Member of Risk, Enterprise Risk Management

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. The Risk Shared Services team supports making informed decisions that align to strategic goals through the risk assessment process. In this role, you will influence efforts to identify, assess, and mitigate risk sources, develop risk strategy recommendations, and communicate both findings and recommendations to key business partners and senior leadership.

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated strong knowledge of specific domains, such as RCSAs and operations of a GRC tool.
• Support the implementation of Risk and Control Assessments for Anchorage Digital regulated entities.
• Advise on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of Anchorage risk assessment standards.
• Provide consultation on preparation of regulatory reporting, including identifying risks and controls surrounding that process.
• Perform Quality Assurance as required on RCSA data.
• Facilitate root-cause analysis on risk events and ensure that identified control gaps/weaknesses have a remediation plan and provide oversight on timely remediation of any control weaknesses.
• Draft risk assessment reports and presentation material tailored to senior leadership and/or regulators.
• Ability to interpret applicable regulations and be a self starter in research.
• Excellent google sheets or excel skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to manage relationships with multiple stakeholders.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify applicable risks, map mitigating controls and evaluate the effectiveness, and articulate risk rating rationale.
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments. Successfully navigate roadblocks that may come up, escalating timely when blocked.
• Support audit and regulatory requests, including risk assessment summaries, remediation and other evidence produced by the ERM program.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess a wide range of topics and assess risk at a micro and a macro level.
• Assist the Risk Assessments Lead in evaluating new business initiatives in relation to risk appetite.

Organizational Knowledge:

• Assess the organization's risk management policies and strategies in relation to applicable regulations and regulatory expectations.
• Understand and consider Anchorage Digital’s strategy as part of the risk assessment process.
• In collaboration with the Risk Assessments Lead, understand how the company’s priorities relate to Enterprise Risk Management, and clearly communicate the ‘why’ behind the work.

Communication and Influence:

• Communicating and escalating risk trends and risk management best practices.
• Break down large risk assessment projects into smaller tasks, and accurately estimate the time and scope of projects. Articulate effectively the different options considered, analyze trade-offs, justifies and recommends priorities.

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to map mitigating controls and articulate risk rating rationale.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
• Crypto industry knowledge

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• Proficiency in evaluating new business initiatives in relation to the company's risk appetite.
• Foundational knowledge of control frameworks and control typologies.
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

About Anchorage Digital: Who we areThe Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in  the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 600 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy. Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives. Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.Protecting your privacy rights is important to Anchorage Digital, and we work to maintain the trust and confidence of our clients when handling personal or financial information. Please see our privacy policy notices here.We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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