Risk Analyst, Governance, Risk & Compliance
Date: Nov 12, 2025
Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60607
Company: McDonald's Corporation
Company Description:
McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.
At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House Charities to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.
Department Overview
McDonald’s is seeking a Risk Analyst to support our cybersecurity team as we protect our global brand. You will collaborate closely with cybersecurity experts, Global Technology teams, and business leaders to assess technology risk across McDonald’s. In addition, the Risk Analyst will help build a more secure culture through security awareness. As a Risk Analyst, you’ll play a vital role in helping us engage with business collaborators in order to enhance and accelerate the risk management program, which includes internal solution/application assessments.
We are moving fast and are adding to our best-in-class team and joining McDonald's means thinking big every day and preparing for a career that will have a global impact. We are customer-obsessed, committed to being leaders in our industry, and believe we are better when we work together. Over the last several years, we have launched home delivery, radically improved the digital experiences of our restaurants, introduced mobile pay, and have so much more to come. These critical initiatives require strong leadership to ensure resilient security posture and compliance with policies, standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
McDonald’s is investing heavily in technology to drive our growth. We’re looking at how to use technology to improve the customer journey and build new customer experiences. We’re also exploring technologies that can help us reduce or eliminate repetitive tasks and make employees’ jobs more exciting and rewarding. With all the new projects and initiatives, it is an exciting time to be on the cybersecurity team, helping to make a safer and better McDonald's!
Responsibilities
Risk Management, under Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) is the team that is ultimately responsible for the securing of McDonald’s information assets at a global level. This role will directly collaborate with the group within Global Cyber Security that is responsible for our cybersecurity risk management program and critical services,; ensuring our leadership makes informed risk-based decisions. This individual will also be responsible for global information governance efforts, including but not limited to GDPR. The Risk Analyst will work closely with cybersecurity experts, Global Technology teams, and business leaders to support the assessment of cybersecurity risk to the organization and develop detailed security guidance.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a working knowledge of current industry risk and trends as well as clear understanding of McDonalds’ business and technical strategies in order to be accountable for identifying security risks and concerns.
- Perform complex application/infrastructure/solution security risk assessments to identify security risks and control gaps that put McDonald’s at risk.
- Communicate and prioritize security risks across the business and validate remediation efforts and timelines.
- Partner with relevant stakeholders to drive implementation of appropriate security controls and risk mitigation strategies to comply with McDonald’s policies and standards.
- Support management of the intake queue for new risk assessments and non-compliace requests across the organization.
- Implement the mapping and reporting of risks and control objectives against industry frameworks to effectively highlight opportunities.
- Improve metrics and identify trends for risk management activities and drive visibility and transparency of business value for completed work.
- Advise and influence global technology and business management regarding security best practices, risk analysis, risk mitigation and reporting.
- Create process documentation, including workflows, process maps, and controls.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- Applicable bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (1-3 years) within Risk Management, Governance Risk and Compliance, Internal Audit, Third Party Risk Management, Compliance, Cybersecurity, or other related fields.
- Excellent written & verbal communication.
- Ability to build and maintain professional relationships across the organization.
- Detail-oriented with strong project and time management, report writing and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate messaging between technical teams and business stakeholders.
- Process enhancements and the desire to improve excites you.
- Eagerness to join the ranks of a high performing team.
Desired skills
- Familiarity with complex multinational companies and distributed business models.
- Strong ability to develop and communicate strategic direction and long-term objectives without supervision.
- Experience with Information/Technology Risk Management, Supply Chain Risk Management, Third Party Risk Management, and/or Global Regulatory Compliance.
- Proficient in technical writing and demonstrating various creative mechanisms to communicate to diverse audiences.
- Strong ability to assess urgency and prioritization and make good decisions based upon business or market requirements.
- Demonstrable ability to quickly identify project objectives and define optimal project approach to align security controls with overall program success.
- Understanding of key compliance, risk, and control frameworks such as NIST, PCI, ISO, COBIT, CIS etc.
- Experience of GRC platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, OneTrust, RSA Archer).
- Professional certifications, or eagerness to obtain one, such as Security+, CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, and PMP.
Compensation
Bonus Eligible: Yes
Long - Term Incentive: No
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Salary Range
The expected salary range for this role is $69,679.00 - $87,099.00 per year
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.
Additional Information:
Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, adoption assistance program, educational assistance program, flexible ways of working, and time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO). Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment.
Bonus eligible: This position is eligible for a bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance.
McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
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