Senior Analyst - Threat Response and Preparedness

The Senior Analyst, Threat Response & Preparedness supports the Corporate Security function by identifying, assessing, and responding to threats that may impact employees, executives, facilities, operations, and brand reputation within a regulated financial services environment. This role focuses on threat intelligence, incident response coordination, and preparedness planning to ensure timely, measured, and compliant responses to physical, cyber-enabled, and reputational threats.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

This role requires reporting to the office three times a week in Charlotte, NC (601 S. Tryon Street)

This role requires up to 25% travel to Ally locations to conduct threat assessments.

• Monitor, analyze, and assess threats relevant to the financial services environment, including workplace violence, insider risk, executive threats, protest activity, travel risk, and facility security concerns.
• Support real-time threat response and incident management by coordinating with Corporate Security, Legal, HR, IT/Cybersecurity, Business Continuity, and Communications teams.
• Produce comprehensive threat assessments for senior leadership and security management, including executive protection and event security planning as needed.
• Maintain and update crisis response playbooks, escalation protocols, and preparedness documentation to address evolving threats.
• Participate in tabletop exercises, drills, and post-incident after-action reviews to enhance organizational readiness.
• Liaise with external partners such as law enforcement, emergency management agencies, and threat intelligence providers to strengthen threat mitigation efforts.
• Track emerging risk trends impacting financial institutions (e.g., activist threats, fraud-related retaliation, geopolitical events) and recommend effective mitigation strategies.
• Ensure threat response and preparedness activities comply with regulatory, legal, and corporate governance requirements.
• Apply intelligence analysis skills to monitor, assess, and report on security and fraud threats and vulnerabilities, assisting leadership in threat evaluation.
• Exercise sound judgment within broadly defined practices and policies to select appropriate methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria.
• Research and assess external threat and vulnerability monitoring tools to ensure Ally business lines and enterprise functions have access to the highest value sources.
• Contribute to the development of threat models by collaborating with the analytics team.
• Participate in threat briefings for impacted business units.

• 3+ years of experience
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent

• Experience with behavioral threat analysis
• Familiarity with executive protection, workplace violence prevention, and insider threat programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Criminal Justice, Emergency Management, Intelligence, Risk Management, or a related field
• +3 years of experience in corporate security, threat analysis, intelligence, emergency management, or risk management roles, within financial services or other highly regulated industries preferred.
• Up to 25% travel to Ally locations to conduct threat assessments.
• Experience supporting incident response in corporate or regulated environments.
• Ability to conduct multi-source investigations, collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data.
• Experience with threat intelligence platforms, case management systems, or mass notification tools.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., CPP, PSP, CEM, CBCP, FEMA ICS training).
• Member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) or similar organization; ability to acquire ATAP Certified Threat Manager (CTM) certification (education reimbursement may be available).
• Familiarity with risk scoring, threat analysis tools, and structured professional judgment methodologies.
• Regulatory awareness and understanding of analytical techniques related to security and risk management.
• Experience in intelligence collection and analysis, financial investigations, law enforcement or military intelligence, behavioral or physical threat assessment, emergency management, business continuity, financial risk, technology, or operations.
• Creative thinking skills and the ability to identify trends and patterns in complex data sets.
• Comfortable communicating intelligence findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize intelligence into actionable recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience delivering executive-level briefings.
• High degree of discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive or confidential information.
• Strong organizational and cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to present findings to key stakeholders.

• Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
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