Principal Analyst- Tech Risk - Infrastructure

JOB PURPOSE

The selected candidate will report into VP, Tech GRC and lead efforts to:

1. Provide advisory services to Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure and Workplace Services teams with regards to best practices, compliance requirements and risk mitigation controls;
2. monitor and report on the timely and appropriate remediation of IT risks and issues;
3. maintain oversight of regulations, circulars and notifications relevant to IT operations and controls, and accordingly advise IT project and technical teams.
4. Prepare regular reports covering risk findings, vulnerabilities, KPIs and KRIs across IT Infrastructure & Workplace Services, to be communicated to Senior/Executive Management, while tracking related actions and decisions.
5. Prepare regular reports covering risk findings and service improvements related to Enterprise Architecture
6. Create IT Control Governance & Compliance self-assessment checklists, share with infrastructure and enterprise architecture teams, and regularly track related results, trends, KPIs and KRIs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Governance

• Support activities related to the development, implementation and compliance oversight of IT Policy and processes, particularly those relating to infrastructure components and services.
• Review and provide advice on the creation of IT Infrastructure and SecOps SOPs.
• Provide sound IT-GRC advisory services to Infrastructure and Security Operations teams, while demonstrating a strong understanding of various related IT standards, frameworks and good practices.
• Establish checklists to carry out gap assessments of IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture and Security processes and controls against industry standards, and IT-related regulations applicable to the financial sector.
• Prepare regular dashboards and reports for various working group and committee meetings
• Regularly review local IT Service Level performance of IT Infrastructure and Security services, collaborating with relevant teams on continuous improvement.
• Prepare content for regular technology governance and risk committees.
• Actively participate in relevant technology project committees to ensure adequate and timely governance and risk reviews
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  Maintain oversight of infrastructure and security IT Incidents, ensuring timely root-cause-analysis reporting to risk and management functions.

Risk management and control

• Understand the overall risk profile and ensure that the risks are managed and prioritized properly
• Act as a subject matter expert and create a first line of defence environment for the Bank s IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture & Security domains with regards to IT risks and remediations.
• Update, maintain and track updates on the risk and vulnerability registers on designated system or records.
• Facilitate, manage and quality assure infrastructure technology risk control self-assessments.
• Regularly evaluate IT risks, and maintain continued awareness of the business and risk profiles and changes in the operating environment and financial markets that may give rise to emerging risks.
• Report promptly any excesses or exceptions to risk limit to line management for necessary action
• Ensure completion and rectification of internal and external audit comments within target dates

• Assist in IT risk mitigation efforts, including the submission of relevant evidences to internal and external control/regulating bodies.
• Draft reports for an executive audience with regards to the mitigation, transfer and/or acceptance of IT risks.