Manager - Technology Risk Services

Roles & Responsibilities (essential functions and responsibilities of the job):

Service delivery related :

- Execution on client engagements - Ensure quality delivery as per client requirements.

- Review of working papers & client folders. Suggest ideas on improving engagement productivity and identify opportunities for improving client service.

- Identify areas requiring improvement in the client's business processes to enable preparation of recommendations.

- Indentify & internally escalate and potential red flags related to the engagement.

- Demonstrate strong understanding of business process, accounts and emerging IT trends.

- Demonstrate industry expertise (detailed understanding of the industry, trends, issues/challenges and leading practices).

- Preparation of reports/deliverables/status updates/audit committee presentations.

- Demonstrate ability of multi-task and manage multiple projects as directed by the managers.

- Handling data analytics - Access, ACL, SQL etc.

- Ensure compliance with engagement plans and internal quality & risk management procedures.

- Comply with requirements from ICAI auditing and assurance standards AAS29.

- Demonstrate an application & solution-based approach to problem solving technique.

- Manage the engagement budgets and support superiors in developing marketing collaterals, business proposals and new solution / methodology development.

- Develop strong working relationships with client (process owner/functional heads).

- Attention to detail and mentor young interns and analysts within the practice.

- Contribute to knowledge management sessions within the practice.

- Identify and escalate potential business opportunities for the firm on existing client engagements.

People related : 

- Demonstrate the ability to effectively discharge supervisory responsibilities.

- Manage small teams - motivate, counsel & develop junior colleagues.

- Demonstrate ability to conceptualize & translate lessons learned on client engagements into relevant training sessions for junior colleagues and contribute to learning & development initiatives.

- Pro-actively identify and escalate counselees not being chargeable on engagements.

- Provide real-time constructive verbal feedback to team members and facilitate timely completion of engagement review forms.

- Contribute to effective team work in internal engagement situation.

- Support knowledge sharing efforts and continually improves processes so that the work team can capture and leverage knowledge

Education and Experience:

Essential:

- Between 5 to 7 years in various aspects of IT audit, IT risk management function or General IT administration/management in IT risk consulting.

Bachelor degree in Engineering (BE) / Bachelor degree in Technology (B.Tech) / Chartered Accountant (CA) / MBA's.

Desirable:

Other Professional Certifications are desirable - CISA, DISA, CISSP, CISM etc.

Candidate Specifications (insert the relevant personal skills here):

Essential Skills:

- Strong analytical ability

- A thorough understanding of business process, accounts, emerging IT Trends

- Ability to manage the field work and ability to work with cross functional team

- Strong communication & writing skills

- A good understanding of Internal Control Process

- A good understanding of Sarbanes Oxely requirements

- A good understanding of COBIT, BS 7799 Responsibility Framework

Desirable Skills:

- Communicate with Impact & Empathy

- Develop Self & Others through Coaching

- Build & Sustain Relationships

- Be Passionate about Client Service

- Be Curious: Learn, Share & Innovate - Lead & Contribute to Team Success

- Demonstrate Courage & Integrity

- Acquire and Apply Commercial & Technical Expertise

- Manage Projects & Economics

- Be Open Minded, Practical & Agile