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Business Controls Specialist

AT Merrill
Merrill

Business Controls Specialist

Washington, DC

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

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Description:

This role is part of the Global Information Security (GIS) Metrics Operations team that manages Cyber Security Metrics portfolio including Risk Appetite, Board Level, and Quality Assurance metrics. Info Security Controls Specialist is responsible for creating and maintaining metrics within GIS and Enterprise metrics platforms. In addition, this role is responsible for supporting metrics governance practices, ensuring compliance with the policies, and identifying process and technology improvements. Info Security Controls Specialist interacts with metric owners, technology partners, and cyber security metrics stakeholders across the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and maintain cyber security metrics within GIS and Enterprise metrics platforms
  • Ensure metrics portfolio data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness
  • Conduct metrics quality assurance activities and escalate when appropriate
  • Support metrics governance practices and ensure metrics compliance with the bank policies
  • Oversee metric playbooks inventory, coordinate metrics documentation completion, and coordinate quality assurance
  • Address metrics related queries and collaborate with stakeholders to solve problems

Required Qualifications:

  • 3 or more years of previous experience in technology or banking sector
  • Strong communication abilities, organizational skills, and attention to detail
  • Ownership and accountability for delivering high quality work
  • Ability to prioritize effectively, a self-starter, organized, capable of performing work independently with minimal direction
  • Proficient with Microsoft Word, Power Point, Outlook, Excel, and SharePoint

Desired Skills:

  • Quality Control/Assurance Testing
  • Data and trend analysis
  • High level of intellectual curiosity
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity industry and bank policies
  • Undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience

This job will be open and accepting applications for a minimum of seven days from the date it was posted.

Enterprise position overview: This job is responsible for developing and supporting enterprise-wide information security policies, procedures, and standards. Key responsibilities include applying knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, and information security concepts (e.g., NIST, COBIT, ISO) to establish and maintain policies, validate alignment of processes and controls to requirements, and report on adherence to policy requirements. Job expectations include using data analytics and partnering with internal teams to verify policy compliance, identify gaps in coverage, and support remediation activities.

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Pay Transparency details

US - CO - Denver - 1144 15th St - Denver Gis (CO9926), US - DC - Washington - 1800 K St NW - 1800 K Street NW (DC1842), US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$76,500.00 - $136,400.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

Client-provided location(s): Washington, DC, USA; Denver, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA
Job ID: Merrill-JR-24047742
Employment Type: Full Time