Business Risk Specialist II- Finance

Business Risk Specialist

The Business Risk Specialist will be a "trusted advisor" supporting Teammates within the CFO Group focused on balance sheet optimization, financial forecasting, and related financial, financial systems implementation, and financial planning and analysis. Acting as a trusted advisor, the ideal candidate will have had experience as a practitioner in a financial institution's CFO organization, prior experience covering CFO functions from a 2LOD/risk perspective, and/or audit experience over these areas.

Location: Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, GA (Truist in-office requirement is 5 days per week. No remote or telecommute option)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Risk Culture & Operational Integration:

• Assess, evaluate, and communicate risk and governance issues, while promoting business ownership of risk and operational accountability through stakeholder engagement.
• Execute enterprise risk program requirements and governance activities across assigned business areas, including assessing, monitoring, and escalating operational, control, and regulatory concerns.

Governance, Reporting & Leadership Support:

• Analyze and interpret KRIs, risk reporting, and remediation activity, coordinating governance actions and commitments to promote accountability and effective risk management outcomes.
• Facilitate governance forums, escalations, and committee activities, including developing reporting and risk insights to inform leadership decisions and operational oversight.

Business Coordination & Operational Support:

• Partner with ECCO, Compliance, Audit, Legal, and enterprise governance partners to advance governance objectives, stakeholder communication, and remediation efforts.
• Prepare audit, regulatory, and enterprise review readiness, including operational readiness activities for business initiatives, governance requirements, and enterprise programs.

Business-Specific Risk Support & Execution:

• Assess and understand enterprise risk program activities, including RCSA, issue management, risk monitoring, and remediation tracking across supported business areas.
• Analyze incidents and risk trends, assess remediation effectiveness, and evaluate process weaknesses to identify risk mitigation opportunities and strengthen governance outcomes.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Economics, Public Administration, Information Systems, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in operational risk management, governance, compliance, audit, controls, business operations, or related disciplines.
• Strong understanding of operational risk management principles, governance frameworks, issue management processes, remediation oversight activities, and control monitoring practices.
• Experience supporting enterprise risk programs, governance reporting, audits, regulatory examinations, or operational governance activities.
• Ability to analyze operational risks, control concerns, remediation activities, and governance information to identify trends and support management decision-making.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and coordination skills.
• Experience preparing governance reporting, operational metrics, KRIs, risk summaries, and management materials.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate activities across business functions and enterprise partners.
• Strong analytical, organizational, documentation, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, reporting tools, and data analysis techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA, CISA, CFA, and/or MBA

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist's generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist's defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.