Engagement Lead: Act as a control testing engagement lead front ending multiple control testers. Build close partnerships with the business owners, identify opportunities to mitigate risks and provide guidance to improve control design and establish repeatable controls. Generate quarterly leadership reports reflecting control testing progress, results, and recommendations.

Support Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA): Working with the IT Risk Consultants and Frontline Risk Management teams, leverage risk assessments and control testing results to support RCSA execution to support the identification, assessment, and monitoring of organizational risks.

Risk Strategic Activities- Works with FRM leader and senior management to create risk management strategies ensuring key risks are appropriately managed and are aligned. Provides BU risk considerations for business/strategic plans. Effectively challenges risk programs outputs, ensuring bank and regulatory alignment.

Risk Program Implementation - Supports the development, implementation and maintenance of the organizations risk management framework, policies, and procedures. Coordinates risk assessments to evaluate and manage key risks across the organization. Manages book of work to identify gaps and assess capacity, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and prioritization of risk management initiatives. Develops test plans and methodologies for evaluating the effectiveness of control activities, executes control testing procedures in accordance with the established test plan, identifies and supports remediation of control deficiencies. Lead the tracking and resolution of issues across the organization, ensuring timely escalation and remediation. Collaborates with BU and stakeholders to develop action plans and mitigation strategies to address root causes and prevent issue recurrence. Monitor the status and effectiveness of issue remediation efforts, providing regular updates and reports to senior management. Coordinate with other functions (i.e. Compliance, 2LOD) to ensure alignment with broader risk management and governance objectives.

Regulatory Engagement - Participates in regulatory inquiries, examinations, and audits in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Support regulatory submissions, response and reporting requirements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely submission.

Risk Governance & Reporting - Develops BU risk reports that provide a comprehensive view of risks impacting the BU. Monitors BU risk and control performance Identifies and summarizes BU Top and Emerging trends and actions to address impacts. Reports key indicators and limits to ensure timely escalation of breaches as required by the Risk Appetite Framework (RAF). Advises BU senior leadership in relevant risk governance meetings utilizing understanding of the BU operations, risks, controls and related laws and regulatory guidance. Provides feedback and collaborates on relevant governance documents to support BU activities and manage risk. Drives the implementation of program policies, standards, and procedures. Ensures timely communication around current and emerging issues and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Financial Services, First Line Risk, Enterprise Risk or Operational Risk OR High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in Financial Services, First Line Risk, Enterprise Risk or Operational Risk

Preferred Education: Advanced Degree

Preferred Area of Experience: Project Management or Internal/External Consulting

Preferred Qualifications:

• • 5+ years of IT Control Testing experience.
  • Knowledge of standard risk management or control frameworks such as COBIT, ISO, FFIEC, COBIT, and ITIL is required.
  • Knowledge of financial sector regulatory practices for a large financial institution.
  • Advanced in MS Office applications, Service Now, JIRA.
  • Current contractor/contingent worker for First Citizens Bank
    
  • CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CIA certifications preferred.

Core Competencies

• • Project management skills
  • Stakeholder management
  • Advanced analytical skills
  • Advanced verbal and written communication skills
  • Detail oriented
  • Works with minimal guidance

This job posting is expected to remain active for 3 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants.

If hired in North Carolina, the base pay for this position is generally between $80,727 and $139,927. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

First Citizens benefits programs are designed to meet our associates where they are in life. Full-time associates (20+ hours) are offered a comprehensive benefits program, with customized offerings, including those designed to support families, however defined. More information regarding our benefits offerings can be found here: https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.

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