Senior Risk Manager - Finance

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 29-Sep-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

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Join the Finance Risk Management team to execute the firm's Enterprise Risk Management framework for identifying, assessing, treating, mitigating, monitoring, reporting and escalating risks. The Senior Risk Manager – Finance serves as a trusted risk advisor and partner to the Finance division, collaborating with stakeholders across the organization to drive risk management initiatives.

• Execute Finance risk and control activities in accordance with the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program and applicable divisional requirements.

• Execute critical business risk assessments, including new projects and initiatives, and maintain accurate process, risk, and control inventories to strengthen risk identification and evaluation.

• Build and maintain deep knowledge of assigned business division processes, risk profiles, firm policies and programs, and ERM frameworks and standards to enable effective risk oversight, governance, and credible challenge.

• Support business owners of out of appetite risks, issues or incidents, including root cause analysis, action plan development, evidence review, remediation documentation and effective challenge of action plan effectiveness.

• Use GRC to document risk issues and assessment data in accordance with established SLAs, ensuring complete, accurate and timely reporting to enable effective risk management.

• Support development of reporting and analysis for inclusion in risk forums that clearly communicate trends, exposures, remediation status and matters requiring escalation.

• Monitor emerging risk and provide early-warning risk insight to divisional leadership.

• Work to develop and inventory KRIs that enable effective monitoring of the division's risk profile.

• Support development of risk training and education that strengthens business partner understanding and application of the Enterprise Risk Management Program

• Stay informed on risk industry and educational/development opportunities.

Note:

Internally, this role will be known as a Senior Risk and Control Associate.

• Bachelor's degree required (business, finance or accounting preferred)

• 5+ years of risk management experience required

• Experience building and influencing cross-functional stakeholder relationships to drive alignment and results.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and system-thinking skills with a track record of solving complex business challenges.

• Effective communication skills with experience presenting to diverse audiences and delivering results in fast-paced, evolving environments.

• CPA

• Experience as a risk manager…