Director, IT Risk & Compliance

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RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

A Brief Overview
Lead and manage all aspects of RGA's global IT governance, risk and compliance processes. Establish goals, metrics, determine future opportunities for change/improvements, assign individual responsibilities, and provide training opportunities for associates. Determine and acquire resources needed for projects and support activities. Participate in the development of policies, procedures, standards and controls. Support IT related business planning requirements including, but not limited to budgeting, scheduling and workload planning.
What you will do

• Develop and establish IT risk and controls register, including the identification of specific global regulatory mandates and objectives.
• Perform specific compliance related activities and prepare necessary reporting on compliance requirements. Facilitate compliance activities across IT groups to ensure timely completion.
• Maintain proper linkage from IT risk and controls register to IT policy.
• Plan and manage IT controls and compliance processes ensuring all compliance activities meet obligations and expectations. Facilitate process to review findings and determine a proper risk based outcome and resource availability for management response of remediation activities and timelines.
• Leads and manages the activities of department management in all aspects of supervisory duties, including but not limited to hiring, training, evaluation, coaching, and disciplining direct reports. Foster a positive and engaged work environment. Mentor associates and give guidance on associate development.
• Ensure roles and responsibilities are clear for IT controls and compliance processes including IT roles and external roles with external auditors, internal auditors, Human Resources and law department.
• Ensures IT uses appropriate software to track and document compliance related activities for both audit requests as well as remediation of identified issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience required.
• 10+ Years IT audit, controls and regulatory compliance, or related experience required and 3+ Years management experience.
• Project management skills. Demonstrates ability to evaluate IT controls objectives and feasibility.
• Oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received by the customer.
• Ability to translate business needs and problems into technical solutions.
• People management skills, demonstrating an ability to lead, mentor and develop staff. Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of broad business and finance related practices.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and/or sub-teams simultaneously, including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility.
• Ability to adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions.

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.