Risk manager resume examples for 2025
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How to write a risk manager resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:
Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in risk manager-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
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List the right project manager skills
Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
- Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
- Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a risk manager resume:
- Oversight
- Risk Assessments
- Project Management
- Portfolio
- Strong Analytical
- Operational Risk
- Risk Management
- Patient Safety
- Internal Audit
- Patients
- Credit Risk
- Regulatory Compliance
- Excellent Interpersonal
- SQL
- Customer Service
- Corrective Action
- Internal Controls
- SAS
- ISO
- Patient Care
- Risk Issues
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Exposure
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Post Implementation
- Treasury
- HR
- AML
- Loss Control
- Hyperion
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How to structure your work experience
A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.
- Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
- Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
- Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.
How to write risk manager experience bullet points
Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
Here are great bullet points from risk manager resumes:
Work history example #1
Underwriter
First Mortgage
- Experienced with government loans, including USDA, VA, and FHA.
- Verified, prepared and edited legal documents and judgment affidavits for the Wells Fargo Home Equity document execution team.
- Researched underwriting exceptions and final approved accounts located in eastern & southern portfolio regions.
- Reviewed income and calculations of DTI and ratios, Title, Appraisal, purchase contracts and other related documents.
- Reviewed FNMA appraisals by determining the collateral securing the loan was acceptable per company guidelines.
Work history example #2
Management Analyst
CALIBRE
- Addressed and resolved virtually any logistics issues affecting the readiness of elements under ARECENT-Kuwait area of operations.
- Used Microsoft SharePoint to coordinate input and review comments, maintain version control, and archive reports.
- Facilitated two-way knowledge transfer between technical staff and Customer to encourage alignment of DoD energy policy and principles.
- Edited and created reports, briefs, memos and social media content supporting strategic communications for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Led the cradle-development-implementation of a contract management program that consolidated all the previous procedures into a single automated tracker.
Work history example #3
Risk Analyst
Federal Home Loan Mortgage
- Managed risk management activities including RCSA, loss event reporting, Key Risk Indicators reporting.
- Conducted the SAS run for the production model on the UNIX platform and updated manual version to match the result.
- Assisted in the development of operation controls, ensuring activities met the guidelines for SOX 302 & 404 compliance.
- Evaluated performance of various affordable housing initiatives;
- Identified weaknesses in internal control procedures and assessed the adequacy of liability and operating controls.
Work history example #4
Underwriter
American International Group
- Developed two new country markets while simultaneously turning Venezuela from a losing to profitable portfolio.
- Maintained and responsible for the production and underwriting of environmental casualty portfolio.
- Priced business applying expertise and judgment in conjunction with company guidelines and underwriting decisions Others Positions with AIG: Sales Director
- Reviewed all credit/collateral/compliance/closing documents to ensure all were completed correctly and did not violate state/federal policies and procedures.
- Served as liaison between accounts and in-house legal staff for bankruptcy proceedings.
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Add an education section to your resume
- The highest degree you have achieved.
- TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
- TField of study
- TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities
Here are some examples of good education entries from risk manager resumes:
Bachelor's Degree in nursing
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
2005 - 2008
Bachelor's Degree in finance
Florida International University, Miami, FL
2012 - 2015
Highlight your risk manager certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your risk manager resume:
- Certified Risk Manager (CRM)
- Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- Certification in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
- OSHA Safety Certificate
- Certified Manager Certification (CM)
- Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)