Risk Analyst Jobs 17 Open Roles

The Risk Analyst identifies, measures, and tracks the risks a business faces, then helps leadership decide what to do about them. Analysts build and maintain risk assessments, monitor key risk indicators, and support the controls that keep exposure within appetite. As organizations adopt AI, model risk and algorithmic risk are fast-growing parts of the job.

What a Risk Analyst does

Build and maintain risk assessments and risk registers
Monitor key risk indicators and report on trends
Support the design and testing of risk controls
Analyze loss events and near misses for root cause
Help quantify operational, technology, and model risk
Track emerging risks, including AI and algorithmic risk

Core skills

Analytical thinking and comfort with quantitative data
Understanding of risk frameworks and risk appetite
Clear reporting and data visualization
Attention to detail and intellectual honesty
Curiosity about how things fail
Basic grasp of IT and security risk

Certifications that help

CRISC · CISA · CGEIT

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Where it sits on the career ladder

Risk Analyst (Entry) · Risk Manager →

How to break into this job

Risk Analyst roles favor people who are comfortable with data and structured thinking. Backgrounds in finance, data, audit, or operations transfer well. Fluency with a risk framework such as COSO ERM or ISO 31000 gives you a credible start, and quantitative comfort sets you apart.

Compliance Officer paystats as of Q2 2026

BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.

Sources: BLS, 2024 median

FAQ

Is Risk Analyst a good entry-level role?
Yes. It is one of the most common entry points into governance, risk, and compliance, and it builds skills that transfer into management and specialized tracks like model risk.

What is model risk, and why does it matter to Risk Analysts?
Model risk is the risk that a model produces wrong or misused outputs. As organizations deploy AI, analyzing and monitoring model and algorithmic risk has become a fast-growing part of the risk function.

What certification should a Risk Analyst pursue?
CRISC is the most directly relevant from the risk side; CISA and CGEIT also help for technology and governance risk. Many start with framework knowledge while building the experience hours certs require.

Risk Analyst jobs: what the market looks like right now

A snapshot built from the 17 Risk Analyst roles currently on this page.

What these roles pay

Of the 17 open Risk Analyst roles on this page, 7 publish a salary range. Across those:

Median advertised midpoint: $114k
Middle half of the market: $98k to $129k
Full advertised range: $79k to $224k

Computed from the live postings on this page, not from survey data, and recalculated every time the board refreshes. Roles without a published range are excluded.

Where the work is

Work mode: 3 remote, 0 hybrid, 14 on-site or unstated.
Seniority mix: mid (10), senior (7)
Employers hiring more than one: Adyen (4)

Skills these postings ask for

risk register ownership
control self-assessment (RCSA)
quantitative risk modeling
scenario analysis and stress testing
KRI design and monitoring

How to get a risk management job — the full career guide for this field: entry routes, transferable backgrounds, certifications and salary by level.

Certifications that come up most

None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in Risk Analyst postings to be worth knowing: FRM, PRM, CRISC, CRMA. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.

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