Risk, Operational Risk, Associate, Salt Lake City / Dallas

About the role

The Associate in Operational Risk Programs Governance is responsible for supporting the design, implementation, and maintenance of the operational risk governance framework while managing cross-functional projects across operational risk teams. This role bridges governance oversight with hands-on project delivery, ensuring that risk policies, standards, and initiatives are executed effectively and in alignment with departmental expectations and enterprise risk appetite. The position is located in Salt Lake City or Dallas.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support operational risk program activities by helping coordinate timelines, deliverables, stakeholder inputs, and follow-up actions across teams
• Assist with risk and issue reviews by gathering information, organizing materials, documenting updates, and tracking open items through completion
• Help maintain clear program reporting, including status updates, meeting materials, action logs, issue summaries, remediation progress, and key themes for leadership review
• Partner with Risk, business, compliance, audit, and technology stakeholders to coordinate program execution, validate updates, and support timely resolution of open items
• Support operational risk processes by helping document risks, controls, issues, decisions, and follow-up actions in a clear and organized way
• Identify themes, risks, dependencies, or delays that may require additional stakeholder follow-up or escalation
• Support updates to procedures, program materials, and governance documents to help drive consistent execution across teams

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of prior work experience in operational risk, program management, non-financial risk, compliance, internal audit, controls, financial services, or a related field
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage timelines, track action items, follow up with stakeholders, and maintain accurate program materials
• Working understanding of risk, controls, issues, audit findings, remediation, or governance processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear updates, summarize key points, and communicate follow-ups effectively
• Ability to organize information, identify themes, and escalate delays, risks, or dependencies appropriately
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, attention to detail, and willingness to learn

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting operational risk, governance, control, audit, regulatory, or cross-functional programs
• Exposure to issue management, remediation tracking, risk reporting, audit findings, or program governance routines
• Experience preparing stakeholder updates, meeting materials, action trackers, and leadership summaries
• Ability to build relationships across teams and help drive accountability, follow-through, and consistent execution