Junior Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst

🕒 July 29

🌾 Iowa – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote

💵 $60k - $80k / year

⏱ Part Time

🟢 Junior

🚔 Compliance

👻 Ghost score 26%

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Lee Enterprises

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1890

📱 Media

☁️ SaaS

Media • SaaS

Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily and weekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 markets across 25 states. The company operates newspapers and digital brands, reaches more than 75% of adults in its largest markets weekly, and offers advertising and marketing services including data insights, creative services, content creation, media distribution, reputation management, and an amplified digital agency with AI solutions. It also provides a publishing platform, Blox CMS, and has partnerships and cloud/AI initiatives (AWS preferred cloud, generative AI platforms).

📋 Description

• Assist in identifying, assessing, and tracking risks across IT and enterprise functions. • Support maintenance of the enterprise risk register and dashboards used by leadership. • Help draft, organize, and maintain policies, standards, and procedures. • Support compliance awareness campaigns and training that promote a culture of risk accountability. • Learn and assist in mapping controls to frameworks such as NIST CSF, COBIT 2019, and ISO 27001. • Support tracking and validation of control effectiveness through GRC tools or reports. • Partner with GRC leadership to prepare reports, metrics, and presentations for management. • Contribute to meetings with stakeholders across Legal, Finance, IT, and Operations. • Provide day-to-day administrative and research assistance to the GRC team. • Demonstrate initiative, curiosity, and a commitment to learning risk and compliance fundamentals.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong organizational and written communication skills. • Detail-oriented with an analytical mindset and ability to problem-solve. • Interest in learning frameworks such as NIST, COBIT, ISO 27001, or SOC 2. • Desire to learn, hunger to achieve, and persistence to accomplish. • Internship experience in governance, risk, compliance, audit, or related disciplines (internships and academic experience welcome). • Bachelor's degree (completed or in progress) in Information Security, Risk Management, Business Administration, or a related field — or equivalent experience. • Experience supporting policy writing, audits, or risk assessments. • Exposure to GRC tools or risk management platforms. • Familiarity with cybersecurity, data protection, or IT operations concepts. • Relevant certifications (e.g., Security+, CISA, CISM, CGRC) are a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to develop real-world GRC experience in a supportive environment. • Work directly with senior GRC leadership and cross-functional teams. • Build the skills needed to progress into a full-time GRC Analyst role. • Gain enterprise-wide exposure to risk management, compliance, and governance functions. • Be part of a team driving a risk-first culture across the organization.