Analyst, Technology Risk

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Reporting to the Manager of Technology Risk, the Analyst, Technology Risk will assess, prioritize, and mitigate Technology risks with controls that will protect OMERS assets and information enterprise-wide. This will be accomplished by collaborating with Technology information/process owners to align proposed risk mitigations to their defined Business Unit risk appetite; ensure timely remediation of audit/risk points and responses to compliance requests.

As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments of IT systems, applications, and processes to identify potential vulnerabilities and threats.
• Evaluate the impact and likelihood of identified risks and prioritize them for mitigation.
• Support the Technology Risk Team to ensure standards are followed and risk mitigations are in place and monitored related to Technology risks, security standards and audit control findings.
• Assist the Sr. Analyst in preparing risk assessment reports to senior management and stakeholders.
• Provide analysis of key data points and information gathering to support risk reporting, and coordinate meetings with key stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on the status of action plans relating to Technology risk, Policy Exceptions and Internal Audit issues
• Identify opportunities to continually enhance and develop existing technology risk management methodology, policies, processes and tools
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster a risk-aware culture within the organization
  
  

Education

To succeed in this role, you:

• Bachelor's Degree in a technology related field or business administration, or related field augmented by industry related training programs and supported by work experience.
  
  

Experience

• Working towards a CISA or equivalent with a minimum of 3-5 years relevant work experience in a risk-related function within the financial services or consulting industries
• Understanding of IT and security risks, processes, and controls and ability to converse at a technical level.
• Familiar with COBIT 5.
• Demonstrated ability to develop trusted collaborative working relationships across multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills
• Ability to communicate complex information in a clear, concise and structured manner
• Self-starter with proven track record of execution and results.
• Great business judgment, ability to influence others and strong analytical thinking
• Ability to prepare presentations, status reports, process narratives and workflow diagrams.
• Computer skills: Expert-level knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, PowerBI, Power Automate
• Knowledge of enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance systems (e.g., ServiceNow GRC)
  
  

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 4 days per week.

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From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.