Description
Enterprise Risk Testing Senior Manager, Chester, 6 months
This role is part of the UK based second-line Enterprise Risk Independent Testing function which provides assurance around the CRO owned risk families by executing risk based assurance programs, reporting results to Senior Management and the CRO risk functions
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Annual Plan: Be a key driver in creating the annual testing plan in collaboration with other CRO risk functions. Create the associated capacity plans and gain required approvals in required timeframes and drive completion of testing within the required timeframes.
- Assurance: In collaboration with other CRO risk functions, ensure testing plans are kept up to date in line with regulatory changes/changes to internal policy and risk assessments. Ensure the testing approach contains an appropriate balance of account, outcome and control tests and is approved through appropriate governance routines with a risk based approach.
- Plan Execution: Lead department in the execution of the testing plan in line with corporate and Enterprise Standards (eg standards for scoping, documentation, sample sizes and file reviews) while leveraging on other assurance activities within the department. Support (or lead where appropriate) CRO engagement with internal and external audit or regulatory reviews by providing engagement support as assigned.
- Findings: Lead team in ensuring the timely identification of findings and escalation to other CRO risk functions and Compliance Officers.
- Management Reporting: Lead the communication of testing results to other CRO risk functions, including the production of high quality management reporting.
- Operational Efficiency: Develop internal efficiencies, through automation or other process enhancements, and manage external constraints, to ensure that the test plan is achieved. Lead the maintenance of Legacy automation suites and lead the development and implementation of future automation strategy.
- Team Development: Develop high-performing team, ensuring competency requirements/assessments are current; development plans are in place for ERIT associates; top talent is identified and developed and poor performance is identified and managed.
- Stakeholder Management: Manage stakeholders ensuring expectations are clear and update/actions are timely. Key stakeholders include FLU management, global compliance management, local CRO senior management, internal audit, and UK/US regulators
Essential Experience and Technical Qualifications
- Experience in leading a team in a second-line Compliance Testing or an Audit function in the creation of plan & annual plans and delivering scheduled assurance activities on time and in budget.
- Experience in leading the management of business and risk management stakeholders (at all levels) including both engagement and issue management.
- Knowledge of regulatory environment, recent developments and regulatory outlook.
- Extensive technical knowledge and experience of risk-based testing and auditing approaches.
- Required: Degree and Legal, Compliance or Audit Qualification.
- Preferred: Specific regulatory expertise accreditations.
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