Risk & Control Assurance Specialist

• Responsible for the delivery of the firm’s end-to-end controls framework within particular lines of business. Individuals liaise with Compliance and Risk departments to ensure a seamless integration of the controls framework. Core areas within the framework typically include Controls, Governance, and Issue Management.
• Provides assurance on the design and effectiveness of the control environment, including during operational life cycle.
• Develops and implements programmes to establish and maintain control standards of existing and new products and services.
• Reports on identified control issues and plays a key role in issue resolution and future planning.
• Support the business in maturing their control environment in a consistent manner.
• Continuously stimulate risk awareness and focus. Develops programmes to focus employees on the improvement of risk and control.

• Contributes to and supports the assurance to the Financial division on the effectiveness of the control environement
• Tests more complex areas according to the control test plan
• Review the test planning
• Provide feedback on changes impacting control coverage
• Implement Control Plans adjustment setting up Tests sheets evolutions
• Monitor Control testing applications and results clearance
• Dialogue is with the team leaders
• Liaise & interact with Internal and External auditors

• Help Finance’s teams to define, maintain, implement and adhere to their controls in a way to meet Data Quality requirements and to mitigate the inherent risks of each processes, make the link with the Risk Library
• Help non-finance’s teams to define, maintain, implement and adhere to operational controls closely linked to their Finance’s objectives in order to mitigate the inherent Financial risks of each processes, make the link with the Risk Library
• Contributes to the set up of the control test plan and provides input on adjustments.
• Applies tests according to the predefined methodology
• Focus on performing the testing
• Performs clearance on own testing and clears tests results with controlled parties
• Challenge effectiveness of recurrent tests
• Identify gaps on recurrent testing and recommend mitigation on smaller gaps
• Influences team leaders regarding their clearnace or identified gaps
• Has an understanding of the business areas and builds up knowledge of the specific areas of testing
• Risk sensitivity - dares to challenge
• Produces recurrent reports & contribute to higher level reporting
• Contributes to transversal projects and may lead some less complex with a review
• May propose improvements to testing methodology

Bachelor or Master in finance / accounting with a few years of experience,

Excellent excel skills,

Good knowledge of accounting principles,

Professional English communication skills are key (ie. corporate language),

Eager to learn, problem analysis and problem solving skills, proactive,

Able to work both independently and as part of a team,

Experience in working with an integrated ERP system, preferably Oracle, is an asset.