Head of Investment Controls

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule only if present. The posting includes "The Opportunity" (intro), "The Team", "The Impact", "Responsibilities Include", "The Minimum Qualifications", "The Ideal Qualifications", "Certifications", "What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team". There's no explicit Pay or Schedule. Benefits? Not explicit. There's mention of "industry leading pay and benefits" but not specifics. According to rules: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. So we should not include those sections. We need headings: About the role (maybe from "The Opportunity" and "The Team" and "The Impact"? Actually "About the role" heading should contain description of role. We can combine the intro paragraphs into About the role. Responsibilities from "Responsibilities Include". Requirements from "The Minimum Qualifications". Qualifications from "The Ideal Qualifications" and maybe Certifications? Could combine Certifications into Qualifications or separate? The rules: use headings for section headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Skills could be separate if present; we have skills mentioned in Minimum Qualifications (communication, etc.) and Ideal Qualifications (analytical, etc.). Could create a Skills section. But we need to only include sections when posting has real, specific content. We have content for Skills (communication, analytical, etc.). So we could create Skills section. However we must not repeat job title as heading. We'll output:

About the role

... combined paragraphs from The Opportunity, The Team, The Impact.

Responsibilities

• ... each bullet from Responsibilities Include.

Requirements

• ... each bullet from Minimum Qualifications.

Qualifications

• ... each bullet from Ideal Qualifications.

Skills

• ... maybe combine communication, analytical, etc. Could also include certifications? But certifications could be part of Qualifications. We'll keep Certifications as part of Qualifications maybe as a separate bullet. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not drop any specifics. So we need to include each bullet exactly as in posting. Let's extract. From The Opportunity paragraph: "We are seeking an experienced professional to lead the development, design, and implementation of an internal control oversight program, reporting to the Head of Investment Compliance & Controls within the Investment Strategy & Governance organization in Investment Management (IM). As Head of Investment Controls, you will be responsible for evaluating the control framework for various investment-related processes for the Company’s General Investment Account. In this role, you will be the responsible for all aspects of the control framework for IM, including but not limited to performing risk assessments, evaluating control design and effectiveness, continuous monitoring and testing of controls for various investment processes, including portfolio management, trade capture, trade settlement, pricing and valuation, and cash processing and collateral management for a variety of asset classes (e.g., publics, privates and derivatives). As a senior member of the team, you will also lead the design of the future-state control environment for the Company’s investment ecosystem transformation initiative, partnering with stakeholders to embed appropriate controls and best practices. In this role you will also partner various internal and external stakeholders across MassMutual and its affiliates to remediate control design and effectiveness gaps and recommend process improvements to the Head of Investment Compliance & Controls, and present overall control recommendations to the senior leadership team within IM. You will play a critical role in helping shape and implement the future operating model of governance, risk and controls for processes supporting the General Investment Account and helping to ensure consistency and continuity across front, middle and back-office functions." We can keep that as prose. The Team paragraph: "The Investment Compliance & Controls Oversight team partners with various stakeholders across MassMutual and its affiliates to assess and monitor compliance on a broad range of investment related regulatory, governance, reporting and risk matters for the Company’s General Investment Account. The team is focused on adding value via risk mitigation, control governance, process improvement, automation, and enhanced reporting to support the Company’s investment strategies and objectives." The Impact paragraph: "As a senior member of the IM Compliance Team, you will drive and provide valuable insight and perspectives to management, enhancing the oversight and monitoring of operational and financial reporting controls. You will serve as a trusted thought partner, delivering practical insights that help the business and stakeholders embed effective controls and best practices across IM and on strategic initiatives and projects." We can combine these three paragraphs into About the role. Now Responsibilities Include list: "Across the front, middle and back-office investment management business: Build and perform risk assessments on operational processes to identify key and non-key controls and gaps in the design of the controls Alongside Head of Investment Compliance & Controls, work with operational senior leaders across Investment Management to ensure effective governance and frameworks and controls for identified risks Ensure that controls are effectively designed to sufficiently mitigate operational errors and financial reporting risks Create process/workflow narratives outlining the type (preventive/detective) and objective (accuracy/completeness) of the controls performed Coordinate walkthroughs in conjunction with process owners in support of examinations performed by auditors and regulators Conduct continuous monitoring and testing to validate ongoing effectiveness of key and non-key controls (in collaboration with process owners) Evaluate the adequacy of documentation evidencing the performance of controls in support of certain investment management representations relative to the Company’s financial statements Collaborate with various stakeholders (ex: IM Senior Leadership team, Controllers, External Auditors, etc.) to identify, assess the impact and remediate control design and effectiveness gaps Recommend and partner with various stakeholders to drive process improvements and automation Partner with various stakeholders on projects and strategic initiatives to ensure that best practices are incorporated as appropriate Lead the design of the future-state control environment for a front-to-back investment ecosystem transformation by partnering with stakeholders to embed effective controls and best practices Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure appropriate remediation of control deficiencies in a timely manner Oversee deliverables recommended by audit, ERM and other governance bodies requiring investment management follow-up Develop enhanced reporting for stakeholders within IM to increase awareness of control gaps, the status of remediations and identify patterns that may signal changes in the control environment Develop relationships with managers and senior leaders across Investment Management to understand key processes and proactively communicate GRC updates Act as a point person for Investment Management coordination of GRC across Audit and ERM" We need each as
• . Now Minimum Qualifications list: "Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration 10+ years of relevant experience in building and implementing risk frameworks and controls (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley), internal or external audit or enterprise risk management in financial services Expertise in conducting risk assessments, familiarity with auditing standards and experience with control testing procedures Able to garner support and gain momentum to bring new ideas through implementation. Prior track record in building partnerships with senior leaders Experience and confidence with communicating, influencing, and presenting to senior and executive leadership. Outstanding verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills Ability to work independently, prioritize work, and meet deadlines Ability to successfully partner with internal and external stakeholders Team Player / Relationship Building: Collaborative with strong interpersonal skills; able to relate to and build strong relationships with diverse internal and external audiences/constituencies; leverages the ability to deliver effectively. Proficient with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)" We need each as
• . Note some have periods; keep as is. Now Ideal Qualifications list: "Higher degree, MBA or equivalent Knowledge of investments (e.g., public, private and derivatives) and investment operations (e.g. trade capture, trade settlement, pricing and valuation, cash processing and collateral management) Understanding of the financial regulatory environment for the insurance industry Strong analytical, problem solving and issue resolution skills Focus on continuous process improvement and efficiency Strong organizational and time management skills Ability to effectively manage projects with multiple constituents and stakeholders" Now Certifications list: "Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Sarbanes-Oxley Professional (CSOP), Certified Investments and Derivatives Auditor (CIDA) or other similar certification, preferred but not required" We could include this as part of Qualifications or separate. Since we have Qualifications heading, we can add certifications as bullet(s) under Qualifications. Or we could create a separate Certifications heading but not in allowed list; better to include under Qualifications. Skills: we could extract skills from Minimum and Ideal: communication, analytical, problem solving, interpersonal, etc. But we already have those in Requirements and Qualifications. To avoid duplication, maybe we don't need separate Skills section. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine Skills into Requirements/Qualifications. But we already have Requirements and Qualifications. That's fine. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. We must not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Now output HTML fragment. We need to wrap each section:

  About the role

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  Make sure to preserve all content exactly, including punctuation. Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine the three paragraphs into one maybe with spaces. We'll output:

  About the role

  We are seeking an experienced professional to lead the development, design, and implementation of an internal control oversight program, reporting to the Head of Investment Compliance & Controls within the Investment Strategy & Governance organization in Investment Management (IM). As Head of Investment Controls, you will be responsible for evaluating the control framework for various investment-related processes for the Company’s General Investment Account. In this role, you will be the responsible for all aspects of the control framework for IM, including but not limited to performing risk assessments, evaluating control design and effectiveness, continuous monitoring and testing of controls for various investment processes, including portfolio management, trade capture, trade settlement, pricing and valuation, and cash processing and collateral management for a variety of asset classes (e.g., publics, privates and derivatives). As a senior member of the team, you will also lead the design of the future-state control environment for the Company’s investment ecosystem transformation initiative, partnering with stakeholders to embed appropriate controls and best practices. In this role you will also partner various internal and external stakeholders across MassMutual and its affiliates to remediate control design and effectiveness gaps and recommend process improvements to the Head of Investment Compliance & Controls, and present overall control recommendations to the senior leadership team within IM. You will play a critical role in helping shape and implement the future operating model of governance, risk and controls for processes supporting the General Investment Account and helping to ensure consistency and continuity across front, middle and back-office functions. The Investment Compliance & Controls Oversight team partners with various stakeholders across MassMutual and its affiliates to assess and monitor compliance on a broad range of investment related regulatory, governance, reporting and risk matters for the Company’s General Investment Account. The team is focused on adding value via risk mitigation, control governance, process improvement, automation, and enhanced reporting to support the Company’s investment strategies and objectives. As a senior member of the IM Compliance Team, you will drive and provide valuable insight and perspectives to management, enhancing the oversight and monitoring of operational and financial reporting controls. You will serve as a trusted thought partner, delivering practical insights that help the business and stakeholders embed effective controls and best practices across IM and on strategic initiatives and projects.

  Now Responsibilities:

  Responsibilities

  • Build and perform risk assessments on operational processes to identify key and non-key controls and gaps in the design of the controls
  • Alongside Head of Investment Compliance & Controls, work with operational senior leaders across Investment Management to ensure effective governance and frameworks and controls for identified risks
  • Ens