
• 10+ years of financial‑services or risk‑management experience, or demonstrated equivalent proficiency.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship‑management skills; ability to interact across all organizational levels and with public‑sector/government agencies.
• Strong leadership, verbal and written communication, presentation, and facilitation abilities.
• Advanced analytical, cognitive, conceptual, critical‑thinking, and organizational skills.
• Proven planning, judgment, problem‑solving, and decision‑making capabilities.
• Proficiency with basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing and delivering KRI monitoring, risk reporting, dashboards, trend analysis, and committee‑level reporting that generate meaningful risk insights.
• Experience supporting or coordinating risk‑governance systems, reporting platforms, workflow enhancements, or technology changes within a risk‑management environment; ServiceNow experience preferred.
• Ability to partner across interconnected risk programs (e.g., End‑User Computing, RCSA, Controls, Issues Management) to ensure consistent oversight and reporting.
• Strong skill in analyzing and synthesizing risk data, identifying emerging trends, and translating complex information into executive‑ready reports, insights, and recommendations for senior leaders and governance committees.

Pay

Annual base salary for Virginia locations: $140,000 – $160,000.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, and accidental death & dismemberment coverage.
• Tax‑preferred savings accounts and 401(k) plan.
• Minimum of 10 days of vacation (prorated) and 10 sick days (prorated) during the first year.
• Paid holidays.
• Potential eligibility for defined‑benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or deferred compensation, depending on position and division.