Compliance and Ops Risk Test Specialist

Elevate your career by joining our team, where your analytical skills will drive impactful results in compliance and risk management.

As a Compliance and Operations Risk Test Specialist in the Testing Center of Excellence, you will play a key role in enhancing our compliance and operational risk management. Your primary focus is on executing testing processes with precision and accountability, ensuring all activities are completed accurately and on time. You will apply your analytical thinking to systematically evaluate various aspects of a situation, helping to identify key information and improve problem-solving. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams, maintaining open communication with stakeholders to align testing efforts. Your role is essential in delivering quality outcomes and driving results that accelerate our business objectives.

Job responsibilities 

• Execute testing processes meticulously, ensuring all activities are completed accurately and within the stipulated timeframe.
• Evaluate the control environment to identify gaps, verify the design and implementation of controls, and assess their effectiveness.
• Apply analytical thinking to organize, compare, and evaluate various aspects of a situation, aiding in problem-solving and decision-making.
• Contribute to improvements to current testing methods, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the firm's risk management. 
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to align testing efforts and deliver quality outcomes.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or related field; or equivalent work experience. Minimum of 1 year of work experience in controls testing, audit, operational risk management within a risk & control environment.

• Baseline knowledge or equivalent expertise in executing testing processes, with a focus on accuracy and timeliness.

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate control environments, identify gaps, and assess the effectiveness of controls.
• Proven skills in analytical thinking, with the ability to systematically organize, compare, and evaluate various aspects of a situation.

• Strong ability to build partnerships with key stakeholders and collaborate with business & functional experts to recognize risks and gaps.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:

• Professional qualifications like CA, CPA, MBA Finance, CIA is preferred.

• Audit & control testing background / experience.

• Comfortable using Intelligent solutions like Alteryx, Tableau to support testing activities or metrics reporting.

• Ability to innovate, challenge the status quo and identify automation opportunities.