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About the Role

As a Risk Management and Control Specialist, you will lead the Risk Department's challenge over first line of defence control testing to give an independent opinion on the reliability of testing. You will share good practice, advise on improvement opportunities, and challenge controls to ensure alignment with Swift Standards.

Responsibilities

• Champion the delivery and use of the new GRC Tool.
• Ensure that Control Testing Frameworks align to the ERM principles and other control frameworks.
• Apply expertise to challenge control owners and testers, ensuring risks are appropriately mitigated.
• Support Risk Department colleagues during RCSA activity and provide expert input on controls and testing.
• Sample and challenge first line control testing to provide a second line opinion on robustness.
• Identify areas requiring further support or training and make arrangements to provide it.
• Identify opportunities to automate controls and/or their testing.
• Oversee first line control testing progress, including escalation of tests at risk of missing deadlines.
• Monitor and report RCSA progress against plan, escalating any at risk of missing deadlines.
• Support the preparation of regular reporting to Executives and Board.
• Collate information from various sources and analyze to gain insights.
• Input and support the medium-long term view on continuous improvement of RCSAs and first line control testing.
• Prepare and present ad-hoc training/awareness sessions on RCSA and/or controls testing.
• Develop specific skills and understanding related to own area of expertise.
• Bring new external ideas to improve processes.
• Drive simplification and a harmonised approach in documenting and testing controls.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as an internal auditor, tech risk or compliance specialist (or equivalent).
• Understanding of risk management principles and experience of implementation.
• Critical thinking skills, ability to challenge and deliver feedback.
• Relationship management skills, ability to present difficult messages well.
• Ability to see the bigger picture and support Swift overall.
• Confidence to speak-up.

Skills

• Risk Management
• Control Testing
• Internal Audit
• Tech Risk
• Compliance
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• GRC Tool
• ISAE-baseline
• Agile Control Framework
• Critical Thinking
• Relationship Management
• Communication

Location

• Belgium

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 8+ years

Education Level

• Degree-level education (preferred)
• Relevant professional qualification (CIA, CIIA, IRM, CISA, etc) (preferred)

Benefits

• Competitive package
• Career development opportunities
• Support to perform at your best
• Opportunity to make a difference
• Freedom to be yourself
• Diverse and inclusive environment

About the Company

• World’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services.
• Headquartered in Belgium.
• Supports the global economy by enabling secure financial messaging.
• Unique organisation established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value.
• Operates with a reliable, safe, and secure approach.
• Constantly evolving and innovating in an ever-changing landscape.
• Has a presence in 200+ countries and serves over 12,000 banks and financial institutions.
• Innovates diligently, tests exhaustively, then implements fast.
• Mission is highly relevant in a connected and exciting era.
• Transforming cross-border payments, making them faster and more transparent.
• Driving the long-term future of the financial ecosystem.

Equal Opportunity

• We are creating an environment of unique individuals—like you—with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone's voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.
• If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us to request accommodation.
• At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.
• We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact accessibility-Sysgroup@swift.com or indicate this in your application.
• All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy.