Senior Risk Analyst - Real Estate Lending
Position Overview
The Senior Risk Analyst plays a critical role in supporting and coordinating both internal and external audit activities across the Real Estate Lending division. This position serves as the primary point of contact between auditors and business units, ensuring audit requests, documentation, and responses are managed with accuracy and delivered on schedule.
The Senior Risk Analyst evaluates and analyzes risks of varying complexity, identifies control gaps, and partners with stakeholders to implement effective mitigation strategies. This role requires advanced regulatory and audit expertise, as well as the ability to communicate findings and recommendations to senior leadership. Work is performed with minimal supervision and demands a comprehensive understanding of business operations, regulatory expectations, and risk management practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the central liaison between internal and external auditors and business units during audits, examinations, and reviews
- Coordinate the collection, validation, and timely delivery of audit documentation and responses
- Evaluate potential operational, regulatory, and compliance risks; identify deficiencies and opportunities for improvement
- Synthesize and analyze complex data to support audit responses and risk mitigation strategies
- Communicate audit status, issues, remediation progress, and findings to senior leadership in a clear and compelling manner
- Support business units in designing and implementing corrective action plans to address audit and compliance findings
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of experience in audit, regulatory compliance, risk management, or a related field
- Strong knowledge of internal auditing standards, methodologies, and regulatory requirements
- Advanced understanding of operational, regulatory, and compliance risk concepts and controls
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present audit issues and recommendations to senior leadership
- Complete knowledge and understanding of business area/specialization
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of risk-based auditing techniques and methodologies
- Advanced knowledge of applicable federal and state regulations, company policies, and industry best practices
- Experience managing multi-faceted projects simultaneously that have cross-departmental impact
- Advanced knowledge of operational and regulatory risk control concepts and practices
- Proven ability to plan, organize, and effectively execute risk mitigation and process improvement initiatives
- Advanced organizational, planning, and time management skills
- Advanced research and analytical skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Auditing, or related field, or equivalent combination of training, education, and experience
Desired Qualifications
- Master's Degree in related field or equivalent combination of training, education, and experience
CC Pace is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local laws.
CC Pace are committed to employing only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the United States. For us to comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, all new employees, as a condition of employment, must complete the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 and provide documentation that establishes identity and authorization to work. E-Verify will be used for employment verification as part of your onboarding process.
