Join Mizuho as a Lead for Controls & Audit function/team in Front Office IT!
In this role you will serve as a member of the Front Office Technology Services Tower. You will be responsible for comprehensive oversight across FO IT Towers to coordinate, track, and drive compliance with a broad array of IT controls and audit activities. You will be the Lead for the Embedded Control Manager (ECM) team within Front Office Technology. Front Office Technology is the business-facing IT group supporting Mizuho’s Fixed Income, Equities, Futures and Banking businesses as well as our Derivatives (Murex) CoE, Markets Operations and Risk Technology.
Covered Functions in C&A
Perform: coordination, evidence collection, review / challenge, tracking, KPIs, metrics & reporting for control functions including:
- Audits (internal, external, regulators)
- Governance, Risk and Controls (GRCC) including:
- SOX controls
- RCSAs
- MGSIL (Mizuho-specific home-office reporting)
- ITRM
- ITGC
- Risk Acceptance, Policy Exceptions, and Self-Identified Issues
- Vulnerability Management
- TPRM Issues
- Major Incidents - tracking
Leadership and Management
- Lead of Team - function for FO IT which spans all FO IT Towers
- Point person between FO IT and other Mizuho GRC groups (including IT-GRC, Audit, IT Towers outside of FO IT - both regionally in the Americas as well as coordinating with other regions)
- Manage and Mentor Tower-dedicated FO IT C&A team.
- Reports to FO IT Services Tower Lead
Candidate Qualifications
Required background, skills, and experience.
- Over 10 years of Experience in financial services with domain knowledge of FI, EQ, and/or Banking
- Over 7 years of Experience in IT organization with strong understanding of SDLC and IT controls
- Over 7 years of Experience in IT risk, audit, governance, controls
- Demonstrated history of successful collaboration
- Ability to matrix manage both people and issues
- Passion for execution to completion
- Comfortable with complexity
- Uncomfortable with ambiguity - drive ambiguity to clarity
- Strong communication skills - both written and verbal
- Savvy with office technology tools
CISA or other related industry certification preferred.
The expected base salary ranges from $200k-$250k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.
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Other requirements
Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.
Company Overview
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.
Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package.
We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran.
We participate in the E-Verify program.
We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.
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What We Do
This is not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above. Here, every person is respected because of their differences, not in spite of them. We pride ourselves on a culture of purpose, passion and compassion.
At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone.
Working for Mizuho opens doors not just to a rewarding career with excellent prospects, but to lasting friendships with colleagues from diverse cultures. It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world.
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