Portfolio Governance Analyst

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What you'll do:

• Support the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of project governance processes and frameworks, ensuring best practices in risk management, compliance, and project delivery.
• Manage the department's inventory of governance policies, procedures, job aids, and templates ensuring alignment to processes, organizational objectives, risk management standards, and compliance requirements.
• Manage the department's critical spreadsheet and Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) model inventory ensuring data integrity by implementing validation checks and quality control measures. Monitor, document, and track departmental issues systematically. Ensure timely escalation of critical issues to leadership.
• Lead development and oversight of the department's Risk Control Inventory (RCI), working with first and second-line partners on annual Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) refresh activities and ad-hoc updates required to align with evolving processes. Participate in audits and reviews of project governance practices, identify gaps, and drive process improvements across the portfolio.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to project managers and business partners, promoting strong governance and compliance across the organization.

What you'll need:

• 3+ years of related experience in Project Management and governance, Risk Management or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Intermediate knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel) and experience in designing and implementing reporting and dashboard solutions.
• Intermediate knowledge of organizational change management methodologies (e.g., PROSCI).
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Business Improvement, Project Management or Business methodology accreditation (e.g., DMAIC, Lean/Six Sigma, Kaizen) preferred.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation