IT Risk and Control Manager - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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About Columbia Threadneedle Investments

About Columbia Threadneedle Investments

You'll find the promise we make to our clients is the same one we make to our employees: Your success is our priority.

Here, you'll find growth and career opportunities across all our businesses. We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,000 people working together. Our expertise is diverse with more than 450 investment professionalssharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets.

Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements.

We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter.

Job Purpose Statement
The role will drive the identification and remediation of control improvements.

The resource will cover tracking existing solution remediations, updating control maps, facilitating control improvement workshops to identify new opportunities to strengthen orautomate controls and also carry out specific deep dive workshops when risk events occur.

Role Responsibilities

Where you'll fit in & what our team goals are
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Implement an annual process to identify, evaluate, and remediate risks across critical technology processes.
Taking the lead on coordinating and implementing control improvements across the EMEA technology teams.
Be the onpoint person to investigate and remediate risk events including leading process review sessions to ensure understanding and then remediating any gaps found.
Work with technology teams to ensure evidence is available to demonstrate successful closure of control gaps including sample testing to prove successful implementation.
Act as a liaison between audit owners and technology teams to review and remediate any control issues or suggested improvements, this may include ISAE, SOC2, SOX, or Internal Reviews.
Develop and present training and awareness materials to facilitate the inclusion of risk principles across the technology organisation.

Key Capabilities

To be successful in this role you will have
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6years preferred in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field including Technology Risk experience.
Financial services experience particularly Asset Management
Strong understanding of controls in a technology environment
Experience of control implementation and remediation
Strong level of knowledge and experience in Technology Infrastructure.
Strong planning and delivery capabilities

Desired Capabilities

If you also had this, it would be great
:

Experince of deploying and montioring controls across a number of teams.
Certifications Preferred: CISA, CGEIT, CRISC Experience in public accounting, consulting or internal audit.
Strong executive presentation skills.