Associate, Third Party Risk Assessment

Are you passionate about risk management and quality assurance in a dynamic, global environment? Join our Supplier Assurance Services (SAS) Process Assurance team as an Associate, where you’ll play a pivotal role in safeguarding our firm’s operations by ensuring the highest standards in third-party assessments

Job Summary

As an Associate, within the Supplier Assurance Services (SAS) Process Assurance team, you will perform quality review of Third-Party Assessment as per Process Assurance process and ensuring that applicable SAS operational procedures and standards are followed within Assessment operations. You will evaluate documentation against suppliers’ infrastructure, application, and control environments. This role also involves a high degree of stakeholder engagement and support to SAS Global Assessment Operations.

Job responsibilities:

• Drive and perform end to end quality review of Third-Party Assessment as per Process Assurance process in line with the operational procedures and standards.
• Assist the execution of the Assessments and control documentation as per standards, ensuring appropriate documentation and in compliance with program guidelines and standards. Also, challenging information provided to support the control design and operating effectiveness for TPRM Controls and escalate areas of concern and non-compliance to upper management.
• Identify trends, common quality issues and partner with supplier control assessment operations to enhance quality of supplier control assessments.
• Develop and deliver education/best practices with peers and colleagues, as well as global hubs and actively participate in strategic and tactical initiatives for global operations. Interfacing with regional hubs/operational leads and support for governance policies and program initiatives implementation.
• Contribute to and follow-up of internal and external audits or any regulatory initiatives regarding Third Party Oversight where required.
• Identify opportunities for automation opportunities and leveraging Artificial Intelligence for process improvement to deliver operational efficiency in the process.
• Support administration updates for the firm's supplier assessment system of record and support for various record hygiene related tasks.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 8+ of years’ experience in Risk Management, Technology Risk & Controls, Technology Audit, and Third-Party Outsourcing Risk Management within a large enterprise level environment either in control delivery, control review, operations, or assessment capabilities
• Good understanding of relevant aspects of the Third-Party Oversight and Supplier Assurance Programs, lifecycle, execution best practices and supplier risk awareness.
• Experience working in Supplier Management, Risk and Controls Management, Technology Audit, or Information Security team(s).
• Problem-solving attitude and take the initiative when the opportunity arises and ability to demonstrates initiative with proven flexibility, adaptability, and reliability.
• Demonstrated technical understanding of pertinent business areas.
• Sound judgment, learning agility, and an elevated level of professional and personal integrity.
• Effective communication (written and verbal) and social skills; ability to effectively interact with senior/executive management.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP or CRISC certification or similar
• Background in technology Audit, Quality Review, Governance, risk, and compliance