Senior Analyst, Controls & Issues Advisory

Mastercard; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is looking for a Senior Analyst in Controls & Issues Advisory to ensure compliance with policies and regulations. The role includes analyzing controls, identifying weaknesses, and supporting operational risk management. The candidate should have experience in controls and will engage with various stakeholders. This position is pivotal to enhancing service robustness and security, directly impacting millions of transactions weekly.

Qualifications

• Experience in advising on operational risk controls and issues management.
• Experience supporting Risk and Controls Self-Assessment processes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyse existing controls and identify control gaps.
• Support implementation of control and issue management policies.
• Undertake analysis of the control environment.

Skills

Understanding of internal controls framework principles

Operational risk management principles

Analytical skills

Reporting and presentation skills

Job description

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Senior Analyst, Controls & Issues Advisory Overview
The Senior Analyst, Controls and Issues Advisory within the newly formed Controls Office supports the processes to ensure Vocalink Limited’s operations are compliant with policies, procedures and regulations, while also identifying and addressing any control weakness or issues. This involves analysing and supporting the implementation of controls, monitoring their effectiveness and providing recommendations for improvement.
The team is dedicated to ensuring that Vocalink’s services remains robust, secure, and seamless for 60+million citizens every day – in numbers, that is 11 billion transactions every year with a value of over £6 trillion.
We are seeking a talented risk and controls practitioner to support the continuous improvement of controls robustness and to assist in the delivery of actions that are required to remediate identified issues.

The Vocalink Senior Analyst, Controls and Issues Advisory, reports to the Director, Controls & Issues Advisory at Vocalink Limited.

Responsibilities

• Analyse existing controls, support in the identification of control gaps and provide controls and issues assistance to 1LOD functions in line with Vocalink Limited’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework
• Support the implementation of applicable procedures to enable effective 1LOD adoption of Vocalink’s control and Issue management policies and processes
• Assist in the management and maintenance of the Controls Library (L1-L3)
• Analyse proposed new controls or changes to existing controls in line with agreed processes and provide a view on the appropriateness of the proposals
• Assist with the completion of control effectiveness assessments
• Analyse and support the remediation of control deficiencies and provide issues triage and submission validation
• Undertake analysis of the control environment and make improvement recommendations
• Promote collaborative working relationships with stakeholders across the organisation
• Present and engage effectively with colleagues across Vocalink and Mastercard

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Understanding of internal controls framework principles
• An understanding of key operational risk management principles and approaches
• Experience of working in or advising functions on operational risk controls and issues management
• Experience in supporting Risk and Controls Self-Assessment (RCSA) processes, ideally in a banking, financial services, IT or payments context.
• An understanding of key operational resilience principles.
• Experience of working in 1st or 2nd line risk teams or within 3rd line Internal Audit functions within a financial services environment
• Experience in supporting the application of operational risk frameworks and understanding of risk assessment methodologies
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders across the organisation (both written and oral)
• Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills
• Ability to remain calm and focused when working under pressure
• Ability to prioritise workload to suit business needs

Corporate Security Responsibility

• 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.