Manager, IT Risk

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• Develops and/or reviews IT / IS risk management framework, policies and protocols.
• Perform and monitor risk assessments exercises, which comprise analyzing, identifying, measuring, and mitigating risks that impact all key business processes and systems.
• Coordinate and execute IT /IS risk assessments and reviews, providing risk-based recommendation.
• Prepare risk management and business contingency plans to develop a business continuity plan that will help to decrease risk factors.
• Develop and maintain good communication channels with other risk partners, such as Operational Risk Management, Outsourcing Risk Management, etc.
• Creates and presents IT / IS risk reports and proposals to the Head of Risk Management and Head of GRC, executive leadership, and senior staff.
• Oversees and reviews the insurance policies of the company related to IT / IS.
• Help raise risk awareness, provide education and training to employees inside the organization.
• Create and maintain an external network with other senior IT risk managers, and relevant risk forums.
• Maintain awareness of changes in IT industry standards, best practices, and risk landscape to maintain professional competence

What We Expect From You

• Must have analytical capabilities to analyze and detect prospective risks and vulnerabilities
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with other IT risk management professionals to properly appreciate the company's key risks and create effective risk management solutions
• Must have a thorough understanding of IT systems, networks and infrastructure components and a working knowledge of numerous computer programming languages
• Must possess leadership abilities to motivate and manage their teams. If a threat happens, offer employees support, make suggestions, and manage the potential risk
• Able to solve technical problems analytically and successfully manage information collection, analysis, reports, and other tasks. The IT Risk Manager must have outstanding problem-solving skills
• Must be familiar with applicable banking regulations

Required Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/ Computer Science/ Information Systems or related field
• Over 5 years work experience in IT risk management, compliance, audit or other relevant experience (e.g., IT Governance/ Information Security/ IT Compliance)
• Experience with non-IT process reviews and/or integrated audits with data analytics application
• Strong working knowledge on the following IT-related processes: a) IT General Controls; b) Cyber/ Information Security and Data Privacy; c) IT Operations; d) IT Governance and risk management process; e) Business Continuity Management; f) Systems Development Life Cycle; g) Change Management; h) IT Application Controls
• Familiarity with IT control frameworks and standards such as COBIT, ITIL, NIST-CSF, and ISO 27001
• Demonstrated success in identifying IT and security risks in complex technology environment and providing recommendations on controls/processes to mitigate the risks.
• Well-developed organization and project management skills with proven ability to effectively manage time, prioritize, and handle multiple concurrent tasks
• Good written and verbal communication skills, ability to communicate from process owners to senior management

Preferred Qualifications

• With professional certification in IT audit, IT risk and governance, and information security (e.g. CRM/ISO 31000/CISA/ CISSP/ COBIT5/ ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/ CRISC)
• Experience in performing reviews or audits of AWS cloud security- and operations-related services.
• Familiarity with CI/CD process and related tools
• Familiarity with AWS Elastic Kubernetes Services and related integrations to AWS

What We Offer
Opportunity for career growth and development in the #1 FinTech company in the country Working with a dynamic and highly collaborative team who want to change the game A company that values their people with highly competitive and flexible compensation and benefits package