Technology Risk Advisor - Director

Job Description

Every day, our teams innovate across the world of finance. We collaborate to work smarter, while making a difference. We believe in diversity and inclusivity, giving a voice to everyone on the team. And we celebrate our success together. If you want to make an impact in fintech, we’d like to know: Are you FIS?

About the role:

The Technology Risk Advisor- Director will manage a systematic, proactive process for identification, assessment and correction of actual and potential loss exposures throughout FIS to minimize unintended impact and potential costs from unmitigated business risks while enhancing customer and corporate value.

Key responsibilities and value of this role include but are not limited to:

- Stronger security and compliance posture, and risk mitigation: This role is essential to ensure FIS has formal approaches to assessing, identifying and remediating key risks across M&A, AI, product and other business processes across the enterprise.
- Operational efficiency: Our current assessment processes are adhoc, varied and not always risk-based. Formalizing these processes will also help us track business need and level of effort for driving cyber governance and risk management.
- Future preparedness: With the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape and regulatory environment, this position will help FIS continuously manage risk in the face of evolving business objectives and security requirements.

What you will be doing:
• Manages execution of risk assessment activities and coordination of risk response and program testing and validation to ensure achievement of strategic objectives.
• Develops, leads, manages and motivates staff.
• Monitors staff performance, works with Human Resources on issues, works with employees to implement goals and document progress.
• Develops, implements and maintains systems, procedures and policies.
• Reviews significant events and advises business owners of action steps required to prevent future recurrence.
• Documents risk analysis and controls and evaluates control design and continuous control improvement.
• Manages specific areas of exposure and selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure efficient operations.
• Identifies areas of potential improvement.
• Develops and maintains knowledge of regulatory requirements.
• Develops policy, governance and standards.
• Administers budget.
• Manages schedules and performance standards.
• Participates in strategy and business plan development.

- Stronger security and compliance posture, and risk mitigation: This role is essential to ensure FIS has formal approaches to assessing, identifying and remediating key risks across M&A, AI, product and other business processes across the enterprise.
- Operational efficiency: Our current assessment processes are adhoc, varied and not always risk-based. Formalizing these processes will also help us track business need and level of effort for driving cyber governance and risk management.
- Future preparedness: With the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape and regulatory environment, this position will help FIS continuously manage risk in the face of evolving business objectives and security requirements.
 

What you will need:

Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience. May be required to hold certification or equivalent in area managed.   Typically requires ten plus years financial management experience.

• Familiarity with common IT frameworks such as ITIL,  NIST, ISO and COSO, as well as IT audit and certification processes.

• Background in IT, Information Security, Resiliency or Computer Science

• Requires strong management skills, as well as strong organizational, team building, coaching and mentoring skills
• General business skills, industry knowledge, financial management and planning skills, long-term vision and executive presence
• Ability to identify, address and resolve employee related issues
• Strong analytical, statistical and problem solving skills
• Ability to utilize judgment in decision making process and decisions related to job tasks
• Excellent skills in communicating ideas both verbally and in written form in a clear, concise and professional manner including presentations
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management in an organized, professional manner
• Skill in productivity, planning and workload management
• Skill in negotiation regarding complex issues
• Ability to provide information to a variety of audiences and deal effectively with issues that are confidential and sensitive in nature
• Ability to share information with awareness of its effect on others