Compliance and Ops Risk Test Senior Lead
Operations, Compliance / Regulatory
Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
As a Compliance and Operations Risk Test Senior Lead in the Testing Center of Excellence, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing compliance and operational risk management. You will be responsible for executing testing processes with precision and accountability, ensuring alignment with the firm's highest risks. Your deep understanding of risk and control testing principles, practices, and theories will be critical in identifying unmitigated risks and supporting a cohesive testing framework. You will leverage advanced analytical thinking and control evaluation expertise to assess complex issues and align testing activities with strategic objectives. In this role, you will lead teams, coordinate activities across multiple stakeholder groups, and make decisions that influence risk management outcomes across the function.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of testing processes, ensuring all activities are completed accurately and on time while maintaining open communication with stakeholders.
- Utilize advanced analytical thinking to systematically evaluate testing activities, identify key information, and support data-driven decision-making.
- Conduct in-depth control evaluations to identify control coverage gaps, assess control design and implementation, and evaluate control effectiveness.
- Manage a diverse team, planning and organizing activities to integrate and coordinate work across multiple areas of the department.
- Make strategic decisions with broad functional impact using a deep understanding of risk and control testing principles, practices, and theories.
- Present testing results, emerging risk themes, and control observations to senior management and key stakeholders.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- 7+ years of experience executing and managing testing processes within a risk and control environment.
- Demonstrated advanced proficiency in analytical thinking, with a proven ability to evaluate complex testing scenarios and make data-driven decisions.
- Proven experience conducting in-depth control evaluations, identifying control coverage gaps, and assessing control effectiveness.
- Experience leading diverse teams, with a focus on planning and coordinating activities across multiple areas of a department.
- Advanced proficiency in risk management and controls, with a demonstrated ability to make sound decisions consistent with firm risk management practices and policies.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience leading large-scale testing programs within compliance, operational risk, audit, or control management functions.
- Professional certifications such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or similar risk and control-related credentials.
- Advanced experience utilizing data analytics, visualization, and reporting tools to support testing execution and identify emerging risks.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex testing results, risk themes, and control concerns.
- Experience implementing testing framework enhancements, methodology improvements, and continuous process optimization initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices related to compliance and operational risk management.
- Experience working within a large, complex financial services organization with global stakeholders and cross-functional partnerships.
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Lead risk and control testing, evaluate controls, and drive strategic decisions to strengthen compliance and risk management.