VP - Control Testing - BFSI

The primary purpose of the role is to manage and develop the regional conformance testing coverage and to determine the design and operating effectiveness of key controls being performed within APAC.

- Establish a regional Control Testing team within Chennai and Mumbai including the hiring and training, process and tools roll-out etc.

- The VP will be managing a team of approximately 5 to 6 staff.

- The VP will be liaising across the Group, ensuring that Conformance Testing carried out in Chennai is consistent with Conformance Testing carried out in the other regions. Also they will need to understand Group policies as they will be testing against these policies and opining on compliance to these policies.

- Work with the global testing lead, Ops Risk and Control Officers and Operations Management team to agree the scope of each testing schedule and ensure it aligns with the Testing Team capacity and Business priorities

- Work with the Risk and Control managers to understand the risks and controls to be tested, and the policies and standards to test against

- Lead the Control Testing team through each cycle of testing including:

- Process and Control Walkthroughs

- Design Effectiveness Test (DET) scripts and expected results

- Operational Effectiveness Test (OET) scripts and expected results

- Analyze IB Ops processes e.g. Manual Payments, to identify the Key Controls e.g. Call Back procedures

Professional Experience :

- Demonstrable testing skills

- Comprehensive Knowledge of different testing practices and tools

- Proven track record of successful delivery in complex environments

- Proven financial services experience with comprehensive knowledge of a complex

- Operations environments, specifically:

- Front to Back Operational Processes

- Operational Risk

- Risk and Control Functions

- Regulatory Management – preferable but not essential

- Proven people management and communication skills

- Demonstrable Regional responsibilities and Management of large teams (preferably >10 FTE)

Technical Experience :

- Highly proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

- Experience with Visio and Project preferable

- Experience with Testing Tools (SOX, Audit etc) preferable