Manager, Technology Control Testing

 
 
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Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
The Team
The Technology Control Testing team plays an important role in the Bank’s Three Lines of Defense Framework, providing First Line of Defense for the Enterprise portfolio on all technology risk domains, including Cyber Security, Data Privacy, Identity & Access Management, Change Management, Software Lifecycle Management, Patch and Vulnerability Management, Incident Management, Disaster and Backup Recovery, Third-Party Management, and Audit & Regulatory Issue Remediation.
The Role
This role is part of a strategic and comprehensive IT Risk Management Function within Technology Control Testing and ensures Control Testing execution and reporting 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).
Main Responsibilities
-Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions. 
-Assist Risk Owners in adhering to policies, frameworks, standards and guidelines through active engagement and guidance.
-Act as a primary liaison between the risk owners and other risk groups to lead the facilitation and execution of risk management activities.
-Test design and operating effectiveness attributes for Technology Controls
-Conduct IT General controls and automated control walkthroughs and assesses controls for effectiveness.
-Identify, assess, prioritize, and report on significant IT risks for IT and aligned business areas. This will require working with equivalent Risk Advisors in various business areas.
-Ensure findings are entered into the enterprise Global Issue Management system and in full compliance of all policies and common standards, including the IT Risk Management Policy and Framework.
-Support development of 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.
-Assist documentation and monitoring the progress of remedial actions for issues identified through Technology Control testing and by others, including Internal Audit, Compliance, regulators, and management self-identified issues.
-Collaborate with IT Risk Senior Managers for other business units to improve risk management practices across the enterprise.
-Support ad-hoc, special, and/or focused reviews as necessary, as well as other duties and projects as assigned.
 
What you’ll bring to succeed
Education / Experience
-Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, cloud security, and IT processes
-Requires an undergraduate degree combined with an Information Security professional designation such as CISM, CISA, CCSP, CISSP or CRISC are desirable.
-Experience with the following is recommended: NIST, ISO27001, COBIT, CIS frameworks. Exposure to SOX requirements
-Need experience in a wide area of risk controls such as vendor risk, application risk, infrastructure risk, application risk.
-Reporting skills to prepare status of IT control framework to senior management.
-Experience in other risk management or IT Audit roles (across any line of defense) is desirable.
-Fluent in English and Spanish is preferred but not required
 
Soft Skills 
-Effective communication, facilitation, and presentation skills for developing communication strategies for Executive approval through to implementation of strategies and programs.
-Ability to balance competing or conflicting goals of various departments and stakeholders which requires a mature, diplomatic approach and advanced negotiation and influencing skills.
-Ability to challenge leadership team especially when there is a need to balance control and compliance priorities with competing objectives.
-Ability to work with minimal supervision and deliver on tight deadline.
 
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Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  
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