Governance and Audit Response Associate

Role Objectives

• Effectively communicate with Technology stakeholders and audit senior management to clearly articulate audit request responses and corrective measures.
• Facilitate control readiness and processes to ensure that key risks potentially impacting controls and audits are addressed
• Engage with Internal Audit Department, IT Risk and Control Team to support responses to firm clients concerning audit, regulatory and compliance contents and result
• Support internal regulatory and financial reporting control testing, identification of observations, relevant compensating controls, remediation, validation and closure of observations within agreed target dates
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to understand and document various current-state control processes and ensure quality standards are achieved in development/maintenance of program documentation
• Examine results of internal / external audits for potential cross-impacts on other programs
• Track and communicate overall progress of various program, ensuring complete and timely reporting on program status to senior management stakeholders

Qualifications and Skills

• 5+ years of experience preferably in the Financial Industry.
• Good knowledge of IT governance and controls is a must.
• Experience with audits is a must, preferably as an internal or external auditor.
• Basic technical understanding of application design and SDLC.
• Good knowledge of project management, vendor management, and ability to identify critical paths and issues.
• Strong skills working with MS Excel, MS Project, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Teams, & MS SharePoint. JIRA and PowerBI experience is a plus.
• Strong communication/presentation skills (written and oral) in cross-cultural business environment.
• Strong work ethic with focus on meeting deadlines and objectives.
• Must be highly energetic, detail-orientated, and extremely proactive, and be able to perform under pressure in a challenging environment.
• Bachelor's degree.