Manager- Business Controls Testing

Key Responsibilities

• Support controls testing planning activities
• Complete thorough walkthrough and ensures the controls testing results documented within the work papers are clear, concise and factually supported by an evidence
• Exhibit credible challenge and evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes and internal controls while maintaining professional independence throughout the testing engagement
• Maintain good knowledge of business area
• Assist in reporting findings and share recommendations with business areas
• Identify training opportunities within business to improve risk and control knowledge
• Support BUs in understanding controls requirements to improve controls environment
• Present testing objective, scope, and results to senior management, clearly articulating the potential impact control gaps in a professional and proficient manner
• Document issues/ gaps identified during testing and action needed to mitigate the open risk, discuss agree findings with BU and monitoring activities
• Provide meaningful and value-add risk and control reporting to the regional committees and senior management which includes communication on the status of key risks and their respective remediation programs in the business and regulatory initiatives;
• Proactively challenge existing practices and recommend control solutions in consideration of good customer outcomes;
• Conduct active read across of issues, events and build standardisation and consistency in approach and outputs;
• Support control training and education to increase awareness of having good controls environment in the business.
• Support the business areas in the preparation for internal and external audits

Experience and Qualifications Required

• Strong Risk Management experience
• Controls Testing/Controls assurance experience
• Strong detail focus, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Communicates with influence and is comfortable engaging at all levels of the organisation
• Proven experience of leading process, systems and controls reviews
• Experience of a wide range of business areas preferred and an understanding of the end to end customer journey and impacts
• Acts with integrity
• Demonstrates resilience, adaptability and good judgement
• Works collaboratively and leverages individual talents in support of company practices and goals
• Exhibits personal responsibility and accountability to maintain high standards by continually seeking opportunities to increase efficiency and quality of existing work processes, methods, and systems
• Ability to be proactive and work independently including self-development to keep up to date with emerging financial crime threats and regulatory requirements
• Strong customer focus