Controls Adoption Engineer Lead

Requisition ID: 213813

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**Purpose**

The Technology Control Testing team plays an important role in the Bank’s Three Lines of Defense Framework, providing First Line of Defense for all lines of business on all technology risk domains, including Cyber Security, Data Privacy, Software Lifecycle Management, Capacity, Incident Management, Disaster and Backup Recovery, Third Party Management, Project Management, and Audit & Regulatory issue remediations.

Senior Manager, Technology Control Testing directly supports the Head of Technology Control Testing to collaboratively assess high risk processes across business lines and manage the execution of the control test exercise(s). This role is part of a strategic and comprehensive IT Risk Management Function within the Technology First Line of Defense, and ensures design and implementation in accordance with regulatory expectations, risk appetite, organizational risk practices and evolving business practices.

The role includes significant coordination and engagement with peers across all business lines and technology functions. This includes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd lines of defense for Technology in the execution of risk management activities, inclusive of regular updates, formal reporting and managing remediation commitments identified (e.g., audit findings).

**Accountabilities**
- Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
- Ensures specific goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives and all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.
- Identifies and tests design and operating effectiveness attributes for IT General controls and automated controls.
- Leads and /or manages IT General controls and automated control walkthroughs and assesses controls for effectiveness.
- Advises and supports risk owners in day-to-day risk management activities and execution. Assists risk owners in adhering to policies, frameworks, standards and guidelines through active engagement, guidance and counselling. Advises on the design and implementation of controls, and remediation plans to mitigate risk.
- Acts as a primary interface and conduit between the risk owners and other risk groups to lead the facilitation and execution of risk management activities.
- Compiles and (where applicable) presents risk update reports to Senior Management.
- Identifies, assesses, prioritizes and reports on material IT risks for IT and aligned business areas. This will require working with equivalent Risk Advisors in various business areas. Ensures outputs are recorded in the enterprise Global Issue Management system and in full compliance of all policies and common standards, including the IT Risk Management Policy and Framework.
- Develop or enhance monitoring tools to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of the key controls in the Business. Monitoring will include reviewing key indicators, sample testing and conducting thematic reviews.
- Lead internal control reviews of high-risk processes including procedure testing, establishing test plans and test scripts, providing recommendations, providing feedback and reporting to the Head of Technology COE.
- Based on the activities in the area under review, be able to identify, articulate, and challenge management on the strength of their control program.
- Work with Compliance officers to identify regulatory risks and integrate regulatory controls and monitoring into the overall technology control testing plan.
- Document and monitor progress of remedial actions for issues identified through Technology Control testing and by others, including Internal Audit, Compliance, regulators, and management self-identified issues.
- Ensures implementation of a strong IT risk culture in partnership with the risk owners and other control functions.
- Review and contribute to technology policies and standards under development or review, as applicable.
- Monitor effectiveness of portfolio impacting governance processes such as change management, project management and architecture reviews, for enforcing control requirements.
- Engage in business integration projects to ensure all appropriate technology controls and processes are implemented; and enable the implementation of appropriate technology controls and processes in non-integrated subsidiaries.
- Collaborates with IT Risk Senior Managers for other business units to improve risk management practices across the enterprise.
- Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attr