Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Technology Risk & Compliance Consultant to lead and execute technology risk, compliance, and control validation activities across critical financial applications. This role requires a strong leader who is also highly hands-on, with the ability to perform detailed testing and validations while driving risk initiatives from assessment through production implementation. The ideal candidate will have current or recent banking experience, hands-on application testing experience, strong expertise in Level 1 and Level 2 control validation, and excellent communication skills.

Key Responsibilities
• Perform and oversee Level 1 and Level 2 control validations, ensuring technology controls are appropriately designed, implemented, and operating effectively.
• Lead technology risk and compliance initiatives while remaining hands-on with execution, testing, documentation, and remediation activities.
• Head up the technology risk process for financial applications moving into production, ensuring required controls, testing, approvals, and documentation are completed prior to deployment.
• Manage and validate change control processes, including risk assessments, approvals, testing evidence, implementation plans, and post-production validation.
• Establish and maintain technology risk and compliance procedures, standards, and documentation.
• Help drive continuous improvement and automation of risk, control validation, and testing processes.
• Perform hands-on application testing and control validation activities.
• Lead and perform Level 1 and Level 2 application control validation testing while supporting a small team.
• Identify technology risks, challenge existing controls, and drive remediation activities through completion.
• Partner with technology, application, compliance, audit, and business teams to ensure appropriate risk and control requirements are addressed.
• Support production implementation activities by ensuring technology risk, control, testing, and documentation requirements are completed.

Required Qualifications
• 7+ years of experience in Technology Risk, IT Risk, IT Compliance, Technology Controls, IT Audit, or a related discipline.
• Current or recent experience within the banking industry is required.
• Hands-on application testing experience.
• Proven experience leading technology risk initiatives while remaining hands-on with control testing and validation.
• Strong experience performing and overseeing Level 1 and Level 2 control validations.
• Experience leading and performing application control validation testing.
• Strong understanding of technology control frameworks and control validation practices.
• Experience with financial applications, preferably within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of change management/change control, SDLC controls, application testing, and production implementation processes.
• Experience developing, executing, and documenting technology and control testing.
• Ability to identify risks, challenge existing controls, and drive remediation through completion.
• Strong understanding of technology governance, risk, and compliance principles.
• Ability to perform hands-on testing while providing leadership to a small validation team.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical teams and senior leadership.
• Ability to manage multiple risk, compliance, testing, and control initiatives simultaneously.

Certifications
• One or more of the following certifications:
• CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor
• CRISC - Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
• CISM - Certified Information Security Manager
• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• ITIL certification
• COBIT or related governance/control certification