Compliance and Ops Risk Test Specialist

Join JPMorganChase to drive excellence in compliance and risk management. Leverage your analytical skills and collaborate with cross-functional teams to make a significant impact. At JPMorganChase, you'll be part of a dynamic environment where your contributions are valued and your professional development is prioritized.

As a Compliance and Operations Risk Test Specialist in the Testing Center of Excellence, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our compliance and operational risk management. Your expertise in executing tests with precision and accountability will ensure the seamless delivery of quality outcomes. You will be responsible for assessing the control environment, identifying gaps, and driving remediation efforts to mitigate risk. Your analytical thinking and problem-solving skills will be crucial in breaking down complex business objectives into manageable tasks and activities. By collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, you will contribute to the firm's business objectives and help us maintain our commitment to excellence.

Job responsibilities

• Execute testing processes with precision and accountability, ensuring all activities are completed accurately and on time.

• Assess the control environment to identify gaps, verify controls are properly designed and implemented, and determine control effectiveness.

• Utilize analytical thinking to systematically organize, compare, and evaluate various aspects of a situation and environment to comprehend and identify key or underlying information.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align testing efforts and ensure effective communication of testing outcomes.

• Propose and implement improvements to current testing methods, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the firm's risk management.

• Performing Automated business controls assessments or ITAC’s.

• Performing Technology Risk Assessments and Control assessments.

• Support the Application Control Testing including initial interviews regarding standard controls usage for applications in scope; assist with the identification and testing of shared controls. Perform testing of the evidence submitted to validate it justifies control effectiveness.

• Work with Business and Technology teams to walk through, gather control design requirements, performance requirements, and facilitate discussions on identified issues.

• Communicate issues and evaluate issues/findings and best practices with the rest of the team and manager.

• Perform QC reviews of control testing working papers.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Qualified graduate with minimum of 2 years of experience or equivalent expertise in executing and managing IT-Automated business controls assessments or ITAC’s.

• Hands on experience in performing ITGC's , Technology Risk Assessments and Control assessments.

• In-depth understanding of SOX-404 regulatory requirement.

• Proven ability to assess control environments, identify gaps, and drive remediation efforts to mitigate risk.

• Demonstrated proficiency in analytical thinking, with experience in organizing, comparing, and evaluating various aspects of a situation to identify key information.

• Experience in proposing and implementing improvements to testing methods, contributing to the efficiency and effectiveness of risk management processes.

• Proven track record of effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, with a focus on aligning testing efforts and communicating outcomes.