Platform Risk & Compliance Analyst - MTBNY

Platform Risk & Compliance Analyst

The Platform Risk & Compliance Analyst will assess, document, and mitigate technology and operational risks across core banking platforms and modernization programs. This role ensures that infrastructure and applications comply with stringent financial regulations and cybersecurity standards , while enabling innovation and operational agility.

The analyst will work closely with legal, cybersecurity, architecture, and platform engineering teams to establish and maintain governance over critical banking systems , including payment processing, treasury operations, lending platforms, regulatory reporting, and customer-facing digital channels .

Key Responsibilities :

• Conduct formal risk assessments across enterprise platforms (mainframe, distributed, and cloud) supporting core banking, payment rails, fraud monitoring, and customer services.
• Evaluate platform modernization efforts for compliance risks, including migration from Hogan / Voyager to cloud-native systems.
• Validate adherence to PCI DSS , SOX , FFIEC , GLBA , and NYDFS regulations, including third-party vendor risk components.
• Partner with information security to define and enforce platform hardening standards, logging requirements, and access control models.
• Use GRC tools to document risk findings, assign ownership, track remediation, and produce regular reports for governance boards and executive leadership.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams to ensure resiliency, data privacy, encryption, and segregation of environments align with regulatory expectations.
• Support regulatory examinations and internal / external audits by providing evidence of controls, testing results, and risk mitigation plans.
• Develop metrics and dashboards to provide visibility into control effectiveness and technology risk posture.
• Anticipate and document risks introduced by emerging financial technology (e.g., open banking APIs, real-time payments, cloud transformations).

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