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