Senior Risk Management Specialist

A challenging role in our Risk and Compliance practice is available, providing an opportunity to work with a team that offers extensive risk and controls technical knowledge and sector-specific experience.

You will develop a holistic approach to risk management, protecting businesses and facilitating strategic decision-making. Your responsibilities include assisting management in the assessment of project risks and controls, helping to design and implement effective compliance and ethics initiatives, and contributing to improving the framework for compliance testing.

• Implement a comprehensive compliance testing framework and methodology/checklists for compliance testing.
• Contribute to enhancing the framework, including aspects being reviewed and newer areas to be included in the future.
• Lead and perform compliance testing and other projects assigned to the Compliance team.
• Supervise teams/ managers and provide guidance.
• Evaluate and examine applicable guidelines/policies/SOPs for areas being reviewed to refine testing attributes, identify unmitigated risks, and suggest improvements.
• Review testing sheets and backup documents to ensure they are in accordance with performance standards and are updated in the central database.
• Track and follow up on progress of implementation of recommendations with key stakeholders.
• Finalize exceptions and discuss them with concerned teams to agree on facts and way forward.
• Provide suggestions regarding improvements in guidelines/risk processes to mitigate exceptions/improve existing processes and align it with stakeholders.
• Independently prepare management presentations/decks summarizing work done in each testing cycle for discussion with leadership.
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders and work independently representing Compliance lead in various forums/discussions.
• Identify and actively contribute to leading key initiatives for the function (such as leveraging analytics, undertaking reviews of new areas, implementing tools for the function, etc.).
• Support the Compliance lead in quality reporting to the Senior leadership team in addition to other functional roles such as project management, recruitment, trainings, etc.
• Develop a learning culture by coaching, counseling, and training team members by providing objective support and supervision, sharing ideas/information/knowledge through strong leadership skills.
• Contribute significantly towards building strong and effective awareness and consciousness towards compliance requirements within the organization.

Requirements:

• Candidate should have CA/MBA/CIA/CS from a reputed institute, with prior experience in Controls & Compliance or Internal Audit (4-6 years).
• Essential Skills: ability to handle work pressure/deadlines, highly motivated and self-starter, excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills, proven ability to build, manage, and foster a team-oriented environment, strong analytical skills, and proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Mandatory Skill Set: Compliance, Internal Audit, SOX Compliance, Compliance testing.
• Preferred Skill Set: Compliance, Internal Audit, SOX Compliance, Compliance testing.

Education and Experience:

• CA/MBA/CIA/CS from a reputed institute, with prior experience in Controls & Compliance or Internal Audit (4-6 years).

Required Skills:

• Compliance Testing, Internal Auditing, SOX Compliance Audit.