Risk Assurance Manager, Risk Management

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Risk Assurance Manager, Risk Management

Vocalink 2nd Line Risk Assurance Manager, Risk Management
Overview
The Vocalink 2nd Line Risk Assurance team is looking for an IT and Security Risk Assurance Manager to provide independent and objective assurance and advisory services to assess and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Vocalink’s governance, risk management and internal control environment. This position will be responsible for planning and executing IT, Security and operational assurance projects and supporting the department’s risk assessment and development of the annual Risk and Control Assurance plan.
This position will also independently manage and deliver the annual ISAE 3000 Audit, ISO 27001 (Information Security) and ISO 22301 (Business Continuity) audits and other external regulatory internal assessments in line with the Risk Assurance framework and process.
Role
• Working in the Second Line of Defence (2LoD) Risk Assurance team to support the Risk Assurance Director with the delivery of the annual Risk and Control Assurance plan.
• Understand the business and technology environment; partner with stakeholders to provide relationship management of the associated risk and control environment.
• Contribute to the annual risk assessment process and the development of the annual 2nd Line Risk and Control Assurance plan.
• Ability to deliver on time, high quality assurance and review projects, managing it end-to-end throughout the assurance phases; from planning to fieldwork, and reporting.
• Evaluate compliance against legal, regulatory, policy and procedural requirements, and industry frameworks
• Assess design and operating effectiveness of controls through inquiry, observation, and inspection testing
• Identify, draft, and vet issues with business partners, accounting for impact, root cause, and risk severity.
• Work with issue owners to drive the development of sustainable actions to remediate issues; regularly monitor issue progress and validate closure
• Provide credible check and challenge to stakeholders in all areas of the 1st Line business.
• Liaise with and support the risk and control owners to resolve any questions, queries and problems relating to ISAE 3000 and scheme requirements which may occur during the External audit as well as in the pre and post audit stages.
• Perform Internal Audits of ISO27001 and ISO22301 identifying areas of improvement or nonconformities and validating the effectiveness of correct actions.
• Liaise with external auditors providing support and challenge to achieve fair presentation, design, implementation, and operational effectiveness of the control environment under the scrutiny of a significant oversight regime.
• Provide independent attestations to meet UK payment Schemes and clients’ requirements.
All About You
• Experience as a Technology Risk Management professional (first/second line of defense, internal / external audit) or equivalent experience in a large, regulated organization with exposure to both infrastructure and applications.
• Extensive experience designing and optimizing policies, practices and procedures, including assurance methodology, requirements, templates and tools
• Experience implementing corporate governance, risk and compliance programs as well as developing relationships with external regulatory bodies.
• Extensive experience performing ISAE 3000, 3402 SOC, and SOX testing of internal controls over financial and non-financial reporting.
• Knowledge of IT general computer controls, Information Security controls, and related processes and frameworks (i.e. NIST, COBIT, COSO, ISO, etc.)
• Knowledge of third-party assurance reporting and frameworks (SOC, ISAE3000)
• Experience covering Mainframe, UNIX/Linux, HP Nonstop, and Windows environments
• Self-starter with ability to work independently and in a team setting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (in English, additional languages are a plus)
• Professional Certification or Designation (e.g., CA, CPA, CISA, CISM, CISSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or equivalent))
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and consistently meet established deadlines

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.