Senior Manager, Business Risk (Financial Services)

Location: Hybrid office environment in Denver, Cedar Rapids, or Baltimore, with office attendance on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Moderate travel of 10–25% is required.

Salary: $170,000–$180,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global is a financial services company providing insurance, retirement, investment, employee benefits, and savings solutions as part of the international Aegon group.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end business risk activities, including risk assessments, control evaluations, testing, monitoring, remediation, and emerging-risk analysis.
• Support major business initiatives, strategic projects, process changes, and transformation efforts by evaluating risks and mitigation strategies.
• Manage risk issues from identification and root-cause analysis through action planning, validation, remediation tracking, and reporting.
• Challenge process and business owners on risk decisions, control design, and remediation plans.
• Advise business leaders on complex risk matters and recommend process, control, documentation, and automation improvements.
• Develop risk dashboards and management reporting while partnering with operations, technology, compliance, legal, and second-line risk stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field.
• At least eight years of experience in risk management, operational risk, internal controls, audit, or compliance.
• Experience leading operational risk, internal controls, audit, compliance, or governance activities.
• Expertise in control testing and operating effectiveness assessments.
• Knowledge of risk assessments, process flows, control evaluation, monitoring, and remediation.
• Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, prioritization, judgment, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in insurance or financial services.
• Experience with enterprise risk management, governance, regulatory, or compliance initiatives.
• Experience using data analytics or reporting tools for risk monitoring and decision-making.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid time off starting at 160 hours annually during the first year.
• Ten paid holidays, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and volunteer time off.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, pension, and 401(k) match benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement, career training, employee discounts, and employee stock purchase opportunities.
• Wellness programs, employee assistance, backup care, employee resource groups, and inclusion and diversity programs.