Manager, IT SOX Compliance

Job title: Manager, IT SOX Compliance

Company: Manulife

Job description: Are you looking for unlimited opportunities to develop and succeed? With work that challenges and makes a difference, within a flexible and supportive environment, we can help our customers achieve their dreams and aspirations.

Job Description

The delivery of technology solutions is critical to Manulife’s overall business strategies. Are you interested to join a Technology team that must deliver quickly, reliably and securely while demonstrating effective risk management to our customers, shareholders and regulators?

The Governance & Control (G&C) function is part of first line technology operations focused on managing operational risk and is responsible to operationalize and execute Global Technology risk strategy. G&C aligns with leadership to set the risk culture, supports IT in identifying and mitigating risks end to end and provides an objective view of key risks to enable business decisions. G&C also provides processes, data, skilled resources and insight to track accountability and enables risk-based decisions. Measures performance against mandatory requirements, such as risk standards, informing our operational risk position.

We are hiring for a Manager, IT SOX Compliance to join our growing team.

If you have an interest for operational Risk and control, we would like to talk to you!

​Key Responsibilities:

Monitor the materiality decisions for impact​

Update control procedures and framework to reflect change in required controls

Coordinate walkthrough and testing schedules with key stakeholders

Coordinate kickoff meetings within IT, internal audit, external auditor and control owners

Escalate delays in evidence requests, support resolution

Perform root cause analysis of issues with key stakeholders to resolve thematic and recurring issues

Report on progress related to SOX issues and corrective action plans

Report and monitor updates made to control inventories in the system of record

Oversee the annual IT SOX plans submitted by stakeholders, monitor key milestones

Manage the IT SOX Operational Forum with stakeholders

Manage the IT SOX collaboration site

Update the weekly dashboards and reports on progress to plan

Debrief on annual results

Qualifications:

You will bring many of these qualifications and continuously build upon the following skills.

Ideally minimum 3-5 years of progressive leadership in the areas of Information Security / Business Resiliency / Technology Risk strategies, principles, processes and deliverables within a large enterprise / Project management

University degree (Computer Science, IT, Business or related discipline preferred)

Previous IT risk advisory consulting experience is preferred

Working knowledge of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Expertise in best practices of various aspects of information risk management and prior experience as a leader in Information Risk strategy and execution

Strong communication skills and ability to explain highly technical information for non-technologists including executives

Strong competencies in collaboration, problem solving and influencing key risk decisions

Flexibility in working hours to due to the team global setup

Competencies:

Strong leadership, communication, consulting, decision-making and influencing skills

Strong stakeholder management and alignment skills

Superior presentation and facilitation skills to all levels and audiences

Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships

Strong team player (collaborative)

Problem solving, innovative and strategic thinker

Empowers team via delegation

Solid knowledge and understanding of the industry, strategic direction and operational challenges

Strong time management and organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities

Key Leadership Behaviors:

Strategic and innovative problem solving

Decision-making

If you are ready to unleash your potential, it’s time to start your career with Manulife/John Hancock.

About Manulife

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2020, we had more than 37,000 employees, over 118,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 30 million customers. As of December 31, 2020, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made $31.6 billion in payments to our customers. Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 155 years. We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

Manulife is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention and advancement and we administer all of our practices and programs based on qualification and performance and without discrimination on any protected ground. It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will consult with applicants contacted to participate at any stage of the recruitment process who request any accommodation. Information received regarding the accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially.

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 22:36:55 GMT