IT Risk Management & Control Senior Associate

ApTask; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

ApTask is seeking an IT ERM Senior Associate in Hyderabad to maintain IT management’s PRC inventory, support remediation efforts, and collaborate across the 3 lines of defense to embed a risk mindset. The role requires proactive issue identification, root cause analysis, and coordination for internal and regulatory reviews with IT partners.

The ideal candidate will have 6+ years in IT risk and control, experience with SDLC, vendor management, and governance, and strong stakeholder engagement

Qualifications

• 6+ years of IT risk and control experience, preferably in Big 4 or financial services.
• Experience with IT processes like SDLC, vendor management, and architectural governance.
• Ability to lead discussions with stakeholders and perform control testing and remediation.
• Familiarity with process mapping, data collection, and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance IT PRC inventory and supporting documentation.
• Support remediation of risk and control tasks and respond to regulatory examinations.
• Lead or participate in internal audits and risk reviews across IT.
• Collaborate with IT Risk Management and 3 lines of defense.

Skills

IT risk management

IT controls

Root cause analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Job description

Position Summary:

An IT ERM Senior Associate has primary responsibility for:

• maintaining and enhancing IT management’s process, risk, and control (PRC) inventory, supporting documentation, mapping and alignment (e.g., to regulations)
• supporting IT management’s timely response to, and remediation of, risk and control tasks which is a key indicator of IT management demonstrating an effective Risk Mindset
• proactively identifying issues, performing root causes analysis of incidents, and assessing incidents and new initiatives for impact against enterprise risk frameworks
• facilitating internal (e.g., internal audits, business continuity assessments) and external (e.g., regulatory examinations) reviews.

In carrying out these responsibilities, the incumbent must work collaboratively with the IT Risk Management team, other risk & control functions, as well as with IT line management.

• Support efforts to identify and manage risk within the Enterprise Architecture, Data and Corp. Technology (EADCT) and IT Strategy Organizations
• Develop and strengthen relationships with IT partners and control evaluation functions across the 3 lines of defense
• Develop, communicate and ensure adherence to department risk policies, standards, procedures and best practices;
• Demonstrate and embed the behaviors and competencies that create a risk management mindset in your organization;
• Support, and eventually lead, risk management activities including review of policy and procedure documents for alignment with controls, adherence to Compliance requirements and best practices
• Become a central point of contact for risk and compliance items throughout the EADCT and IT Strategy organizations
• Gathering, preparing, and reviewing inputs into reporting (e.g., metrics, inherent risk assessments)

Experience:

• 6+ years experience as IT risk and control professional within a Big 4 accounting firm, financial service industry preferred.
• Experience with operating, supporting, and/or assessing IT processes including: system development life cycle, technology vendor management, middleware technologies, and/or architectural governance and standards
• Leading discussions with key stakeholders and staff to collect information requests.
• Experience conducting control testing, including issue remediation testing
• Familiarity with process mapping and control identification along with data collection and analytic skills