Controls Assurance Analyst

Position Title: Controls Assurance Analyst Job Description: The Controls Assurance Analyst position is responsible for performing information system risk and control assessment and collaboration work throughout Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Controls Assurance: The positionsupports processes to ensure an effective and efficient compliance position of IT for the company Participates in the extension of the Controls Framework (IT Governance Processes, M&A, SOX and Beyond); Influencing controls across the IT and the application portfolio.Extends control coverage to all applications, business units, acquisitions, joint ventures and relevant third parties. Operationalizes Risk Governance and Controls by ensuring risk management and controls are integrated into other IT processes. Evaluates controls design and/or validation of effectiveness. As assigned, plans, participate in, and executes assigned controls assessments of ADM's data centers, processes, applications or other implementation of Information Technology addressing technical and functional security and regulatory requirements. Facilitates education and training on control requirements, proper evidence, and performance. Helps Monitor for non-compliance. Facilitates mitigation. Ensures timely mitigation of any issues experienced. Audit Responsibilities: The position assists with compliance, internal and external audit efforts of ADM and affiliates, and provides input into IT risk assessments and analysis, provides guidance for and validation of remediation plans, and provides for relevant risk and compliance reporting to management. Promotes active ownership, responsibility, accuracy, and currency of controls. Facilitates audit preparation. Liaises, as a member of a second line of defense function, with both control owners and auditors. Conducts reviews and evaluation of service provider SOC reports and/or self-assessment documentation of IT controls related to supported applications and technology. Maintains vigilance on audit issues experienced. Facilitates managements required exposure and impact review, root cause analysis, and mitigation plans. Track and validate mitigation of issues. Additionally, ADM Information Systems Risk and Control Analysts collaborate with various IT and business resources to evaluate financial, operational, governance, and process risk and efficiency considerations as directed by IT Leadership. GICS - IT Risk and Assurance team members are effective members of a large global IT organization and often assist various teams with technical risk and control. Requirements: BS/BA degree, Computer Science and Information Technology, Accounting, Business or Technical field. Candidate must have minimum of four years accounting, audit or information technology experience. Familiarity with Information Systems/ Information Technology principles, controls (and control frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL, ISO 27001, NIST), regulatory requirements (SOX, GDPR, PCI), concepts, standards and procedures relating to a business environment. Prior control ownership/operation a plus. Some experience with Large ERP systems and technology implementation projects. Applicable project experience would include ERP Implementations such as JDE, SAP, or Oracle, implementation of business intelligence technology, data warehouse, business process mapping and re-design. Exposure to various operating systems (IBM Mainframe zOS and OS400, VMS, Windows), databases (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2), and business and financial applications (Oracle, JD Edwards, SAP) and/ortechnical knowledge of Internet Security, infrastructure, servers, and network devices. Ability to conduct multiple projects. The candidate requires good analytical, interpersonal, time management, research and communications skills. Good written and verbal communication skills are extremely important. Candidates should be able to relate positively to all levels of the company. CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT and/ or CISSP a plus. Other certifications showing technical proficiency relevant. Additional language capabilities/fluency in German, Spanish, and Portuguese a plus. Successful candidate must be able to travel occasionally and work well in a team environment.