Alpaca

Risk Associate

Alpaca

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

Spark

About the role

  • Conduct initial and ongoing risk assessments of partners, vendors, and third-party service providers.
  • Review due diligence documentation, including financial, operational, and compliance materials.
  • Monitor and update risk scores based on predefined criteria and emerging risks.
  • Ensure compliance with CIP requirements during account opening and onboarding processes.
  • Assist in designing and improving procedures for KYC and customer due diligence (DD).
  • Collaborate with relevant teams to resolve CIP-related escalations.
  • Act as a first responder to incidents and Sev escalations, including operational disruptions, and other risk-related events, and escalate as necessary to appropriate stakeholders.
  • Support incident reporting, tracking, and escalation processes.
  • Coordinate investigations of operational, compliance, or security incidents.
  • Assist in conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
  • Support the development and maintenance of internal controls and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Participate in risk assessments, audits, and regulatory reviews as needed.
  • Assist with reporting risk metrics to senior leadership and relevant committees.
  • Conduct internal controls testing to evaluate the effectiveness of existing operational processes and controls.
  • Support ad-hoc risk management projects and initiatives as needed.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in risk management, internal audit, compliance, or a related field within the financial services industry.
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field.
  • Strong understanding of securities broker-dealer operations, regulations, and industry best practices.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and levels of the organization.