Senior Technology Risk Specialist

Job Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Technology Risk Manager to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will play a key part in providing outcome-focused risks and controls assessments that inform Technology risks oversight over projects and portfolios.

Risk Management Frameworks

• Support risk management activities ensuring alignment to the 3 lines of defence model and Operational frameworks
• Develop and prepare risk reporting and monitoring effectiveness of actions taken to manage identified risks and intervene as appropriate
• Ensure project change is managed in accordance with governance methodologies and frameworks
• Understand, identify, and assess risks during the project implementation and post-implementation including overall impact to project and operational risk profile throughout the lifecycle

Change Enablement

• Ability to identify risk position of project change in accordance with the Operational Risk and Compliance framework
• Assess, recommend, and advise on risk management to enable sponsors to make fully informed choices around risk position and profile
• Identify and assess risk impact and engage stakeholders to recognize appropriate actions to mitigate the impact

Controls Management

• Act as a trusted advisor, guiding stakeholders on compliance and provide insights and recommendations to enable them to effectively manage risk
• Awareness of SOX and Prudential control framework
• Ability to utilize the Technology Controls Library and other control frameworks to actively identify risk and apply the relevant controls to identified risks
• Utilize existing processes to monitor the effectiveness of controls in line with Client's methodology

Technology Acumen

• Understand high-level controls that pervade through the various technical applications, including teams, structure, and solutioning
• Understand service management lifecycle across technical solutions and functions
• Understand the technology, the infrastructure, platforms, and systems and how that translates into the business and business requirements

Project Lifecycle Management

• Understand project lifecycle including project plans, business case, contingencies, critical paths
• Understand how to manage and monitor implementation of multiple project plans and handle obstacles effectively
• Understand project plans, framework, and outcomes and identify how this may impact the technology risks associated with the project

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work with stakeholders to develop and drive potential efficiency and improvements in project risk management
• Support activities that provide the stakeholders with insights that influence decisions and enable objectives within risk appetite
• Support in the oversight of risk-related incidents and breaches

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure strategic objectives are implemented, risks managed, and benefits realized
• Advise the projects and programs on how to identify, monitor, measure, and manage existing and emerging risks
• Provide independent oversight and challenge the effectiveness of risks and controls during pre- and post-implementation of projects

Requirements:

• Candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in Risk, Compliance, Assurance, and Regulatory areas
• Preferred candidate with professional consulting experience in risk management ideally with a Big4 or similar large consulting firm
• Good understanding of Technology Risk and Compliance frameworks is preferred
• Good communication and presentation skills with a proven track record in stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Ability to plan and prioritize to manage multiple work streams/tasks simultaneously
• Candidates with certifications like CISA, CRISC, and PRINCE2/Agile will be preferred
• The resource must have technology risk experience in financial markets applications
• Candidates should be well-versed with Financial Markets and Institutional Banking applications such as ACF2, AHM Mainframe, AO-X, Application Infra CS90, APS1, Artemis, ATM base 24 front-end, ATM host application, Avaloq bank system, Bankfile, Batch Interface System, Big Data platform, Bloomberg, Blue Prism robotics, BSM-Control and Credit Connect

Key Capabilities and Skills:

• Risks and Controls Management within technology space
• The resource must have technology risk experience in financial markets applications
• It is absolutely essential that they have change experience while run is important
• Technology Insight (Infrastructure, Data, Cloud, and Service Management)
• Project Lifecycle Management
• Stakeholder engagement

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