Risk and Compliance Specialist

Risk and Compliance Specialist

Skill required: Risk & Compliance - Internal Audit Quality Assurance
Designation: Risk and Compliance Specialist
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:8 to 10
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What would you do? JOB TITLE: Risk and Compliance (R&C) for Corebridge Account Insurance Operations Retail PortfolioOVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB This job description outlines the job-related expectations and qualifications for a designated 2nd line of defense Risk and Compliance (“R&C”) role on the Corebridge (CRBG) Account with a focus on operational, fraud and privacy risk pertaining to the CRBG retail business (individual annuities and life insurance) within the Insurance Operations Service Tower. The role reports directly to the R&C lead assigned the Corebridge Account. There are two objectives to this role: (1) Protect CRBG; and (2) Protect AccentureJOB REQUIREMENTSRisk AssessmentFunctional Process knowledgeAbility to assess the process controlsAudit Reporting skillsProfessional Competencies Communications skills / PresentationInfluencing & effective collaboration skillsVirtual teaming experienceAnalytical skillsFocus on Goals/ Result orientationFlexibility/ AdaptabilityInitiativePolished, professional presenceDecision making
What are we looking for? Qualifications:Education and Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in accounting and auditing (or geography equivalent). • Chartered Accountants and / Certified Internal Auditors (CIAs) / Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or CPAs / Master of Business Administration (MBAs) preferred. • CL9 - 5-8 years of experience in Internal audit of Outsourcing experience industry preferably in process management, Audit Lead and/or service delivery operations.• CL8 – 8 to 12 years of experience in Internal audit of Outsourcing experience industry preferably in process management, Audit Lead and/or service delivery operations.Work Requirements/Conditions: • The Role is remote withy occasional requests for RTO. • The role is US hours with potential flexibility so long as the latter part of the US time zone is covered as the Corebridge client operates in US central time zone. People/Knowledge:• Accenture Delivery Organization• Accenture risk triage tools and processes• Accenture Risk and Compliance organization and requirements• CRBG Insurance Operations control environment• Corebridge Sox and Soc Controls• Corebridge – Accenture contractual provisions pertaining to operational risk losses
Roles and Responsibilities: 1. Protect CRBG:To fulfill the first objective, the role holder will have a strong grasp of the CRBG Sox and Soc controls that Accenture Delivery executes for CRBG as well as the CRBG risk escalation and reporting policya) Understand the CRBG control environment and operations context and promote compliance with the CRBG Risk Escalation policy within that contextb) Understand the Accenture Operations Delivery role in the CRBG business from the detailed level of the DTPs to the SOWs and MSA where applicablec) Communicate risk incidents and events in an articulate and professional risk lens manner, categorizing by risk type (operational, fraud, privacy)d) Drive risk remediation and issues management efforts to de-risk the CRBG control environment through proposed control enhancementse) Facilitate / host / contribute to risk governance meetings including weekly client risk meetingsf) Support and drive data integrity including Accenture-CRBG risk inventories to ensure completion of all risk eventsg) Prep and support client risk governance meetings as well as internal Accenture prep meetings with Leadership to ensure alignment on messagingh) Oversee, evaluate, and test the CRBG Sox / Soc Control Execution and Attestation processi) Partner with first line Accenture teams on first line control testing and contribute to risk remediation efforts to improve preventative controls to reduce residual riskj) Partner with CRBG risk teams on risk initiatives and projectsk) Produce risk insights reporting to showcase the risk trends, thresholds, and metrics based on agreed CRBG + Accenture’s risk appetite 2. Protect AccentureTo fulfill the second objective, the role holder will understand the operational and financial impacts of operational and fraud losses to Accenturea) Follow Accenture policies and promote compliance with these policies when considering risk events within the CRBG environment (e.g. ensure ASOCs are raised by Delivery when needed)b) Understand the MSA and SOW for the CRBG account including provisions and change orders that refer to financial impacts such as Payment Loss and Breakage (gain loss)c) Quantify Financial Impacts to Accenture based on contractual baseline methodology by reviewing risk events for process date, reported date, DTP expectation at process date, justification for assignment of fault (CRBG or Accenture) QA / QC effectiveness, root cause, risk mitigation and remediation plans