Description
You'll build and scale a practical Second Line of Defence technology risk assurance function for a fast-growing, regulated fintech.
Responsibilities:
- Recruit, mentor, and lead a lean, high-performing team of technology risk engineers and assurance specialists.
- Lead second-line assurance across ITGCs, IT application controls, cloud infrastructure, and database management.
- Build an automation-first assurance engine using AI agents, automated workflows, and custom Python and SQL scripts.
- Establish automated finding lifecycle and remediation governance.
- Design and execute control frameworks for generative AI, LLMs, agentic workflows, machine learning models, and automated decision engines.
- Partner with external auditors and global regulators to defend autonomous testing scripts and AI-agent methodologies.
- Translate complex technology risk into clear recommendations for engineers, senior executives, and board-level risk committees.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of progressive experience in technology risk, IT audit, information security assurance, or technology compliance.
- Big Four background.
- Experience building and testing risk controls.
- A track record of recruiting, mentoring, and leading high-performing technical risk or assurance teams.
- Deep practical expertise in ITGCs, IT application controls, automated business controls, and SOX compliance.
- Hands-on experience assessing cloud risks across AWS or GCP.
- Practical ability to write and use SQL, Python, or API scripts.
- Strong conceptual and practical understanding of risks and controls around AI/ML systems, LLMs, and automated decision engines.
Preferred skills:
- Direct experience building or deploying AI agents, LLM-driven audit assistants, or automated compliance and testing pipelines.
- Fintech experience, particularly within a high-growth fintech, payments platform, digital bank, or cloud-native technology company.
- People management experience.
- Familiarity with international financial technology regulations and expectations.