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About Us
Founded in 1882, Matson (NYSE: MATX) is a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services. Matson provides a vital lifeline of ocean freight transportation services to the domestic, non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam, and to other island economies in Micronesia. Matson also operates premium, expedited services from China to Long Beach, California, which includes cargo from other Asia origins, provides services to Okinawa, Japan, and the South Pacific, and operates an international export service from Alaska to Asia.
Matson Logistics extends the geographic reach of Matson's transportation network throughout North America and Asia. Its integrated logistics services include rail intermodal, highway brokerage, warehousing, freight consolidation, supply chain management, and freight forwarding to Alaska.
Matson is honored to be certified as a Great Place to Work. Learn more at www.matson.com.
About the Role
The Associate Director, Risk Management will establish and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the Company’s ocean transportation, stevedoring, logistics, and warehousing operations and develop strong partnerships across the organization to identify, quantify, manage, and monitor risk. This role provides leadership and oversight to claims personnel, directs the resolution of complex claims, and develops and implements strategies to improve claims management processes and overall risk outcomes. The Associate Director also supports the Director in advancing strategic risk management initiatives, leads select insurance placements, and conducts contract reviews to identify and address insurance, indemnification, and other risk-related considerations.
This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work at our Corporate Office in Walnut Creek, CA, three (3) days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).
What you’ll do:
- Lead and develop claims and risk management personnel, establishing performance expectations and overseeing internal and external adjuster performance.
- Manage complex, high-severity, and disputed claims, including investigation, evaluation, negotiation, and resolution.
- Drive claims process improvements, leveraging technology, automation, and AI tools to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and performance.
- Analyze claims, loss trends, reserves, and performance data to identify risks and recommend improvements.
- Partner with Finance, actuaries, insurers, and brokers to support accurate claim and IBNR reserves, financial reporting, and insurance budgeting.
- Review and negotiate insurance, indemnification, claims, and risk-related provisions in contracts and leases.
- Ensure compliance with applicable insurance requirements, regulations, Company policies, and SOX controls.
- Conduct claims audits to ensure reserve adequacy, data integrity, documentation, and procedural consistency.
- Develop and maintain risk management procedures and controls, providing training as needed.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities to use AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve risk identification, claims analysis, reporting, forecasting, and operational efficiency.
- Use approved AI tools to enhance research, data analysis, risk assessments, trend identification, scenario analysis, and management reporting.
- Support strategic risk management initiatives and insurance placements and perform other duties as assigned by the Director and Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer.
You have these skills:
- Advanced knowledge of insurance policy interpretation, liability assessment, claims evaluation, and reserve setting.
- Strong technical expertise across multiple lines of property and casualty insurance coverage. Knowledge of marine and inland marine insurance is preferred but not required.
- Extensive experience with risk management information systems (RMIS), claims management systems, analytics platforms, and other technology used to track, analyze, and report claims and risk data.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex claims and risk data, identify trends and exposures, and translate findings into actionable risk management strategies.
And these qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master’s degree preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in risk management, insurance, or complex claims management, including supervisory or leadership experience.
- Strong knowledge of property and casualty insurance claims administration, liability assessment, reserve setting, and insurance policy interpretation.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex and high-severity claims and working with insurers, brokers, adjusters, legal counsel, and other stakeholders.
- Experience with risk management information systems (RMIS), claims analytics, and data-driven reporting; familiarity with AI-enabled tools and process automation preferred.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and influence across functions.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development in marine insurance, including relevant coursework, industry training, and professional designations such as the Associate in Marine Insurance (AMIM). Candidates who do not currently hold a relevant professional designation will be expected to obtain one within one year of employment.
- Ability to travel to Company subsidiaries, industry conferences, and other business locations as needed, approximately four or more times per year.
Extra credit if you have:
- Marine, transportation, logistics, or inland marine insurance experience preferred, but not required.
- Professional designation such as ARM, CPCU, or CRM preferred.
The annual salary range is posted for this position in California. The salary offered will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.
At Matson, we're looking for people to build a unified team to maintain our values of trust, integrity, and reliability. We welcome people who think rigorously and thoughtfully challenge assumptions.
#MI
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
About Us
Founded in 1882, Matson (NYSE: MATX) is a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services. Matson provides a vital lifeline of ocean freight transportation services to the domestic, non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam, and to other island economies in Micronesia. Matson also operates premium, expedited services from China to Long Beach, California, which includes cargo from other Asia origins, provides services to Okinawa, Japan, and the South Pacific, and operates an international export service from Alaska to Asia.
Matson Logistics extends the geographic reach of Matson's transportation network throughout North America and Asia. Its integrated logistics services include rail intermodal, highway brokerage, warehousing, freight consolidation, supply chain management, and freight forwarding to Alaska.
Matson is honored to be certified as a Great Place to Work. Learn more at www.matson.com.
About the Role
The Associate Director, Risk Management will establish and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the Company’s ocean transportation, stevedoring, logistics, and warehousing operations and develop strong partnerships across the organization to identify, quantify, manage, and monitor risk. This role provides leadership and oversight to claims personnel, directs the resolution of complex claims, and develops and implements strategies to improve claims management processes and overall risk outcomes. The Associate Director also supports the Director in advancing strategic risk management initiatives, leads select insurance placements, and conducts contract reviews to identify and address insurance, indemnification, and other risk-related considerations.
This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work at our Corporate Office in Walnut Creek, CA, three (3) days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).
What you’ll do:
- Lead and develop claims and risk management personnel, establishing performance expectations and overseeing internal and external adjuster performance.
- Manage complex, high-severity, and disputed claims, including investigation, evaluation, negotiation, and resolution.
- Drive claims process improvements, leveraging technology, automation, and AI tools to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and performance.
- Analyze claims, loss trends, reserves, and performance data to identify risks and recommend improvements.
- Partner with Finance, actuaries, insurers, and brokers to support accurate claim and IBNR reserves, financial reporting, and insurance budgeting.
- Review and negotiate insurance, indemnification, claims, and risk-related provisions in contracts and leases.
- Ensure compliance with applicable insurance requirements, regulations, Company policies, and SOX controls.
- Conduct claims audits to ensure reserve adequacy, data integrity, documentation, and procedural consistency.
- Develop and maintain risk management procedures and controls, providing training as needed.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities to use AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve risk identification, claims analysis, reporting, forecasting, and operational efficiency.
- Use approved AI tools to enhance research, data analysis, risk assessments, trend identification, scenario analysis, and management reporting.
- Support strategic risk management initiatives and insurance placements and perform other duties as assigned by the Director and Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer.
You have these skills:
- Advanced knowledge of insurance policy interpretation, liability assessment, claims evaluation, and reserve setting.
- Strong technical expertise across multiple lines of property and casualty insurance coverage. Knowledge of marine and inland marine insurance is preferred but not required.
- Extensive experience with risk management information systems (RMIS), claims management systems, analytics platforms, and other technology used to track, analyze, and report claims and risk data.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex claims and risk data, identify trends and exposures, and translate findings into actionable risk management strategies.
And these qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master’s degree preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in risk management, insurance, or complex claims management, including supervisory or leadership experience.
- Strong knowledge of property and casualty insurance claims administration, liability assessment, reserve setting, and insurance policy interpretation.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex and high-severity claims and working with insurers, brokers, adjusters, legal counsel, and other stakeholders.
- Experience with risk management information systems (RMIS), claims analytics, and data-driven reporting; familiarity with AI-enabled tools and process automation preferred.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and influence across functions.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development in marine insurance, including relevant coursework, industry training, and professional designations such as the Associate in Marine Insurance (AMIM). Candidates who do not currently hold a relevant professional designation will be expected to obtain one within one year of employment.
- Ability to travel to Company subsidiaries, industry conferences, and other business locations as needed, approximately four or more times per year.
Extra credit if you have:
- Marine, transportation, logistics, or inland marine insurance experience preferred, but not required.
- Professional designation such as ARM, CPCU, or CRM preferred.
The annual salary range is posted for this position in California. The salary offered will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.
At Matson, we're looking for people to build a unified team to maintain our values of trust, integrity, and reliability. We welcome people who think rigorously and thoughtfully challenge assumptions.
#MI
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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Who's Hiring
- JPMorganChase25
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in risk associate jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, or a related field
- Proficiency in Excel and financial modeling, with SQL or Python a frequent plus
- Familiarity with risk frameworks such as Basel III, COSO, or enterprise risk management standards
- Experience or coursework in credit analysis, portfolio monitoring, or regulatory compliance
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for presenting risk findings to stakeholders
- Professional certification such as FRM, CFA, or CPA preferred for more senior associate roles
Tips for Your Risk Associate Job Search
Tailor your resume to risk frameworks
Hiring managers scan for specific frameworks like Basel III, COSO, or ISO 31000. Name the ones you've worked within directly on your resume rather than listing generic risk management experience, so reviewers can immediately place your background.
Highlight quantitative tools you've used
Risk associate postings consistently ask for proficiency in SQL, Python, SAS, or Excel-based modeling. Call out specific tools in a dedicated skills section and reinforce them with brief context in your work history bullets.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists risk associate openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by risk discipline
Credit, operational, market, and compliance risk are distinct hiring tracks. Use those exact terms when searching so you don't waste time on roles outside your expertise, and confirm in the job description which discipline the team actually covers.
Prepare a case-study answer for risk scenarios
Interviewers for risk associate roles almost always present a scenario and ask how you'd assess or escalate it. Practice walking through a structured response: identify the exposure, quantify it where possible, and name the control or mitigation you'd recommend.
Negotiate using total compensation context
Risk associate offers often include performance bonuses tied to firm or departmental metrics. Before accepting, ask how bonus targets are set and historically paid out, so you're comparing total compensation rather than base figures alone.
Risk Associate Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most risk associates?
JPMorganChase, Capital One, and Navy Federal Credit Union are hiring the most risk associates right now, with openings concentrated in Virginia, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial services firms, regional banks, and insurance companies consistently account for the largest share of postings.
How many risk associate jobs are remote?
About 86% of risk associate openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting broader flexibility trends in financial services. Operational risk and compliance-focused roles tend to offer more remote options than credit risk or market risk positions, which often require closer proximity to trading floors or lending teams.
How do you become a risk associate?
Start with a bachelor's degree in finance, economics, statistics, or a closely related field. Build analytical skills in Excel and at least one data tool like SQL or Python. Gain exposure through internships, entry-level analyst roles, or relevant coursework in credit analysis or regulatory compliance. Earning a certification like the FRM strengthens your profile and signals commitment to the discipline.
Can you get a risk associate job with little or no experience?
Yes, many firms hire entry-level risk associates directly from undergraduate programs, particularly candidates who completed finance or economics coursework and have an internship in banking, audit, or compliance. Demonstrating comfort with financial data, attention to detail, and an understanding of basic risk concepts in your resume and interview can offset limited work history.
What does the risk associate interview process look like?
Most risk associate interview processes include an initial recruiter screen, one or two technical rounds covering quantitative reasoning and risk concepts, and a final round with senior team members or a hiring manager. Technical questions often involve scenario-based problems, data interpretation, or case studies on credit or operational exposures. Some firms add a written exercise or take-home modeling task.
Where can I find and apply to risk associate jobs?
You can find and apply to risk associate jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and apply directly to each one that fits.
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