IT Project Senior Tech Lead - C14 - MISSISSAUGA

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The IT Project Senior Tech Lead is a senior position responsible for managing complex and critical remediation committed to the regulators. The overall objective of this position is to validate how regulatory concerns get remediated to deliver sustainable solutions, produce comprehensive documentation to evidence how concerns reported by the regulators are remediate sustainably to drive a positive change or reduce risk.  

The documentation will be subject to Quality Control review, IA testing and review by the regulators.  This individual will support the Regulatory Execution team in their interaction with the various stakeholder (business, functions, technology, data), Quality Control, and Internal Audit teams to ensure timely completion of quality review deliverables.

This Regulatory Executionrole is for an individual contributor part of a global risk and controls professions with Technology risks and control understanding specifically to independently assess business automated and IT General control testing to ensure Citi successfully address Consent Order programs and related Regulatory Business Critical Milestones (RBCM) and demonstrate strong risk and controls principles.

Key Responsibilities

RBCM Validation:

• Independently perform reviews on the design and operating effectiveness testing of Business Automated controls review and IT General controls review specifically around:
  • System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) or change management process,
  • New Application functionality enhancement process and
  • System Decommissioning process.
• Support professional development, build effective teams and manage a budget
• Pro-actively advise stakeholder on the approach to remediate concerns successfully
• Identify solutions for a variety of complex and unique control issues, utilizing complex judgement and sophisticated analytical thought

• Timely escalation of delays or potential unsuccessful validations
• Ensuring appropriate documentation and change management over newly implemented processes and controls.
• Collecting and validating risk reduction metrics

Internal Audit/QC Interaction:

• Performing/supporting documentation review prior to sending to QC and IA
• Partner with various quality control (QC) and transformation teams for review and check & challenge reviews
• Lead discussions with IA to manage expectations and pre-review closure material for successful closure.
• Ensuring any issues raised by QC/IA are resolved and cleared prior to RCBM due date.
• Hosting ongoing calls with QC/IA to manage expectations and pre-review closure material for successful closure.
• Lead in committee & process administration, including gathering updates and creating meeting decks, monitoring risks, issues, and escalations

General:

• Supports planning, directing and coordination of day-to-day activities.
• Identify and support stakeholders as governance and/or process subject-matter-expert.
• Support implementation of common standards, procedures, and governance processes to create and maintain consistent and best in class quality review protocols.
• Demonstrated ability to implement continuous improvement and innovation in validation process.
• Support other members of the team.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in a related role within technology risk and control or internal audit
• Ability to evaluate effectiveness of corrective action to address root causes
• Proven ability to work concurrent assignments and deliver high quality work within strict deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to implement continuous improvement and innovation in audit tools and techniques
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Ability to build strong relationships at various levels.
• Effective skills to influence & negotiate.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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