Full Time Third Party Risk Analyst Jobs in Raleigh, NC

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Director, Assurance Digital - Risk & Compliance

Assurance Digital delivers the technology that enables high quality external assurance engagements across the U.S. and the global network. The Director of Risk & Compliance establishes and scales the risk and compliance strategy for Assurance Digital, including leading a centralized certification program that ensures technology is governed, inspection ready, and fit for use in assurance engagements. Operating at the intersection of assurance, technology, and regulation, this role defines the Risk & Compliance operating model, embeds requirements across the product lifecycle, and influences risk based decisions that support audit quality and regulatory confidence at scale.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Risk & Compliance Strategy and Operating Model - Define and evolve the Risk & Compliance vision, operating model, and application certification strategy for Assurance Digital. Set firm aligned compliance requirements across audit methodology, SDLC, privacy, cybersecurity, third party risk, AI/GenAI, and data management lifecycle. Shape how risk and compliance are embedded into product development, procurement, and global deployment at scale.
  
• Certification Program Ownership - Own the overall design, effectiveness, and continuous improvement of the central certification program. Drive certification outcomes through stakeholder engagement, validate application release decisioning, and enable inspection readiness. Set standards for documentation quality and consistency.
  
• Governance, Decisioning, and Enterprise Representation - Drive governance, escalation, and resolution of significant risks. Represent Risk & Compliance on enterprise digital initiatives and influence cross functional decisions and priorities. Establish clear risk and compliance gates, decision rights, and escalation paths.
  
• Global Regulatory and Risk Leadership - Lead global alignment across network firms adopting US-led product development. Monitor evolving laws, regulations, and professional standards and translate implications into strategic guidance.
  
• Senior Advisory and Stakeholder Influence - Serve as a trusted advisor to senior IT, product, engineering, and assurance leaders. Challenge effectively and drive pragmatic, risk-based solutions aligned with audit quality and regulatory expectations.
  
• Team Leadership and Capability Building - Build, mentor, and scale the Digital Risk & Compliance organization.
  
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

• Degree: Bachelor's degree in accounting, Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field - required
• Certification: preferred - CPA, CISA, CRISC, AIGP, AAIR, AAISM or similar certification

TECHNICAL/SOFT SKILLS

• Translate technical and regulatory requirements into clear decisions and expectations for technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leaders.
• Lead multiple concurrent workstreams across a matrixed organization, prioritizing effectively and delivering through others.

EXPERIENCE

• 10+ Years of experience:

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

• Build and maintain senior stakeholder relationships across the business, technology, and risk/compliance functions.
• Lead cross-functional workstreams and influence senior stakeholders in a matrixed environment

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED (FTEs)

• Direct: 2+

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