How to become a risk analyst

Official title: Risk analyst (non-financial)

Also called: Product risk analyst, Sustainability Risk Analyst, Sustainability Risk Manager, Ÿ Product risk analyst

Risk analyst (non-financial) identifies potential risks and controls by performing risk assessments and research, analysing risk metrics/indicators, tracking industry trends and changes and reporting these findings to stakeholders. He/she ensures that risk management checks are performed with documentations duly completed and ensure internal controls are in place. He/she works closely with a broad range of cross-functional teams in areas such as legal, regulatory, policy, technology and product development teams to improve overall risk and compliance outcomes. He/she implements and supports the maintenance of the risk management framework and supports risk mitigation activities.

Main tasks

• Reviewing existing policies and legislation to identify anomalies and out-of-date provisions
• Researching social, economic and industrial trends, and client expectations of programmes and services provided
• Conducting threat and risk assessments and developing responses
• Reviewing operations and programmes to ensure consistency with policies of the organisation

Ways in

• University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Policy administration professional
• Management consultant
• Business consultant
• Business/Financial project management professional
• Sustainability project development/management professional
• Human resource consultant (excluding executive search consultant)

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Questions people ask

How do I become a risk analyst?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.

Will AI change the work of a risk analyst?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026