About this Opportunity
This is a newly created individual contributor within the recently established Global Strategic Remediation Oversight and Governance (SROG) team as part of the Global Regulatory Affairs Office.
The successful candidate will report to the Remediation Validation Testing Manager and will bring proven expertise in financial services assurance and validation testing activities, with a focus on technology, cyber, and data.
Among other activities, this individual will assist in designing and establishing the methodology and processes supporting validation of significant remediation quality control validation activities.
Significant remediation activities include those of regulators and internal audit.
The candidate will interact and build relationships with senior management across various business units.
Additionally, the candidate will use their technical ability in the execution of the remediation quality control/validation testing plan.
This individual will play a key role in managing and executing the remediation quality control/validation testing program, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and translating multiple requirements into a balanced validation program.
The seasoned professional supplies deep subject matter expertise and execution rigor to enable management and coordination of issue validation and related testing activities.
Key Responsibilities:
* Leadership: Demonstrate excellent communication and leadership to influence a wide range of stakeholders.
* Project Management: Show strong initiative, project management skills, sound decision-making, intuitive thinking, and sensitivity to cultural diversity.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Establish and develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
* Presentation and Influence: Display strong presentation and influence skills.
* Technical Expertise:
o Contribute to the design and build of the strategic remediation quality control validation methodology and processes, including creation of process documentation, roll out to stakeholders and team.
o Accurately design and execute the quality control/validation approach for complex regulatory and significant internal audit issues, and ensure that quality control/validation documentation is clear, concise, supports the reviews performed, and explains decisions made.
o Identify and analyze risks, plan and prioritize validation tasks for on-time delivery, conduct interviews, observe operations, document and analyze processes and controls.
o Provide effective review and challenge of significant remediation deliverables to ensure quality of design, implementation and sustainability.
o Exercise responsibility over the execution of assigned regulatory validation projects and/or deliverables to ensure that work is performed prompt and accurately.
o Develop and show an understanding of the business risks, controls, and processes, along with an understanding of relevant laws, regulatory rules and knowledge of the impact of systems within areas reviewed.
o Escalate and/or communicate with relevant senior stakeholders to discuss the issues raised during the quality control/validation activities and agree path forward for resolution.
o Identify critical gaps in completed remediation activities, present feedback to senior leaders across business, risk, and compliance, in advance of the formal submission to the regulators/internal audit.
o Responsible for staying current on regulatory rules and changes within the industry.
o Maintains familiarization and technical expertise with the assigned business unit(s) including organizational structure, personnel, activities and products, new product development, financial performance and risk and problem area.
o Demonstrate excellent communication and leadership to influence a wide range of senior stakeholders.
The successful candidate will benefit from having:
* Bachelor's Degree: In computer science, information technology, IT/Cyber security, and/or risk management.
* Experience: Several years of risk and control experience inclusive of any direct Technology control/validation testing experience.
* Expertise: In risks related to information technology, cyber security, IT General Controls (ITGCs), application controls, IT platforms and related technologies and data governance components.
* Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of IT risk frameworks (ITIL, COSO, COBIT, NIST, ISO, etc.) and Technology testing methodologies.
* Understanding: Deep understanding of other assurance-based activities including Technology controls monitoring and compliance testing.
* Industry Experience: Experience in financial services industry.
* Skillset: Self-motivated with strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written, with senior management and Regulatory Bodies.
* Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including experience mentoring.
* Automated Tooling: Strong understanding of automated tooling across assurance-based activities, including experience with implementing these solutions.
* Certifications: Professional certifications a plus (e.g., CISA, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, CIA, ACA, ACCA).
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team.
This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to our organization.
We are committed to providing a dynamic and supportive work environment that fosters growth and development.