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Senior Officer-Chief Risk and Strategy Officer

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Job overview

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations seeks a Senior Officer-Chief Risk and Strategy Officer to lead the Office of Risk and Strategy. The office supports the Division’s examination program through risk analytics, monitoring, incident response, financial intelligence, research, data tools, and quantitative exam support. The role advises senior leadership, integrates risk capabilities across the Division, represents it in agency governance, and coordinates with external regulators and stakeholders.

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Skills

Risk AnalyticsRisk AssessmentExaminationsAudit ReviewsSecurities ComplianceTeam ManagementFederal Securities LawOrganizational LeadershipStrategic PlanningWorkforce DevelopmentProgram ManagementCoalition BuildingCritical Thinking

Qualifications

GS-14/SK-14 ExperienceBroker-Dealer Examinations or ReviewsRegistered Securities Firm Risk AssessmentFinancial Firm Team ManagementFederal Securities Law AssistancePermanent Competitive Service Status

Full job description

Summary The Division of Examinations is seeking a Senior Officer - Chief Risk and Strategy Officer. This position may be located in Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, Fort Worth, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, San Francisco, CA, or Washington, DC. This position is open to federal employees in permanent competitive service positions (i.e. status candidates). Responsibilities The Chief Risk and Strategy Officer (CRSO) leads the Office of Risk and Strategy (ORS), the Division's strategic information hub for monitoring and risk identification of the registrant community. ORS informs the Division's strategy, planning, candidate selection, and scoping through its risk analytics, large firm monitoring, incident response, financial intelligence, emerging risk research, data-analytic tool development, and quantitative exam support. The CRSO also represents the Division in agency-wide governance and integrates ORS's capabilities across EXAMS and with other SEC divisions and offices. Duties include: Oversee ORS's core functions, including risk analytics and exam candidate identification, ongoing monitoring of select large firms, incident response, financial intelligence, emerging-risk research, development of data analytics tools, and quantitative exam support. Advance a data-driven, risk-based national examination program. Advise senior Division leadership on registrant, industry, and market risks and how they may shape examination priorities, strategy, and resource allocation. Promote effective integration across the Division's examination program areas, supporting consistent sharing and use of risk information, analytics, and monitoring insights in examination planning and execution. Align ORS resources and capabilities with the needs of each program area. Represent the Division on agency-wide governance bodies, committees, and working groups, including those addressing risk, data, technology, and strategic planning. Coordinate with external regulators, self-regulatory organizations, and other stakeholders on risk monitoring, information sharing, and significant market or registrant events. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Time-in-grade for this announcement is one year at the GS/SK-14 level. Applicants are responsible for confirming all required materials are submitted by the closing date of the announcement. Please check the How You Will Be Evaluated and Required Documents sections carefully, as missing documents will render the application incomplete and ineligible for review. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: SO-01: Applicant must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14/SK-14 level in the federal government. Specialized experience is defined as: Conducting, overseeing, or supporting examinations, audits, or reviews of broker-dealers, transfer agents, investment companies, investment advisers or self-regulatory organizations; Assessing the compliance, activities or risks of registered securities firms; Managing a team or group that conducts, oversees, or supports examinations, audits, or reviews of financial or securities firms; and Providing information and/or assistance with respect to possible violations of federal securities laws and regulations. ACCOMPLISHMENT RECORD COMPETENCIES: Your Accomplishment Record narratives should address the following competencies. See the How You Will Be Evaluated section below for more information: Leading the Organization: Build and support the organization's vision, create strategies to achieve the vision, support and lead innovative and creative initiatives to meet organizational goals. Leading and Developing People: Recruit, lead, develop and manage the workforce, constructively manages differences and potential conflicts between employees, building teams that meet and exceed an organization's mission, strategic plan, and goals. Results Orientation: Meet organizational goals by effectively managing program area, identifying and solving important problems, making sound and timely decisions, and effectively managing and sharing information. Building Coalitions: Build coalitions by partnering with others to build strategic relationships, influencing and negotiating with those in sphere of influence to achieve favorable outcomes for an organization. Analysis and Risk Assessment: Analyzes information to assess an entity's level of risk for deficiencies in various focus areas. Program Management: Ability to develop and run agency programs to deliver results that efficiently and effectively meet SEC's mission, strategic plan and goals. Critical Thinking: Considers a variety of factors, general and subject matter-specific, when making decisions and determining next steps in a case. Education Additional Information Supplementary vacancies may be filled in addition to the number stated in this announcement and may be filled from any division or office within the agency. SEC COMPENSATION PROGRAM: The overall salary range listed above is provided for informational purposes; a selectee's initial pay will be established below the maximum rate of the range. The pay for current SEC employees will be determined according to the procedures specified in the agency's policy. Please visit the agency's Compensation Overview page for more information. Disability Employment: For information on disability appointments, click here. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SURPLUS OR DISPLACED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not I/CTAP eligible. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; the questionnaire asks you to identify your ICTAP/CTAP eligibility (2) be rated well-qualified; and, (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. View information about I/CTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, you must be a preference eligible or a Veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions. LAND MANAGEMENT WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY ACT (LMWFA): The LMWFA provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. For more information, click here. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements: Persons with Disabilities-Schedule A Special Hiring Authorities for Veterans Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses Other Special Appointment Authorities Reasonable Accommodation: If you are an applicant who needs a reasonable accommodation to participate in the SEC application process due to a medical disability, please contact [email protected]. For religious-based accommodations, please contact [email protected] . Please be sure to submit your request at least 5 business days in advance of the date you need the requested accommodation. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Information for SEC Job Applicants: For more information, please click here. The Fair Chance Act prohibits specific inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal or credit background unless the hiring agency has made a conditional offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other information, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the date of alleged non-compliance by contacting the Legal and Policy Office in the Office of Human Resources at [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 4,033 open Risk Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$115–199K/yr3,036 salary ranges
  • US median$37–50/hr82 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 4,033 open Risk Management jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Risk Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 3,581 postings).
Education
1,763 of the 4,033 open Risk Management jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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