Technology Risk Consulting Director (Global Banks)

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RSM has an exceptional career opportunity available for a director to join our Risk Consulting Services practice as a part of our Technology Risk Consulting team. RSM risk consulting services directors are leaders seeking career growth, practice development, and accelerated leadership opportunities within an exciting, growing consulting practice. They are leaders who appreciate the opportunity to build teams, develop people, and serve clients in a dynamic fast-paced environment while simultaneously pursuing their career goals while also experiencing a rewarding work-life balance.Our clients depend upon effective risk management, internal audit, and governance over their enterprise- wide information technology in order to achieve their business objectives. Our Risk Consulting Services Technology Risk Consulting (TRC) professionals serve dynamic middle-market and other large complex organizations seeking to create and preserve value while effectively managing risks.  Our TRC client service teams are also engaged with clients providing assurance over business processes and integrated systems. We work with a diverse group clients across a wide variety of industries developing strong working relationships with clients built on understanding their businesses, their challenges, risks, and information technology (IT) requirements.Responsibilities:

• Consulting with client leadership on the design and optimization of controls utilizing a general knowledge of business processes, accounting, and information technologies. Draw upon your demonstrated technical, industry and IT risk advisory knowledge to become a trusted advisor to our clients across a variety of industries and sectors;
• Consulting with client leadership on strategic plans and other business matters, helping our clients to anticipate emerging risks and information technology opportunities;
• Overseeing the quality and timeliness of engagement teams efforts to identify internal IT controls, assess their design and operational effectiveness, determine risk exposures and to develop client recommendations and reports;
• Supporting external financial statement, SOX compliance, and Internal Audit/SOX engagements for application and information technology general computer controls as a leader of integrated external and internal audit teams with IT general controls, IT operational risks, and IT risk management processes (including controls);
• Supporting external financial statement, SOX compliance, and Internal Audit/SOX engagements evaluating and testing application controls, particularly automated controls on a wide range of ERP systems and software applications across a wide variety of client business processes;
• Leading client engagements pertaining to SOC attestation and other third-party opinion services;
• Leading consulting and audit engagements pertaining to cybersecurity risk management;
• Leverage your existing network and personal brand in the marketplace to drive growth for the risk consulting practice; including: identifying, proposing on, and securing new opportunities;
• Oversee a diverse book of business, maintaining overall responsibility for the profitability, effective delivery and engagement risk of all client related work within the portfolio;
• Manage multiple client projects simultaneously, while providing leadership on proposal opportunities and ongoing internal initiatives;
• Recruit and retain future leaders of the firm. Leverage your experience and expertise to advance the professional aspirations and skills of your colleagues, our managers, and our risk consulting services staff.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, accounting, MIS, computer science, or related a discipline;
• Ten years of experience working in the field of information technology risk management, internal audit, and/or public accounting and consulting, with a minimum of 8 years at a public accounting or professional services firm;
• Experience leading engagements and leading managers and staff; experience managing project financials and managing projects to completion within agreed upon fess and budgets;
• Experience managing people, mentoring staff, providing performance feedback, and monitoring workloads of the team while meeting stakeholder and client expectations;
• Strong understanding of information technology controls and security experience in a widely used financial applications and ERP systems (such as SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, or others) is preferred;
• Executive command and complete understanding of relevant regulations and industry standards (e.g., SOX, AICPA SOC Reporting Standards, COSO, COBIT, FFIEC, ITIL, ISO27001, PCI, HIPAA and GLBA) and best practices and methodologies to address these requirements. Ability to apply these requirements to organizational internal control frameworks;
• Professional certification(s) such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA®), Certified Information Systems Security Professionals® (CISSP®); Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®) and/or Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) is required;
• Recent successful experience in cultivating new business and related market-facing activities;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Advanced written, verbal and presentation skills, including interaction with members of senior management;
• Ability to travel to meet client needs (estimated to be in a range from 10% to 30%).

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits.

As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer all applicants will receive consideration for employment as RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; color; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender (including gender identity and/or gender expression); sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service; US Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. 

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at careers@rsmus.com.

RSM does not intend to hire entry level candidates who will require sponsorship now OR in the future (i.e. F-1 visa holders). If you are a recent U.S. college / university graduate possessing 1-2 years of progressive and relevant work experience in a same or similar role to the one for which you are applying, excluding internships, you may be eligible for hire as an experienced associate.

RSM will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the requirements of applicable law, including but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For additional information regarding RSM’s background check process, including information about job duties that necessitate the use of one or more types of background checks, click here.

At RSM, an employee’s pay at any point in their career is intended to reflect their experiences, performance, and skills for their current role. The salary range (or starting rate for interns and associates) for this role represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, education, skills, work experience, certifications, location, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.

Compensation Range: $122,300 - $245,900

Individuals selected for this role will be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.