Embedded Risk Associate

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

Being a member of Clearing & Security Services team, the Embedded Risk Associate strengthens the role of the first line of defense by challenging product management and general management of risks, including its effort to identify, assess, respond to, and report and monitor risks. In this role, the Risk Manager challenges management's assessment of internal control effectiveness by ensuring management's adherence to Control testing framework, Issue management framework (including self-identified issues), and Identified issues resulting from audits or regulatory exams, and partners with management on risk response strategies (mitigate, control, accept, remediate, etc.) to ensure the strategies sufficiently address identified risks, whether internal or external.

As an Embedded Risk Associate, you will learn the services that underpin financial markets and how effective risk management keeps them resilient. Through involvement in real business challenges you will explore how data, automation and AI can support business while building your ability to ask insightful questions, bring together different perspectives towards a shared outcome and communicate recommendations with confidence.

Primary Responsibilities:

AI-Enabled Risk Insight & Transformation

• Technology-aware and AI focused, design and prototype AI agents, enabling effective challenge of AI-driven business processes, model governance, data controls, and emerging technology risks while supporting innovation and regulatory compliance.
• Enable the shift from reactive to predictive risk management, enabling early identification of emerging risks and control weaknesses
• Drive the use of data, dashboards, and digital tools to enhance transparency, decision-making, and risk reporting

Incident Management & Root Cause Insight

• Perform independent review and challenge of risk incidents, ensuring robust root cause analysis that identifies systemic drivers and not just symptoms
• Partner with business teams to translate incident learnings into effective control design and enhancement, strengthening the overall control environment
• Leverage data, trend analysis, and scenario insights to identify recurring themes and proactively prevent future incidents
• Ensure lessons learned are embedded into risk assessments, control frameworks, and business processes to drive continuous improvement Issue & Action Lifecycle Management
• Monitor the end-to-end lifecycle of issues and action plans, ensuring data-driven validation of remediation effectiveness and sustainability
• Leverage trend analysis and root cause insights to identify systemic issues and improve self-identification capabilities
• Track issue performance metrics through automated reporting and dashboards, escalating risks in a timely manner

Enterprise Risk, Control Design & Product Enablement

• Provide independent challenge over control testing programs, promoting more efficient, data-driven, and automated testing approaches
• Evaluate control effectiveness using quantitative insights, trend data, and scenario-based analysis
• Active involvement in the development of new products and services, ensuring risk considerations are embedded from inception
• Assist capability in control design, with a focus on building robust, scalable, and effective controls aligned to business objectives and regulatory expectations
• Ensure governance, risk, and control (GRC) data is accurate, current, and optimized for analytics and AI use cases
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to mitigate, monitor, and escalate risks appropriately, including the timely resolution of incidents.

Process, Risk and Controls

• Perform quality review of Process, Risk, and Control data to ensure GRC foundational elements are periodically refreshed to reflect current procedures for oversight and consistency
• Conduct Control Assessments inclusive of trend analysis to drive consistent risk management practices across Solutions Businesses

Risk Culture & Conduct

• Promote a strong, forward-looking risk culture grounded in data-driven decision-making and responsible AI use
• Encourage proactive risk identification, continuous improvement, and ethical application of emerging technologies
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce manual effort, and enhance efficiency through automation and intelligent solutions

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• AI & Digital Mindset (Key Differentiator)
• Familiar with Risk and Control Self‑Assessments (RCSAs), including risk identification, inherent and residual risk assessment, control design evaluation, and challenge of risk ratings
• Inclination toward AI-driven risk insights, automation, and data-led decision-making
• Ability to leverage data for trend analysis, predictive risk identification, and reporting optimization
• Prior experience in Risk Management & Incident Management
• Builds effective partnerships across functions and levels of seniority, to shape practical solutions
• Knowledge of issue lifecycle management, audits, and control frameworks
• Champion change through practical, iterative improvement, balancing timely progress with appropriate rigor and control
• Takes an enquiring approach, looking beyond immediate answers to understand underlying drivers, challenge assumptions and identify opportunities to strengthen risk management
• Maintains momentum, ownership and focus through shifting demands and hurdles.
• Prioritizes competing commitments according to risk and business impact and seeks input to keep moving towards desired outcomes.
• Financial services business acumen, with the ability to understand supported business areas, critical services, and client impacts, and to align risk assessments to business
• Enjoys asking questions, working with people who bring different perspectives and turning ideas into practical improvements., seek input and keep moving towards a well considered outcome.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.