Hybrid role: 3 days in the office ( of their choice)
Relocation available- typically sign on bonus of $5,000-$7,000
Salary Range: $85,000-$110,000 (They typically wont pay the highest rate unless very qualified)
I have added the questionnaire to the bottom as well as attached to file
*Eligible for 15% incentive bonus
Interview process:
24-48 response on if client is interested
30-45 min phone screening
2 hour interview with Shawn (onsite preferred)
Role:
At a senior level of proficiency, this position will provide compliance and risk management support to all l evels of management. Identify and implement process and control changes, along with adoption of industry best practice risk mitigation techniques. Exhibit strong technical and team leadership skills in working with IT and FHLBank business partners to (1) develop, implement and maintain the FHLBank's IT general and application computer controls in alignment with the COBIT framework for the governance and management of IT; (2) develop and implement IT risk framework, methodologies, controls, and processes for identifying, evaluating, monitoring and reporting IT risks; (3) collaborate with internal/external auditors and examiners on the state of IT controls; and (4) oversee the review and assessment of vendor control environments and formulate a vendor risk rating.
Responsibilities:
- Work with internal auditors, external auditors, and Federal Housing Finance Agency examiners to identify, document, and communicate evidence of our control environment.
- Ensure that deviations from established policies or controls are thoroughly reviewed, documented, and appropriately reported. Identify gaps and assist in the design and implementation of remediating controls.
- Analyze, design, develop, document, implement, and support IT internal controls to ensure reliability and transparency of general IT and application controls, effectiveness and efficiency of operations, and compliance with applicable rules, regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures.
- Analyze and document vendors control environment and independent assessments to assess the effectiveness or control gaps to formulate risk rating.
- Oversee the development, ongoing management, and monitoring of the COBIT Process and Practice library ensuring that the documents are reviewed, and updated on regular frequency in alignment with the COBIT framework for the governance and management of IT.
- Monitor control activities and report on the effectiveness of the control or opportunities to enhance the process.
- Participate in the development, analysis, and review of IT reporting to communicate department performance against key indicators, performance on prioritized initiatives, and results of incident investigations.
- Collaborate and support team members with other strategic project initiatives.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Expectations:
- Advanced knowledge of IT controls and experience communicating with internal auditors, external auditors, and Federal Housing Finance Agency examination staff on the state of IT controls.
- Attention to detail and accuracy are critical for this position.
- Independently gather documentation of IT key processes and explain these to auditors or examiners. Work with auditors or examiners to verify findings, define corrective actions for findings, assist with implementation as needed, and track resolutions.
- Independently or with minimal supervision, work closely with developers, systems, security and FHLBank users to research complex controls across multiple platforms, software packages and programming languages.
- Advanced knowledge of COBIT framework and ability to develop and implement best practices to FHLBank processes.
- Demonstrate an advanced level of understanding and ability to document key enterprise risks and controls, including the ability to discern strengths and weaknesses.
- Maintain awareness of changes in the areas of IT governance and controls, risk management, SOx compliance and records management.
- Knowledge of records management concepts and best practices and apply relevant practices to FHLBank.
- Willingness to adapt to changing business and technical environments.
- Provide regular reporting on projects and tasks to assist management.
- Balance multiple tasks, priorities, and deadlines.
- Protect 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 handle multiple tasks simultaneously, ability to problem solve, memory for details, ability to prioritize, and ability to maintain concentrated mental and visual attention for sustained periods.
- Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by taking actions that are consistent with FHLBank’s DEI program. Provides reporting to the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI), as needed, as well as partners with OMWI to implement effective policies and procedures that incorporate DEI into business activities.
Knowledge and Skills:
Experience: Senior level of competency with five to eight years of similar or related professional experience.
Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. A professional certificate or a graduate degree is preferred.
Interpersonal Skills: A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or can be of a personal or sensitive nature. Work will involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others.
Other Skills:
- 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.
Physical Demands: Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer. Occasionally stoops and bends when using files. Occasionally reaches for, lifts, carries, and handles relatively light office equipment, materials, and records storage containers.
Working Conditions: Clean, well-lit, heated, and ventilated office. Remote work may be required during business resiliency exercises.
Questionaire
- Tell me about your team.
- IT Governance is involved in the daily monitoring and enhancement of governance practices, including ensuring the effectiveness of procedures and processes in alignment with industry best practices, evaluating process improvements for IT critical control areas, and working with or overseeing others to define and implement solutions. The team also provides front line support for communicating with compliance functions such as Internal audit, external auditors, Operations Risk, regulators, etc. This position will oversee the completion and tracking of all examination and audit findings, as well as provide ongoing reporting of progress to management. The team serves as part of the vendor management review process, in evaluating vendors governance and risk controls and providing part of the overall vendor analysis risk rating. In addition to these responsibilities, the team has overall responsibility for the development and management of the FHLBank’s information classification and records management policy, program, and implementation to ensure ongoing compliance with federal and state regulations.
- The team includes the Director of IT Governance, IT Governance Senior Analyst (Open), and an IT Governance Analyst.
- The successful candidate will have a strong background in COBIT framework and passion for educating business partners (FHLBank staff) on industry best practices, implementing change to continually mature FHLBank practices, and provide communication of progress.
- The position requires a very hands-on approach with working with other teams to not only oversee but implement changes. The ideal candidate would have a strong ability to influence others without the authority, to help guide decisions to the ideal conclusions. They would also have in depth knowledge of COBIT practices and maturity models, along with demonstrated knowledge of IT functions.
- Please describe positions work in percentages.
- Involvement with teams in improving processes and remediation of current gaps identified as part of internal assessments, exams, and audits – 40%
- Monitoring and reporting on all IT governance related activities, including IT monthly initiative reporting and performance metrics - 20%
- Evaluating and implement process improvements in alignment with COBIT framework. – 20%
- Various activities surrounding communication with external stakeholders on compliance efforts, trend analysis on change control effectiveness, education of industry best practices and approaches, etc. – 10%
- Coaching and development of IT staff – 10%
- What qualities would your ideal candidate possess to be successful in this role?
- Must be very collaborative and maintain effective communication skills to influence change (influence without authority).
- Must truly embrace being empowered to identify and drive change to continuously improve our practices. Not looking for someone to follow direction but instead create a path forward.
- Deep knowledge of COBIT framework and maturity models and experience in auditing to understand perspective of our stakeholders.
- Extreme attention to detail while being able to meet tight deadlines.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to shift priorities to address deadlines.
- Ability to execute and deliver results independently.
- Strategic thinker with ability to drive change at a tactical level.
- Are there certain roles that a desired candidate would have held prior to applying for this position?
- The ideal candidate would have audit experience, preferably IT audit experience, to provide insight and knowledge when working with internal and external Auditors. Be able to understand the audit objective, explain the objective to highly technical business partners, and help identify and facilitate gathering of evidence that meets the audit objective.
- Would be beneficial to have a diverse background and exposure to IT functions such as Infrastructure, Information Security, and Application Development. This would enable them to have additional perspective that would help candidate influence change based on experience.
- A formal role related to governance would be beneficial to understand compliance objectives, along with demonstrated experience working with auditors and regulators.
- Do you have any expectations for the role that are not outlined in the job description?
- The successful candidate must have passion for the role and delivering results with a collaborative mindset.
- The successful candidate must be a self-starter, embraces change, and appreciates an effective balance of controls with a risk-based approach to deliver results to our members.
- Chapter 1: Current Hiring Needs and Challenges (00:28 - 02:23)
- 00:43: **Jill Boehm** inquires about current needs and challenges in the organization.
- 01:35: **Breanna Morris** mentions the challenging nature of a recent hire, indicating a need for assistance in an IT auditor position.
- 01:48: Jill expresses interest in coordinating with the hiring manager for further details.
- Chapter 2: Recruitment Process and Expectations (06:18 - 10:26)
- 06:28: Discussion on the importance of quick feedback and communication during the recruitment process.
- 09:29: Breanna plans to schedule phone screens soon and aims for interviews within a week.
- 10:12: Anticipated two-hour interview process and preference for on-site interviews for local candidates.
- Chapter 3: Candidate Evaluation and Selection (12:55 - 13:44)
- 12:55: Emphasis on candidates being able to explain their experiences, not just list them on resumes.
- 13:23: Description of the rigorous evaluation process before submitting candidates to the hiring team.
- 13:45: Jill mentions submitting only the top candidates to streamline the selection process.
- Chapter 4: Job Role and Responsibilities (14:08 - 15:51)
- 14:08: Mention of a candidate transitioning from accounting to a governance analyst role.
- 15:00: Reference to the regulatory examination role and the reporting structure within the organization.
- 15:30: Discussion on future communication and collaboration regarding potential future roles.
- Chapter 5: Ongoing Recruitment Progress and Challenges (16:52 - 18:29)
- 16:52: Updates on received candidates and conducted phone interviews by **Shawn**.
- 17:13: Acknowledgment of the difficulty in the recruitment process.
- 18:26: Breanna expresses gratitude for the conversation and ends the call.
It was a pleasure meeting you today!
Per our discussion, attached please find the job description, summary of expectations from Sean and a copy of our benefits. Additionally, I’ve included the pay range below.
| $85,000 | $100,000 | $115,000 |