Hiring: Principal Risk Analyst (Hybrid) Company: First American Location: Santa Ana, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:16:42 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : ServiceNow About the job Experience: •8+ years of relevant experience in financial services, enterprise risk management, audit, compliance, business analysis, or related disciplines, including 3+ years of direct risk management experience. Required Skills: •Serve as a senior subject matter expert and strategic advisor on enterprise and operational risk, providing guidance on complex and emerging risks, controls, and mitigation strategies. •Own the end-to-end ERM reporting cycle, including Risk Appetite metrics, Top Risk scorecards, breach reporting, and other executive and governance reporting. •Lead the collection, validation, and analysis of enterprise risk data, identifying trends, emerging risks, changes in exposure, and matters requiring management attention. •Translate complex risk information into actionable insights through executive-ready dashboards, scorecards, presentations, and reporting for senior management and governance committees. •Lead complex risk assessments and process reviews to evaluate risks, controls, dependencies, accountabilities, and opportunities to strengthen the control environment. •Partner with business leaders and risk owners while providing effective second-line review and challenge of risk assessments, mitigation strategies, issues, and management action plans. •Monitor significant risk issues and remediation activities, challenge progress and supporting evidence, and escalate material concerns to ERM leadership. •Drive enhancements to ERM methodologies, processes, reporting, analytics, governance, GRC technology, and tools, including opportunities for standardization and automation. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience. •Advanced knowledge of ERM practices, including risk identification and assessment, controls, KRIs, risk appetite, mitigation, monitoring, issue management, and governance. •Demonstrated experience leading enterprise risk reporting and synthesizing complex information across multiple business units for senior management and governance audiences. •Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex and interconnected risks and develop fact-based recommendations. •Demonstrated ability to provide effective review and challenge, exercise independent judgment, influence stakeholders, and appropriately escalate significant risk matters. •Strong data analysis and visualization skills with the ability to translate quantitative and qualitative information into meaningful risk insights. •Demonstrated capacity to independently lead complex assignments, manage competing priorities, and drive improvements across processes and programs. •Strong executive communication, presentation, facilitation, and relationship-management skills with the ability to influence across our business and functional areas. •Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and commitment to data integrity and quality. •Title insurance, mortgage, settlement services, banking, insurance, or another regulated financial services industry. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!