AVP, Enterprise Risk

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Job Overview:

The Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Risk serves as a leader responsible for advancing the firm’s enterprise risk management oversight capabilities. The position supports the preparation and review of senior management and Board‑level materials, manages key governance routines, and partners closely with stakeholders across the organization. In addition, the AVP will lead the development and enhancement of enterprise‑level frameworks and programs that strengthen the firm’s risk management practices.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and continuously enhance enterprise risk principles, standards, and frameworks, strengthening consistency and discipline across the risk management organization.

• Drive cross-functional alignment and adoption of enterprise risk frameworks by influencing and partnering with senior stakeholders across business lines.

• Lead the evolution of the firm’s reputational risk framework, enabling consistent identification, assessment, and enterprise-wide reporting.

• Develop and deliver clear, insight-driven materials for senior management and Board-level audiences, translating complex risk topics into actionable perspectives.

• Maintain and evolve the enterprise risk taxonomy and risk level standards, ensuring alignment with business strategy and regulatory expectations.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of risk management standards, procedures, and documentation, adapting to evolving business and regulatory needs.

• Advance the firm-wide risk assessment program, enhancing methodology, structure, and outputs to deliver more meaningful risk insights.

• Facilitate senior-level risk discussions to identify emerging risks, thematic trends, and key enterprise exposures.

• Oversee governance processes and review cycles, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and completeness of materials across forums.

• Communicate risk insights, expectations, and key developments clearly and effectively to senior leadership.

• Demonstrate strong leadership and accountability, helping to shape team culture and elevate execution standards.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of financial services experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or Economics (or a related discipline)

Core Competencies:

• Strong analytical thinking and problem‑solving abilities

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to apply formulas, manipulate datasets, and extract meaningful insights

• Strong PowerPoint skills and comfort with executive‑ready presentation design

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex risk concepts into compelling storytelling for senior leadership

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

• Ability to collaborate across teams and influence without formal authority

• Capacity to take initiative, identify opportunities, and implement improvements

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with the ability to guide and influence others

 

Pay Range:

$106,502.00 - $177,572.00
 Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!
 

Company Overview:

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

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Information on Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum.  During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card.  Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.

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