Senior IT Governance & COBIT Risk Leader

FHLBank Topeka; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

FHLBank Topeka seeks a senior IT risk and compliance professional to provide governance and risk management support across management levels. You will help identify, implement, and monitor IT controls in line with COBIT and risk frameworks, collaborating with IT and business partners to strengthen governance.

Responsibilities include coordinating with auditors, assessing vendor controls, and driving risk mitigation initiatives while maintaining deadlines in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience; a professional certificate or a graduate degree is preferred.
• Senior level of competency with five to eight years of similar or related professional experience.
• Three to five years of general audit/risk identification/control skills and the ability to work effectively to achieve deadlines.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to work effectively under stress and deadlines.
• Ability to independently identify IT control issues, define options and recommend solutions. Assist in implementation as needed.
• Strong knowledge of IT internal controls required.
• Strong knowledge of COBIT framework.
• Ability to collaborate with business partners, bank management and auditors or examiners to achieve departmental and corporate goals.
• Ability to set priorities, consistently meet deadlines and simultaneously manage multiple projects.
• Inquiring mindset with the ability to think logically.
• Strong knowledge of/experience using Microsoft products.
• Ability to protect and classify business records created or used in business processes to ensure availability, confidentiality, integrity; and the retention and destruction of such as specified by relevant policies.
• Ability to work independently, knowledge of office automation software and use general office equipment.
• Experience with Agile development methods.
• Strong experience with network and application security concepts, database administration, and user access security standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain IT general and application controls aligned with COBIT.
• Develop and implement IT risk framework, methodologies, controls, and processes for identifying, evaluating, monitoring and reporting IT risks.
• Collaborate with internal/external auditors and examiners on the state of IT controls.
• Oversee the review and assessment of vendor control environments and formulate a vendor risk rating.

Skills

IT controls

COBIT framework

Risk management

Auditing

Vendor risk

Communication skills

Agile

Security concepts

Database administration

User access security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Professional certificate or graduate degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft products

Office automation software

Job description

FHLBank Topeka seeks a senior IT risk and compliance professional to provide governance and risk management support across management levels. You will help identify, implement, and monitor IT controls in line with COBIT and risk frameworks, collaborating with IT and business partners to strengthen governance.

Responsibilities include coordinating with auditors, assessing vendor controls, and driving risk mitigation initiatives while maintaining deadlines in a hybrid work environment.