Risk and Compliance Associate Manager

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