For over 30 years, Cook Systems has partnered with organizations across the country to solve technology challenges and build strong technology teams. As a veteran-owned IT consulting company, we combine decades of industry experience with a continued focus on how technology, AI, and the way people work are evolving.
Our work spans technology consulting, talent development, and AI-enabled solutions. We value people who take ownership, adapt quickly, communicate well, and care about the quality of their work. Whether you’re early in your career or bringing years of experience, you’ll have the opportunity to keep building your skills, contribute to meaningful client work, and grow with a company that continues to evolve with the industry.
Summary: The IT Risk and Compliance Manager leads the development and maintenance of the IT risk and compliance management strategy. This role involves collaborating with corporate compliance, internal auditing, and various technical teams to implement audit, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance practices within IT. The manager guides cross-functional teams to ensure IT systems operate with adequate controls, while proactively promoting technology-related internal controls awareness and training.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development and implementation of IT risk and compliance management strategies.
- Develop and maintain policies, standards, processes, and procedures for IT risk assessment, monitoring, and remediation.
- Collaborate with corporate compliance, internal auditing, and technical teams to design audit and compliance practices.
- Direct cross-functional teams in reviewing and testing IT internal controls.
- Facilitate risk assessments and identify risk themes.
- Promote technology-related internal controls awareness and training across IT and business units.
- Monitor and analyze technology risk trends and recommend IT policies to strengthen operations.
- Advise IT and business executives on technology risk and compliance status and mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate IT components of internal and external audits, federal and state examinations.
Required skills:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 10 years of IT and business work experience, including managing teams responsible for risk management, compliance, and audit.
- Detailed knowledge of industry regulatory environment and risk management practices.
- Thorough understanding of regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, and HIPAA.
- Senior-level management experience in risk and compliance management.
- Ability to provide strategic direction and mentor junior management staff.
- Accountability for IT functional or departmental results.
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We want our employees to have benefits that support their health, financial well-being, and life outside of work. Eligible Cook Systems employees have access to a comprehensive benefits package beginning the first of the month following their hire date, including:
- Medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield, with two plan options
- Dental and vision coverage
- Life, critical illness, and accident insurance through Unum
- Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care FSA options through Navia
- Health Gap Insurance through Sun Life
- 401(k) retirement plan through The Standard, with eligibility after six months
Beyond benefits, Cook Systems is a place where we expect people to take ownership of their work, communicate openly, continue learning, and contribute to the teams and clients they support.
We have been building technology careers and client partnerships for more than three decades, and we continue to evolve with the industry. If you’re looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, develop your capabilities, and be part of what comes next in technology, we’d like to hear from you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 10 years of IT and business work experience, including managing teams responsible for risk management, compliance, and audit.
- Detailed knowledge of industry regulatory environment and risk management practices.
- Thorough understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, and HIPAA.
- Senior-level management experience in risk and compliance management.
- Ability to provide strategic direction and mentor junior management staff.
- Accountability for IT functional or departmental results.
What We Do
We have nearly 30 years of experience, and our bent toward contrarian thought brings a refreshing perspective. The combination of these unique qualities empowers us to offer an approach to developing and delivering talent that is truly transformational. We don’t resist change; we embrace it as a continual way of life. Informed by a reverence for the history of the technology industry and an in-depth knowledge of its progression, we are able to capitalize on both timeless principles and new ideas. Rather than settling into the grooves on the path most traveled, we plot our own course. Cook’s approach is transformational, not transactional. We are passionate about investing in people, training up and tracking down the best of the best — not just on paper, but in real life, making the solutions we provide sustainable. Through our FastTrack’d program, team-delivered solutions and culture of internal growth, we have established a unique way of doing business — one that values people over placement, creating genuine partnership with our clients and candidates. The philosophy of the transformational approach: - We try new ideas. - We ask questions — even the tough ones. They create a path to understanding. - We believe who you are is ultimately more valuable than what you do. The transformational approach at work: - We equip talent though FastTrack’d with more than just technical skills, investing in personal character and integrity as central elements of being an excellent, sustainable candidate. - We welcome change, even within our own organization. We’ve transitioned our own internal tools onto an AWS platform with automated testing capability, utilizing dev/ops construct and agile development methodologies. - We reimagined the educational framework of FastTrack’d by shaping it into modules, allowing for client involvement in the final product while preserving the integrity of the proven training model.
