IT Embedded Risk Senior 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.

• 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).

An IT CYBER Lead IT Embedded Risk Specialist has primary responsibility of executing/supporting control testing, leading discussions, maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, support both Internal and External audits, and support targeted IT risk assessments (where applicable). The incumbent will execute and support day-to-day IT risk management activities (such as risk and controls assessments), manage deadlines and stakeholder expectations, and lead or participate in projects within assigned areas of responsibility.

In carrying these responsibilities, the incumbent must work collaboratively with the IT Risk Management team, other risk & control functions, as well as with IT line management.

• Support efforts to identify and manage risk within the CYBER/CISO org
• 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, 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, incorporation of changes, etc
• Become a central point of contact for risk and compliance items throughout the CYBER/CISO organization
• Gathering, preparing, and reviewing inputs into reporting (e.g., risk treatment, risk profiles, 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
• Control evaluations performed by audit and/or management control testing functions as well as regulatory exams to gather, review, and prepare required evidence

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

• 3-5 years’ experience as a risk and control professional within a Big 4 accounting firm, financial service industry, or equivalent.
• Leading discussions with key stakeholders and staff to collect information requests.
• Experience conducting control testing, including issue remediation validation
• Familiarity with process mapping and control identification along with data collection and analytic skills
• Leading discussions with key stakeholders and staff to collect information requests.
• Experience conducting control testing, including issue remediation validation
• Familiarity with process mapping and control identification along with data collection and analytic skills
• Excelle…