At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.
Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.
Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.
Overall Purpose
This position will be responsible for leading a high performing team and providing risk management and technical expertise in assessing the overall effectiveness of the company’s risk and control environment and ensuring compliance of Operational Risk Management (ORM) Program. In addition, this position will help to attest to the quality of the control environment across the first line of defense by performing validation of controls identified through the Risk and Control Self Assessments, Process Level Assessments and Product and Compliance Risk Assessments.
Essential Functions
Lead a high performance team by providing exceptional leadership ongoing training, coaching, and performance management.
Perform validation of identified controls to ensure they have adequate governance, evidence of execution, and appropriate monitoring and escalation. Depending on focus area, this position will be responsible for performing validation of controls on one or more of the following: security, operational or compliance.
Independently identify risk through undefined processes or ways that are not pre-determined.
Document validation results, prepare work papers to evidence validation methods, and draft final reports for customers summarizing validation results.
Ensure issues are properly reported to business areas and remediated appropriately.
Perform and support detailed data analysis to include trending and issue identification.
Identify emerging risks, process improvements, or areas for increased training through the analysis of results.
Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with business partners while adhering to the highest ethical standards required for independent validation.
Manage work across organizational lines to achieve results and manage competing priorities.
Support procedure reviews and document updates.
Develop communications (written and presented) to support findings.
Assist with compiling metrics
May partner with the first line of defense in preparing risk and control self-assessments.
Perform product risk assessments or activities supporting the operational risk function.
Provide effective challenge to the business where appropriate.
Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related field.
10 or more years of related experience in audit, operational risk or other risk management roles or prior testing and quality assurance experience.
4 or more years of direct people responsibility or equivalent project leadership experience
For Information Security Related Control Validation Roles:
· Strong validation or audit experience in information security, information security compliance, IT audit, information technology or related.
· Expertise in ISO 27002, PCI DSS 3.2 or current, NIST 800-53a, SIG, FFIEC handbooks, SOC2 Type II, GLBA, FCRA.
· Technical experience with security-related technologies including firewalls, IDS, vulnerability management, anti-virus, data loss prevention, two factor authentication, and VPN.
· Certification in one or more of the following: CISA, CISM, CISSP, CCSP, CRISC, GSNA, CGIH, or equivalent
Excellent communication skills and ability to influence and guide others.
Strong relationship building skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Highly organized, detail oriented combined with excellent analytical and technical skills.
Background and drug screen.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior financial institution experience
Project or Process management experience.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred
Physical Requirements
Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.
Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.
The base pay scale for this position in:
Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $129,000 - $161,000.
New York, NY in USD per year is: $154,000 - $193,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.
This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.
Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness
Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.
And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!
Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.
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