Vice President, Global Human Resources Risk and Compliance

## Vice President, Global Human Resources Risk and Compliance Apply:
Hybrid:
Charlotte, North Carolina:
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
End Date:
October 9, 2026 (25 days left to apply):
R26 _3696
** About Our Company
** We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and River Source Insurance and Annuities.

Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.
** Job Description
** As Vice President, Global Human Resources Risk and Compliance, you will define and lead the global strategy that safeguards our people, strengthens governance and controls, and supports sustainable business growth across the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), APAC (Asia-Pacific), and India. Serving as a trusted advisor to senior Human Resources and enterprise leaders, you will anticipate emerging regulatory, operational, and reputational risks and translate them into proactive strategies and measurable actions.

You will oversee a comprehensive framework for risk governance, compliance, controls, reporting, and audit readiness while driving consistency, accountability, and operational excellence across the Human Resources function. This is a highly visible leadership role with significant enterprise influence, global team leadership responsibilities, and the opportunity to build resilient, forward-looking programs that strengthen compliance, mitigate risk, and enable responsible growth in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
** Responsibilities
* ** Lead the global Human Resources risk and compliance strategy, establishing objectives and priorities that identify, assess, quantify, mitigate, and monitor risk across Human Resources.
* Oversee the design and execution of Human Resources operational risk management and compliance programs aligned with Enterprise Risk Management Committee, Chief Risk Officer, company, and regulatory expectations.
* Direct monthly and semiannual operational risk reporting, provide clear insights to senior leaders and governance forums, communicate feedback, monitor action plans, and escalate urgent issues.
* Maintain an effective global control environment through proactive risk analysis, control design and testing, regulatory change management, audit readiness, training, and timely remediation of compliance gaps and risk events.
* Provide senior oversight of compliance obligations involving employment and labor laws, employment eligibility, equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, data privacy, financial-services regulation, and other jurisdiction-specific requirements.
* Serve as a senior contact for internal and external auditors and regulators, coordinate regulatory reporting and examinations, influence outcomes, and ensure required follow-up actions are completed.
* Lead, coach, and develop the global Human Resources Risk and Compliance team, strengthening subject matter expertise, consistent processes, accountability, collaboration, and an inclusive, high-performance culture.
* Use analytics and trend intelligence to surface emerging risks, measure program effectiveness, close control gaps, and influence senior Human Resources leaders on required…