Enterprise Risk Control Assurance Testing Lead

Landing Point; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Landing Point is seeking an experienced operational risk professional in New York to lead firm-wide risk management initiatives. The role focuses on developing a testing framework for key processes, documenting controls, and driving remediation efforts across the organization.

The candidate will oversee control testing engagements, manage cross-functional teams, and build dashboards to provide robust risk metrics. Excellent communication and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of risk management experience in a large financial institution.
• Experience coordinating control testing engagements; familiarity with coding and technology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Build a framework for control assurance testing across key business processes.
• Document current processes and controls, test effectiveness, and identify gaps.
• Manage project collaborators, drive meetings, and apply standard project management processes.
• Partner with operational risk leads to track remediation efforts.
• Build reporting/dashboard infrastructure for operational risk metrics.
• Generate and distribute firm-wide risk reporting and metrics.

Skills

Risk management

Control testing coordination

Communication skills

Problem solving

Job description

Company Overview

A leading quantitative investment and financial technology firm based in New York, known for its use of data science, machine learning, and advanced technology to drive investment decisions across global markets. They are seeking an operational risk professional to lead and manage firm-wide operational and organizational risk.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate in building a framework for performing control assurance testing for key business processes across the firm
• Conduct control assurance testing, document current processes and controls, test control effectiveness, and identify control gaps or failures
• Manage project collaborators with diverse agendas, drive meetings, develop consensus, handle project schedules, and apply standard project management processes
• Partner with operational risk leads to manage and track status of remediation efforts
• Build out reporting/dashboard infrastructure to provide operational risk metrics
• Generate and distribute reporting and metrics for firm-wide and corporate risk

Qualifications

• 8+ years of in-depth knowledge of risk management frameworks, methodologies, and standard processes in a large financial institution
• Experience coordinating control testing engagements, with familiarity in coding and technology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities

Compensation

Salary: $125,000 – $175,000