Role Responsibilities & Qualifications
This role supports the global Internal Audit team.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Engaging BlackRock stakeholders to understand and identify key processes and risks within a specific business unit or technology.
- Contribute to the risk-based decision making of audit scope.
- Reviewing, testing, and assessing the effectiveness of technology controls in business-integrated audits in which there is close interaction between business and technology partners. This role also includes technology-led audits across all aspects of information technology including cybersecurity, software, hardware, database, messaging, network, and cloud.
- Identifying and escalating issues identified during testing.
- Overseeing issue remediation
- Identifying emerging firm-wide and business risks, understanding organizational changes through periodic engagements with business units, and completing risk assessments of these areas
- Contributing to global department-wide initiatives
Education and Experience
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in management information systems, engineering, technology, computer science or a related field is preferred.
- 2-3 years in a technology audit and/or technology risk management function, preferably within the Finance Industry.
- Familiarity with financial instruments and asset management processes.
- Knowledge of regional and global regulatory requirements
Technology Skills
- Relevant professional certifications are a plus (e.g., CISA, CISM, CRISC, CEH).
- Strong understanding of application development, databases, operating systems, networking, and other key technology infrastructure components.
- Knowledge of ISO, ITIL and COBIT
- Knowledge of technology controls including application security management, system architecture and design, technology operations, and technology governance.
- Analytical mindset: Experience in utilizing business intelligence, and analytical methods and language (e.g., SQL, Python) and adopting a data driven approach to perform audit testing will be a plus.
Soft Skills
- Intellectual curiosity, critical thinking and problem solving.
- Commitment and strong work ethic.
- Excellent communication (verbal, written, listening) and interpersonal skills.
