Trading IT Risk Professional recruitment
Orbis has grown from $67 million under management at the beginning of 1990 to over $27 billion today. Orbis is headquartered in Bermuda and now employs over 300 people globally with offices in Hong Kong, London, San Francisco, Seoul, Sydney, and Vancouver.
• A rare and exciting opportunity for an exceptional IT Risk and Controls professional (BCP/DR, IT Security, IT Risk, IT Governance) to join a 24-hour global trading team in Bermuda.
• Your primary focus will be to help ensure that the IT (Operational) risk exposure of the Trading Team is controlled.
• This senior role presents a great opportunity for the right individual to drive forward and take IT and trading related risk management to the next level in a very technology focused company.
• This is not an audit role. This is a hands-on line-of-business role, where you will be expected to use your deep Technology and Finance experience to control risk in the Trading function.
Some of the things you’ll drive:
• Promote a risk and controls culture within the Trading function
• Lead risk assessments and review new project change initiatives to provide risk oversight for Trading Technology projects
• Strengthen Trading systems risk identification, assessment, monitoring, and control strategies and internal control frameworks
• Ensure alignment with and lead gap remediation against firm-wide and industry-standard risk control objectives
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business such as Internal Audit, Global Risk, Compliance, and IT Governance in a partnership to ensure objectives are met and strong relationships maintained
• Liaise with external auditors on behalf of the Trading function
• Drive improvements in IT Governance, Information Security, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• Prepare and present high-quality IT (Operational) Risk reports and analysis for management and operational consumption
• Investigate risk incidents and drive remediation plans
• Participate in firm Crisis Response Team and coordinate disaster recovery efforts for Trading
You will have:
• A passion for technology
• A keen yet pragmatic sense of risk
• Exceptional communications and interpersonal skills
• A hands-on mentality and ability to multitask and work under pressure
• Drive for results
• Proactivity and initiative
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to grasp the big picture view with attention to detail where appropriate
• Impeccable integrity
Technical qualifications:
* A thorough understanding of IT risk and controls within a Finance (preferably front office) environment
*At least 3 years relevant experience within IT or Risk in a financial organization (preferably Trading / Asset Management);
* Familiarity with IT control and audit frameworks (e.g. COBIT / CISA, CISM, or similar)
* Experience with business continuity (disaster recovery) planning
* Hands-on systems development and data analysis experience
* Demonstrable proficiency in VB.Net or C#.Net programming and Excel tools; 3 or more years of experience
* Demonstrable proficiency with developing queries for relational database management systems (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server); 3 or more years of experience
* Strong working knowledge of IT Processes, IT Security, and IT Infrastructure
* A first-class academic record
* University degree in Computer Science or similar discipline
* Experience managing staff is preferred