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About the Role

The Risk Officer will implement a risk oversight framework, lead strategic risk initiatives, identify areas for improvement, and create risk dashboards for Bernstein Private Wealth Management. This role involves diagnosing risks using an incident tracking system, partnering with various departments to establish a robust control environment, and completing risk reviews for business processes.

Responsibilities

• Implement a risk oversight framework to monitor and assess risk for our Private Wealth business
• Lead and support strategic risk initiatives across Private Wealth areas to improve business functions and reduce risk
• Identify new areas for improvement, uncover underappreciated risks
• Create and curate risk dashboards to measure and track relevant risk factors
• Present to the risk management team, business heads and senior management on risk management efforts and initiatives
• Assist with a new buildout of Investment Risk technology infrastructure for investment risk oversight
• Utilize our Error and Incident Tracking System to diagnose thematic risks and develop proactive controls and solutions
• Partner with compliance, legal, operations, portfolio management, sales, fund accounting, and other groups to establish a robust control environment
• Complete Risk Reviews for at-risk business processes, groups or business units
• Work with senior risk management professionals to highlight significant areas of concern and required action
• Support the Risk Manager in operational risk analysis and other operational risk projects
• Manage projects and lead, help us continue to grow as a firm and work across teams as an advocate for risk management
• Lead projects to facilitate the implementation of risk mitigations
• Identify and monitoring Key Risk Indicators
• Participate and lead in various working groups and forums focused on managing operational risk
• Join Industry Forums
• Represent Private Client Risk as an ambassador within the firm
• Lead and execute comprehensive internal risk assessments to identify, evaluate, and mitigate regulatory risks across all business lines

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5-10 years relevant work experience, preferably with operational risk or process management
• Strong project management skills
• Highly analytical with a strong attention to detail
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills in order to elicit consensus from senior managers and colleagues in the firm
• Self-starter with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Intermediate level understanding of the financial markets
• FINRA regulatory experience
• Series 24 preferred

Location

• Nashville, Tennessee
• New York, New York

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree

Salary/Compensations

• $110,000 - $130,000

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• an employee wellness program
• life and disability insurance
• a retirement savings plan
• paid holidays
• sick and vacation time off

About the Company

• Bernstein Private Wealth Management (“Bernstein”), also a subsidiary of AllianceBernstein L.P. (AB), provides advanced planning strategies and a wide array of investment management services to high-net-worth families, endowments and foundations, and institutions to help them reach specific financial objectives.
• Bernstein Private Wealth Management is distinguished among major wealth managers by its single focus and the resulting alignment of interests and accountability this brings to each client relationship.
• Bernstein’s integrated approach allows the firm to tailor each client’s portfolio, minimizing the effects of tax and volatility, with investment strategies that draw on AB’s deep research expertise across asset classes and geographies
• We are a leading global investment management firm offering high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional clients, retail investors, and private-wealth clients in major markets around the globe.
• With over 4,000 employees across 57 locations operating in 26 countries and jurisdictions, our ambition is simple: to be the most trusted investment firm in the world.
• We realize that it's our people who give us a competitive advantage and drive success in the market, and our goal is to create an inclusive culture that rewards hard work.
• Our culture of intellectual curiosity and collaboration creates an environment where you can thrive and do your best work.
• Whether you're producing thought-provoking research, identifying compelling investment opportunities, infusing new technologies into our business or providing thoughtful advice to our clients, we are fully invested in you.
• If you're ready to challenge your limits and empower your career, join us!
• With over 4,000 employees across 51 locations operating in 25 countries and jurisdictions, our ambition is simple: to be the most trusted investment firm in the world.
• We realize that it's our people who give us a competitive advantage and drive success in the market, and our goal is to create an inclusive culture that rewards hard work.
• Our culture of intellectual curiosity and collaboration creates an environment where you can thrive and do your best work.
• Whether you're producing thought-provoking research, identifying compelling investment opportunities, infusing new technologies into our business or providing thoughtful advice to our clients, we are fully invested in you.
• If you're ready to challenge your limits and empower your career, join us!

Equal Opportunity

• All are encouraged to apply.
• AB does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status or any other basis that is prohibited by applicable law.
• AB’s policies and practices seek to ensure that employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants based solely on job-related criteria.
• AB does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status or any other basis that is prohibited by applicable law.
• AB’s policies, as well as practices, seek to ensure that employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants, based solely on job-related criteria.
• Please be advised that AB does not solicit confidential information from job applicants during the screening process, nor extend job offers without the candidate participating in a series of interviews to be properly considered for an open role.
• If you receive requests for confidential information, outside of the formal interviewing process even if the person asserts that they represent AB, we encourage you not to reply.