Business Unit Risk Officer (On-site)

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Provide risk advice and serve as a trusted first-line risk leader and Subject Matter Expert (SME) to assigned Business Unit across all risk types, promoting strong risk ownership, compliance with applicable regulations, and effective execution of enterprise risk program requirements.
• Translate enterprise resiliency, risk, and control requirements into practical business routines, execution plans, evidence expectations, and leader-ready insights.
• Assess and advise on resiliency, operational, technology, third-party, data, workforce, facilities, and process risks that could impact business execution, client outcomes, or operational readiness.
• Partner with Enterprise Resiliency, second line risk, technology, operations, and business leaders to identify control gaps, provide effective challenge, support issue remediation, and strengthen preparedness across resiliency and risk programs.
• Aggregate, monitor, and communicate risk insights through governance routines, executive reporting, testing outcomes, emerging risk monitoring, and timely escalation of material concerns, with a focus on clear “so what” implications for business leaders.
• Partner with teammates across assigned business areas to identify, escalate, and remediate risk and control gaps, driving accountability, sustainable fixes, and alignment with Enterprise Risk Management programs and policy.
• Assess, test, and effectively challenge assigned Business Units to support self-identification of control weaknesses, evaluate remediation quality, and confirm issues are resolved in a timely and sustainable manner.
• Aggregate, synthesize, and communicate risk results in plain language so stakeholders understand risk themes, business impacts, decisions needed, and escalation points for Business Unit leaders and committees.
• Monitor and report on emerging risks that may impact Business Unit partners and Truist, using data, stakeholder feedback, issue trends, control results, and external/internal signals to support proactive risk management.
• Oversee risk appetite and business risk strategy by supporting risk identification, acceptance, prioritization, escalation, and decision-making for current and emerging risks.
• Understand Business Unit goals, priorities, and transformation activity; provide risk management expertise on strategic initiatives; and bring forward practical solutions that balance risk reduction, business execution, and client impact.
• Other activities and special projects, as deemed required.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field, or equivalent education and related training.
• 6+ years of experience in a financial institution with emphasis on risk management or equivalent work experience and training, and/or equivalent education, training and experience.
• Experience in compliance and operational risk mitigation and remediation.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Proven leadership and management skills.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills in complex environments and with senior leadership.
• Strong time management and organizational skills adaptable to a dynamic and complex work environment; Capable of handling multiple projects concurrently.
• Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products.
• Ability to travel, occasionally overnight.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise resiliency, business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, operational resilience, technology risk, third-party risk, or related risk programs.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a trusted risk leader with an ownership mindset, proactively identifying risk themes, escalating with “no surprises,” and driving practical risk-reducing actions.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect risk, controls, issues, and resiliency concerns to business priorities, operational outcomes, client impact, and executive decision-making.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise risk and control concepts, including control design and effectiveness, operational risk, strategic risk, issue management, remediation oversight, risk appetite, and risk program deliverables.
• Ability to influence across business, technology, operations, second line, and enterprise partners through constructive challenge, clear communication, and relationship-based leadership.
• Strong project management and execution discipline, with the ability to move work forward, manage dependencies, track commitments, and maintain momentum in a complex environment.
• Executive-ready communication and presentation skills, including the ability to simplify complex risk topics into clear themes, decisions, risks, and actions.
• Comfort using data, analytics, automation, AI, workflow tools, and reporting capabilities to improve risk visibility, productivity, and business-facing insights.

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.

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