Description
My client, an elite investment bank based in Midtown Manhattan, is seeking an internal auditor to work in their Operational Risk team. The job will be for an initial 4-6 month contract, with a strong view towards a permanent position. The role will pay $40 per hour, depending on experience.Responsibilities will include:
- Assess and define FI Front Office controls including the controls implemented as a result of strategic projects.
- Identify and improve Level 1 controls whose execution falls under FI Front Office responsibility and ensure that these controls are properly executed
- Perform or coordinate the execution of controls not delegated to FI Front Office and set up Front Office procedures if required
- Upon request from FI senior management or following an assessment which highlights a risky situation or degradation in operational risk indicators, lead or participate in special missions to further investigate the issues and address them.
- Develop and implement FI Front Office KPI/KRI and relevant dashboards by interacting with FI management.
- Analyze controls results and report their effectiveness on a periodic basis including qualitative comments if necessary (dashboard and risk cartography) and coordinate the escalation process
- Perform risk self assessment of the FI processes (in collaboration with FI Central OPC officers), select and document Potential Incidents (PI) and Control Plans as an output
- Monitor and analyze historical incidents (HI) and related action plans (AP), and perform quality reviews.
- Follow up implementation of Internal Audit, External Audit, and Regulators recommendations.
- Contribute to the Permanent Control Reporting.
Skills & Qualifications
- Risk Awareness and working knowledge of Operational Risk and Permanent Controls
- Good general knowledge of Fixed Income products and processes.
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Business objects knowledge is a plus.
- Ability to interact with staff and management at all level to succeed in the implementation of processes or to resolve incidents.
- Intellectual curiosity to identify root causes of incidents and potential operational risks.
- Ability to work as part of a global team but will also be expected to have a pro active role and to take initiatives to achieve objectives set by management.
- Autonomous, structured approach and strong analytical skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
If this seems like a good fit, please send over your resume to me via email and we can discuss the role further.
Thanks,
Jacob
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