IT Oversight & Risk, Senior Associate

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES (IFDS)

IFDS, established in 2007, is a market leader in Transfer Agency Services committed to providing high quality services and technology to our clients, with European offices in Dublin and Luxembourg. IFDSL is owned equally by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. and State Street Bank Corporation.

IFDSL services and supports a diverse range of products across multiple fund domicile on behalf global Asset Managers. Our unique set up provides the expertise, scale, technology and strategic support and partnership to our clients. We are deeply involved, with the support of our Shareholders, in the evolution of our Industry, towards more Innovation and Digital transformation. 

IFDS Luxembourg currently services a total of €1,100 billion AUM for some of the most sophisticated and demanding asset managers in the industry.  Our footprint in Luxembourg is about 320 people and we have more than 700 people globally supporting our Luxembourg businesses. 

Our Mission and Values :

Our mission is to ‘build great experiences for our clients, their customers and our employees’.

This is achieved through our values of ‘PACE & L’ : Professional, Accountable, Client Focused, Excellence and Leadership.

IT Oversight & Risk Senior Associate

Permanent Contract

Your Role

We are looking for an IT Oversight Analyst, Senior Associate or Officer level, to join our IT Oversight team. You will be ensure that appropriate controls and monitoring are in place on our IT service providers and delegations with a specific focus on risk, data governance and controls following the principles of “need to know” and “least privileged”.

Your Team

This individual will be part of the IT Oversight team. You’ll be directly reporting into a Line Manager.

Your Responsibilities

• Implement and perform a comprehensive monitoring, evaluation and reporting mechanism on all IT related tools and outsourced service providers in order to meet the regulatory requirements.
• Ensure appropriate accesses are provided to the end-users (employees, delegates, contractors, clients) to the IT applications
• Maintain an IT Global Systems Overview
• Maintain the Cloud register
• Maintain an IT system tool overview per delegation
• Capture any compliance gaps particularly regarding data protection with our 3rd party service providers and delegates.
• Support various IT external audits
• Perform application risk assessments
• Develop and administer risk policy and procedure
• Create a heatmap of all applications.
• Define and implement controls to mitigate risks and meet regulatory requirements
• Work closely with peers such as IFDS Risk Mgt, ISO and others to ensure Lux and cross border IT Risk aspects are covered appropriately

Your Profile

• Experience with audits such as ISAE 3402, ISO27001, audit report strongly appreciated
• 2-3 years in a similar role
• Project management skills
• Any experience on Data Security, IT Security .
• Exposure to CSSF regulatory regulations, CNPD, GDPR.
• Understanding of Cloud computing, Network, IT application development life cycle.
• Review of IT Service Level Agreements & Contracts
• Extensive knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Any relevant certifications is an asset; CISA, CISSP, COBIT.
• Ability to work under pressure while maintaining high accuracy and quality standards, analytical and process/numeracy thinking skills
• Self-motivated, organized in order to meet tight deadlines and flexible to new ideas
• Strong issue resolution skills with a focus on risk controls and client focus
• Fluent in English (written & oral) - additional Languages (e.g. French, German, Italian and/or Spanish) are considered as an advantage

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