Job title: Control Testing – Consultant

The Team

Regulatory & Legal Services

We help organizations in their efforts to achieve regulatory and legal compliance and transform their departments to add greater value to the business. We combine highly specialized skills focused on process, risk and controls to produce transformative insights.

Work you’ll do:

Deloitte is seeking a Senior Consultant within Analytics & Technology for Internal Control Testing and Validation project/s which will be responsible for implementing our clients’ testing program and executing testing on a go-forward basis. It will also include validation testing of our client’s internal controls executed by their first and second lines of defense.

The Analyst will be responsible for completing timely and high-quality validation activities, as well as, for identifying issues, validation concerns, and observations, recommending corrective actions, presenting results of validation reviews, interfacing with business partners, and writing reports. Additionally, in this role, you will:

·        Plan and complete testing within required timeframes and in accordance with established processes and procedures

·        Applying risk analysis principles, determine the design and operating effectiveness based on defined guidelines including articulation of the rationales for findings/observations.

·        Develop testing strategies/test script questions, including procedures and selection of samples, sample size, and rationale.

·        Prepare working papers, ensure that documentation appropriately supports the testing conclusions, and document process flows and describe major processes within the area being reviewed.

·        Participate in control walkthroughs and prepare minutes and walkthrough narratives ensuring the information is covered accurately and completely.

·        Analyze the results of testing and review activities. Analyze exceptions and make recommendations to enhance internal controls.

·        Ensure that testing is accurate, complete, and in accordance with standards and protocols.

·        Effectively communicate the testing or validation process/ test/review results and issues/concerns, status, and results to business and risk partners

·        Write and/or review reports or presentations that clearly articulate the results/conclusions of testing or validation activities.

·        Identifying and implementing efficiencies and process improvements

·        Complete assigned activities in accordance with established processes and procedures under limited supervision

·        Actively participate in learning & development opportunities to ensure the use of best-in-class processes and procedures.

·        Developing clear and concise reporting to be shared with leadership.

Required skills:

·        Graduate degree with 2-3 years’ experience or an interest in risk management (includes control testing, issue identification and validation, compliance, operational risk, business process management)

Preferred skills

·        Knowledge and understanding of financial services industry: compliance, risk management, or audit operations.

·        Experience executing testing procedures and methodologies; evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, initiatives, products and internal controls; and identifying issues resulting from internal and/or external compliance examinations.

·        Prior experience in business process, regulatory, or IT audit and/or business process, regulatory, or IT SOX advisory/consulting service (1^st/2^nd/3^rd LOD processes)

·        Intermediate Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)

·        Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability.

·        Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

·        Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy

·        Ability to interact with all levels of an organization.

Qualification

·        Graduate degree

Location:

·        Any