IT Embedded Risk Associate

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? 

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve. 

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits: 

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

DTCC’s Information Technology (IT) Risk Management program is designed to identify, manage, measure and mitigate risks in all IT Capabilities. Maintaining and enhancing IT risk management framework. The framework is comprised of tools and processes to help DTCC: Identify new risks, changes in risk, or relationships between risks. Monitor and escalate key matters of risk and control. Support IT management in maintaining a complete and accurate Process, Risk, and Control library. 

Formulating, disseminating and administering IT risk management policy and procedures; Providing process, risk and control consultation and evaluations of control effectiveness to support/ evidence management awareness of the effectiveness of the control environment (i.e., assist management in issue self-identification and issue closure validations) Liaising with Technology Risk, Information Security, Technology Centers of Excellence and with other subject matter experts within the organization to ensure that risks and appropriate mitigants are identified and communicated throughout the organization.

Your Primary Responsibilities: 

• Maintaining and enhancing IT management’s process, risk, and control (PRC) inventory, supporting documentation, mapping and alignment (e.g., to regulations)
• Supporting IT management’s timely response to, and remediation of, risk and control tasks which is a key indicator of IT management demonstrating an effective Risk Mindset
• Proactively identifying issues, performing root causes analysis of incidents, and assessing incidents and new initiatives for impact against enterprise risk frameworks
• Facilitating internal (e.g., internal audits, business continuity assessments) and external (e.g., regulatory examinations) reviews. 
• Support efforts to identify and manage risk within Enterprise Architecture, Data and Corp. Technology (EADCT) and IT Strategy Organizations
• Develop and strengthen relationships with IT partners and control evaluation functions across the 3 lines of defense 
• Develop, communicate and ensure adherence to department risk policies, standards, procedures and best practices;
• Demonstrate and embed the behaviors and competencies that create a risk management mindset in your organization;
• Support, and eventually lead, risk management activities including review of policy and procedure documents for alignment with controls, adherence to Compliance requirements and best practices
• Become a central point of contact for risk and compliance items throughout the EADCT and IT Strategy organizations
• Gathering, preparing, and reviewing inputs into reporting (e.g., metrics, inherent risk assessments).
• Tracking and escalation of compliance items included on the IT Risk & Control Report/ Dashboard.
• Issue and action closure facilitation including meeting coordination, evidence gathering and review, documentation preparation and review
• Gather, review, and prepare evidence required in support of control evaluations performed by audit and/or management control testing functions as well as regulatory exams 

Qualifications:

• 4+ years’ experience as IT risk and control professional within a Big 4 accounting firm, financial service industry preferred.
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience. 

Talents Needed for Success:

• Experience with operating, supporting, and/or assessing IT processes including: system development life cycle, technology vendor management, middleware technologies, and/or architectural governance and standards
• Leading discussions with key stakeholders and staff to collect information requests.
• Experience conducting control testing, including issue remediation testing
• Familiarity with process mapping and control identification along with data collection and analytic skills
• Strong technology background with exposure to IT platforms and technologies including databases, networking, cloud environments, container platforms a plus
• Strong IT general control background with exposure to change and release management processes and controls;  understanding of key segregation of duty risks; familiarity with functional and non-functional testing (e.g., resiliency testing)
• Demonstrated ability to work pro-actively with all levels of management and staff
• Highly motivated, detail-oriented, self-starter, who can set priorities, take initiative and work both independently and proactively in a dynamic team environment;
• Ability to work under pressure, multitask and be flexible;
• Ability/willingness to meet aggressive deadlines and objectives;
• Excellent inter-personal skills with a highly developed customer service orientation, and ability to work effectively with all levels of internal staff, and external contacts;
• Strong planning and project management skills;
• Strong process mapping and data collection and analysis skills.

Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Salary Range: Salary will be Commensurate with Experience