Skill required: Risk & Compliance - Risk Management
Designation: Risk and Compliance Associate Manager
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:10 to 14 years
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What would you do Manage following tasks in the Risk & Controls Program
- Oversight & People Management o Provide oversight, review work, and coach Business Controls Testers o Design and deliver training to build tester capability o Coordinate tester activities, data needs, and access requirements
- Control Testing & Execution o Execute testing of prioritized controls aligned to the control testing plan o Complete control test scripts and gather, document, and evaluate evidence o Assess and conclude on Design and Operating Effectiveness of controls o Ensure consistent quality standards in control testing and documentation
- Risk Assessment & Test Planning o Lead risk assessments and develop risk-based test plans o Identify high-risk processes and control gaps based on residual risk and performance metrics o Prepare planning memos and Risk Control Matrix (RCM) documentation
- Control Design & Improvement o Assist control owners in identifying inherent risks and key controls o Design, update, and enhance control test scripts o Provide input into control gap remediation design and execution o Validate and approve remediation actions for effectiveness and compliance
- Stakeholder & Client Management o Serve as primary point of contact for clients and key stakeholders o Manage discussions to align on risks, test plans, and mitigation strategies o Coordinate with process and control owners for walkthroughs, data access, and sampling
- Issue Management & Reporting o Identify, report, and escalate control gaps and issues to business and program leadership o Ensure action plans are raised for ineffective controls o Prepare and deliver accurate, timely compliance and audit reports
- Audit & Compliance Support o Participate in risk-based internal audits, external audits, and vendor management reviews o Ensure compliance with organizational standards and audit requirements
- Tools, Systems & Communications o Build working knowledge of relevant tools and systems o Manage communications to support timely execution (reminders, calendars, lessons learned) What are we looking for
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or equivalent. Equivalent degree only accepted if experience is relevant.
- Work Experience: 7-8+ Years of Experience
- Risk and Controls testing expertise and experience
- SOC/ICFR testing expertise and experience
- Business process mapping and design experience
- Knowledge of financial services and wealth management processes (e.g., money movement)
- Experience with money movement processes
- Experience with control automation
- Strong stakeholder management
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, interpersonal and presentation skills to effectively interact throughout the company
- High attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and manage a team of testers to drive work to completion
- Strong process-related skills
- Organized and detail-oriented
- Strong Excel Skills with experience in manipulating large sets of data in Excel
- Should have worked in Risk and Compliance process / Framework for at least 5 years in the recent past
- Experience in business controls testing and process assessments
- Experience in SOC and IT General Control
- Ability to analyze and evaluate the observations based on controls, operations, risk model and perform Roles and Responsibilities:
- In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of moderately complex problems
- Typically creates new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures
- The person requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals
- Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor or team leads
- Generally interacts with peers and/or management levels at a client and/or within Accenture
- The person should require minimal guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments
- Decisions often impact the team in which they reside and occasionally impact other teams
- Individual would manage medium-small sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture
- Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts
