Risk Manager

Risk Manager — Apex Enterprise Solutions

Houston, TX | January 2024 – Present

• Led 4 enterprise risk audits for corporate clients in the logistics sector, identifying 16 operational vulnerabilities and designing remediation plans that reduced compliance risk index scores by 32% using Riskonnect.
• Formulated comprehensive risk registers and business continuity plans for 3 financial service providers, coordinating across 12 business units to decrease operational risk event frequencies by 24% using SAS Enterprise Guide.
• Redesigned the internal controls and compliance tracking process for a corporate client, saving $140,000 in potential regulatory penalties and reducing manual control testing cycles by 35% through Tableau dashboards.
• Facilitated 15 risk assessment workshops with departmental executives to identify key risk indicators, increasing on-time mitigation plan completion from 72% to 94% using Microsoft Excel tracking worksheets.

Senior Risk Analyst — Vanguard Capital Partners

Dallas, TX | June 2020 – December 2023

• Audited 12 third-party vendor agreements and security protocols, identifying 9 high-priority compliance gaps and negotiating remediation terms that reduced vendor risk exposure by 26% using Archer GRC.
• Developed 5 automated risk-reporting templates in Microsoft Excel and SAS, saving the risk committee 14 hours of manual reporting work weekly and improving internal audit reporting turnarounds by 22%.
• Mitigated financial transaction risk by analyzing historical data patterns, detecting 14 systemic processing anomalies and saving $85,000 in monthly leakage using SQL query analysis.
• Collaborated with product teams to define SOC 2 control activities for a new API platform, completing the readiness assessment 3 weeks ahead of schedule and ensuring 100% compliance during the audit.

Risk assessment, Financial modeling, Internal audit, Compliance framework, SOX compliance, Riskonnect, SAS Enterprise Guide, Tableau, Advanced Excel, Regulatory alignment, Stakeholder communication, Policy formulation

Enterprise GRC System Implementation

Role: Lead Risk Manager

Tools: Riskonnect, SAS Enterprise Guide, Tableau

Designed a new operational risk register for 14 departments, reducing overall audit cycle times by 22%.

Vendor Compliance Auditing Initiative

Role: Senior Risk Analyst

Tools: Archer GRC, Microsoft Excel, SQL

Evaluated 120 key suppliers, identifying 14 critical compliance gaps and reducing vendor risk exposure by 26%.

• Financial Risk Manager (FRM) (2023)
• Certified Risk Management Professional (CRMP) (2022)
• Associate in Risk Management (ARM) (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Risk advisory board member for Houston local community trust (2022-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice