Senior Associate - Technology Risk Consulting (Global Banks)

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Senior Associate – Technology Risk Consulting (Global Banks)

We are looking for experienced professionals to join our rapidly growing Global Banking Risk Consulting Practice, focused on Technology Risk Consulting.  Candidates for this role will join a diverse, high performing team of professionals with extensive experience working with top US and Global Banking institutions in a multitude of capacities.  As a member of our Technology Risk Consulting practice, focused on serving global banking institutions, candidates will step into a dynamic culture that values innovative thinking, solution focused collaboration, and diversity of thought and experience, all while providing opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

As a Senior Associate in RSM’s growing Process Technology Risk Consulting (TRC) Practice, focused specifically on serving Global Banking enterprises, you will have the opportunity to draw from your technical experience and knowledge to continue to grow your leadership skills through a high degree of client and banking industry exposure, career development and mentorship opportunities, and a diverse and inclusive culture. The fast-paced and dynamic environment in which we operate will provide you with daily challenges and exciting opportunities.

Our Global Banking consulting practice works with leading banking institutions who depend upon effective risk management, internal audit, and governance over their enterprise-wide information technology (IT) programs to achieve their business objectives, comply with evolving regulatory demands, and meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders.  Our TRC Senior Associates are focused on working within project teams to assist clients with identifying and prioritizing information technology risk and leveraging process and controls to reduce risk exposure.  As a TRC Senior Associate in the Global Banking consulting practice, you will work with a variety of complex global banking organizations as they continue to transform their IT risk management and assurance capabilities to be aligned to the key risks and strategies of their organization.  You will work closely with clients to develop strong and collaborative working relationships, built on a deep understanding of their businesses, their challenges, technology risks, and enterprise-wide information technology strategy.

TRC Senior Associates have front line exposure to the detailed work that our project teams are executing on a daily basis and are central to delivering on our brand promise of The Power of Being Understood.  As a TRC Senior Associate focused on serving our Global Banking clients, you will be an integral team member by assisting with planning of projects, conducting fieldwork, discussing findings and observations during client exit meetings, preparing work papers to support conclusions, reviewing staff work papers, and assisting in the presentation of the results of our work to client stakeholders, both within the IT organization and with business operations. 

Key Responsibilities

Technical Experience

• Possess a strong understanding of IT general controls concepts and their application in differentiated client environments, specifically within complex global banking organizations.
• Capable of conducting fieldwork independently, with guidance from client and project team members, while having the opportunity to lead more junior team members and sharing knowledge and coaching on how to execute against project objectives.
• Prior practical experience with understanding and independently assessing IT policies, procedures, and controls of our clients’ business applications, networks, operating systems, and other components of their technology infrastructure, with the support of project team leadership.
• Have a fundamental understanding of information technology strategic planning and other business matters, helping their project team to identify emerging information technology risks and opportunities.
• Prior practical experience with identifying internal IT controls, assessing their design and operational effectiveness, identifying where controls have not operated effectively, present potential risk exposures to project team members and assist in the development of remediation plans to support providi