Senior Associate, Business Controls

What You'll Contribute

The Senior Associate of Business Controls role is part of the Business Controls Office and is responsible for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) activities for the Technology and Enablement organization.

• Serve as the liaison between the Internal Audit and First Line of Defense technology and security teams.
• Maintain consistent communication with audit teams to ensure alignment of action items and status of requests.
• Coordinate the scheduling all meetings needed throughout the duration of the audit.
• Aid the Audit team with questions and follow up requests.
• Create Operational Events within the GRC system and monitor to ensure all remediation steps are completed as required.
• Affirm monthly updates for open issues and events within the GRC system.
• Monitor issues against their target dates and take appropriate action if a date becomes at risk.
• Aid teams with preparing issue closure memos and review upon completion.

What You'll Do

• Internal Audit Coordination:
• Act as a resource to the technology and security teams for navigating the audit process.
• Develop strong working relationships with all control owners to build knowledge of operations and better facilitate the effort of gathering evidence.
• Maintain consistent communication with audit teams to ensure alignment of action items and status of requests.
• Review artifacts provided and securely submit to Audit teams.
• Cover all meetings needed throughout the duration of the audit.
• Aid the Audit team with questions and follow up requests.
• External Audit / Exam Coordination and Support:
• Participate in a support role with the preparation for and execution of the IT FDIC/UDFI examination.
• Aid with the annual external SOX audit, providing support for all walkthroughs and requests that impact Corporate Security or Information Technology teams.
• Service Organization Control (SOC) Report Reviews:
• Perform the review of SOC 1 reports and complete the applicable evaluation form.
• Other Duties As Assigned:
• Complete all special projects and other duties as assigned through the year.

Minimum

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 4+ years of experience working in an audit, risk management and compliance field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be a self-starter, capable of focused research, collection, and analysis of information
• Ability to work both independently and in a team setting
• Leadership, teamwork, organization and time management skills are critical
• Must be focused, energetic, willing to take ownership, and have a high-level of integrity
• Ability to clearly communicate with staff at all levels of the organization and maintain effective working relationships across the organization and with external parties
• Must be able to follow instructions and execute tasks independently
• Experience in building reports for Management
• Broad to advanced knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint, etc.

Preferred

• Experience and knowledge of working within a GRC system
• Certifications such as CIA, CISA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CCSK, etc.