Senior Compliance & Risk Analytics Analyst

About the role

OUC is seeking a Senior Compliance & Risk Analytics Analyst to lead and collaborate with team members to strengthen internal control and risk management frameworks. The role involves leading enterprise-wide and departmental risk identification, assessments, and control evaluations. Key responsibilities include advising business leaders on risk management practices, fraud prevention, and control enhancements, and developing and delivering policies, procedures, and training materials.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide and departmental risk identification, risk assessments, and control evaluations.
• Design, implement, and automate data-driven compliance testing, risk monitoring, and reporting programs.
• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls through detailed and complex process reviews.
• Apply advanced data analytics techniques and technologies, including machine learning and generative AI, to detect and predict emerging risks.
• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls through detailed and complex process reviews, documentation analysis, and targeted compliance testing.
• Maintain and enhance risk registers and the internal control database, including mapping internal controls to corresponding enterprise-level risks.
• Investigate and resolve errors and discrepancies in testing logics, risk and performance metrics, risk scoring methodologies, and data models to improve accuracy and reliability.
• Develop clear and concise reports and presentations to communicate findings, risk analyses, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Coach, guide, and mentor Analysts.
• Develop and deliver policies, procedures, and training materials to promote governance, risk awareness, and support compliance initiatives across the organization.
• Lead the development of analyses, operational reports, dashboards, and performance metrics to support business decision-making, enhance risk awareness, and ensure compliance with internal standards.
• Perform additional duties and support other compliance and risk management-related initiatives as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in audit, compliance, risk assessment, or internal control frameworks.
• Experience with designing, implementing and executing internal controls, monitoring techniques, and compliance frameworks to mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse risks.
• Experience developing, implementing and automating compliance and risk-related metrics, reporting, and dashboards to enhance visibility and decision-making.
• Experience utilizing data analysis techniques to identify risks, errors, fraud, and compliance issues.
• Related Audit, Compliance and/or Fraud Certification or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation (preferred).

Qualifications

• Technical expertise including: SQL querying, ETL design, data pipelines, and data modeling.
• Data visualization platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, and Qlik.
• Advanced Excel skills (IF statements, VLOOKUP, PivotTables, PivotCharts).
• Ability to detect patterns, trends, and anomalies in large datasets.
• Technical requirements: Working knowledge of compliance, operational, financial, and various business risks; internal control structures and risk management frameworks; risk assessments and control evaluations across business processes; fraud detection, prevention, and investigation techniques; data analysis techniques to identify risks, errors, fraud, and compliance issues; project management methodologies; and familiarity with O365, especially Excel (including IF statements, VLOOKUP, PivotTables, and PivotCharts), and Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for documentation and presentations.

Skills

• Advanced proficiency in O365, especially Excel (including IF statements, VLOOKUP, PivotTables, and PivotCharts) and Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for documentation and presentations.
• Familiarity with all, but not limited to, the following: Organizational and departmental policies, procedures, and practices; government regulations and relevant industry guidelines, rules, and requirements.
• Solve problems, focus on results, and think critically.
• Apply judgment and discretion, attention to detail, and analytical thinking.
• Make data-driven decisions using structured and unstructured information.
• Quickly understand complex business processes and identify risks and corresponding mitigating controls.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Lead, coach, and mentor team members.
• Work independently and collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Communicate and influence effectively across all levels of management.
• Identify patterns, trends, and outliers in large and complex data sets.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals, and compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Utilize Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and use standard office equipment (telephone, copier, computer, etc.).

Benefits

OUC offers a very competitive compensation and benefits package, including a low-cost medical, dental, and vision benefits plan with no probationary period, a fully-funded cash balance account, defined contribution with employer matching, and a health reimbursement account. Other benefits include paid life insurance premiums, generous paid vacation, holidays, and sick time, paid parental leave, educational assistance program, paid memberships in professional associations, paid conference and training opportunities, wellness incentives, and free access to all on-site fitness facilities. OUC also provides hybrid retirement benefits and paid conference and training opportunities. Employees can work a flexible hybrid schedule.

Pay

$92,000 - $115,000 annually - commensurate with experience

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule

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