People Force is looking for a Senior IT Risk Analyst for a 6-12 month contract role with one of our client. This is a remote position for candidates based in India, working in EST hours only.

Job Description

Role Summary
The Senior IT Risk Analyst partners with IT and business teams to identify, assess, and reduce technology and cyber risk across the enterprise. This role leads and supports governance, control testing, audit readiness, and compliance initiatives while driving automation and enable efficiencies in recurring risk and compliance processes. The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of hands-on technical security knowledge and risk expertise.

Key Responsibilities

IT Risk, Governance & Program Execution
- Partner effectively with IT operational teams to create awareness of and communicate IT risk, governance, and control requirements.
- Implement, enhance, and manage an Enterprise IT Risk Management Framework, including associated methodologies, templates, and workflows.
- Develop and maintain enterprise IT risk register templates, risk acceptance/exemption forms, KRIs,



and reporting dashboards.
- Conduct and document risk assessments (inherent/residual risk), threat modeling discussions, and control gap analyses.
- Prepare IT risk-related presentations and reporting for senior management, including trends, emerging risks, and remediation status.
- Follow up on action items from IT risk, audit, and compliance meetings; track remediation plans, owners, and due dates.
- Create straightforward documentation/runbooks for automated processes while ensuring controls remain auditable.

Audit, Compliance & Control Testing
- Gather, validate, and store artifacts to prepare for audits and support IT audit functions (internal and external).
- Champion collection of audit/compliance program responses and documentation; ensure completeness, quality, and traceability.
- Assist in the coordination and documentation of IT risk and compliance program libraries (policies, stand

📌 Senior IT Risk Analyst (Patna)
🏢 PEOPLE FORCE CONSULTING
📍 Patna