HR Governance Senior Associate (EMEA Shift)

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB DESCRIPTION:
As a member of HR Governance, the Senior Associate will be a key member of the HR Governance team acting as a trusted partner/advisor on handling risk and improving the HR organization' control environments.
The HR Governance team acts as the Embedded Risk Manager to evaluate the inherent risk and control environment at each HR function, as well as for the overall enterprise level.
This role will also provide proactive oversight, governance and monitoring of regulatory and internal control requirements, and compliance with those requirements.
Additionally, the HR Governance Senior Associate will provide audit and regulatory supports for the HR organization, serving as central liaison between the HR functional areas and Internal Audit / Regulatory Relations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
HR Management Control Testing Framework: Assist in the development and implementation of control testing framework to strengthen HR’s internal controls and issue identification. Develop testing program to assess the design, adequacy, and adherence of controls to identify potential control weaknesses that could present risks or exposures to HR and DTCC.
Embedded Risk Management function for HR: Work with the various risk/control partners to develop standards and requirements and assess functional areas within HR accordingly. Evaluate the inherent risk and control environment at each HR function, as well as impacts of HR controls at the enterprise level.
Process, Risk & Control (PRC) Inventory: Assist in expanding and validating Process, Risk and Control inventory to confirm accuracy and completeness, including aligning PRC to relevant rules and laws.
Audit and Regulatory Engagement: Acting as the central point of contact for audit and regulatory inquiries, including maintenance and quality assurance of information provides for exams and audits. Coordinating post-exam and post-audit communications.
Incident Management: Acting as the central point of contact for HR incident management.
Special Projects: Assist in ad-hoc projects and requests. This role will have the opportunity to lead small scale projects.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum of 5 years of related experience
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
Certifications related to the candidate’s coverage responsibilities are beneficial, but not required, such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
Flexible to work EMEA shift
Effective challenge mentality
Experience in audit, risk management, or compliance.
Experience analyzing processes and regulatory requirements, identifying risk including communicating exceptions, and developing controls, preferably in the financial services industry.
Proven experience creating and maintaining risk management documentation, including testing documentation, risk & control matrices, and procedures.
Automated control testing experience ideal but not required.
Proficient in Excel or other data analytic tools.
ABOUT DTCC: With 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance, and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes and bringing increased security, enhanced resilience, and soundness to financial markets. In 2022, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $2.5 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $72 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 17.5 billion messages annually.