IT Compliance Manager

Division: CISO

As a global critical financial infrastructure, the protection of Euroclear information and assets is fundamental to the company’s business. Security is at the core of our services, firmly embedded in the management systems and processes of the company.  You will be joining our CISO division in charge of putting in place the required controls to adequately and effectively protect our information assets.

Our part of the deal

Due to the central position of Euroclear in the financial industry and the growing regulatory pressure, risks and controls are at the core of our business and day-to-day activities. We offer you a key position providing you with the opportunity to develop leadership skills as well as core competencies in the domain of risks and controls.

You will join a stimulating international team supporting all Euroclear group entities, allowing you to grow your understanding and develop transversal knowledge of IT and business services across the group.

You will play an active role in developing the Continuous Assurance Testing team.

You will develop a network at various levels of the organization through field work, cross-divisional collaboration and contacts with senior people in the company, both in IT and with Risk Management and Audit. This will bring you exciting career evolution opportunities in the first, second or third line of defence.

Your part of the deal

Within the Continuous Assurance team, you will take end-to-end responsibility of the IT client queries service. You will also lead regulatory and compliance attestation activities including and coordinate internal activities for inspections and external assessments.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include: 

• Lead the IT client queries service, ensure timely and qualitative delivery and drive the maturity improvement roadmap for this service.
• Develop and maintain an assessment strategy and plan for the assessments in your scope.
• Lead compliance assessments with possible contribution from compliance analysts, assess and challenge evidence received, and formulate conclusions.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders (IT, business, risk, internal/external audit), obtain senior management validation and report assessment results.
• Lead the monitoring and reporting on the progress of remediation actions resulting from compliance gaps.
• Supervise and coach compliance analysts in the execution of simple compliance assessments and responding to client questionnaires.

Technical skills　

• University degree or equivalent experience (education in computer science or engineering is a plus)
• Fluent knowledge of English (verbal, writing, presentation). French and/or Dutch is a plus
• Experience in the IT Compliance domain or equivalent experience in the following domains: General IT Controls, Cyber Security and Business Resilience
• Process-minded and good knowledge of the key principles of the IT related frameworks such as COBIT 2019, ITIL, NIS, ISO27k, and PRINCE2 is a plus (no certification is required)
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, or CRISC are an asset 

Soft skills

• Critical mind-set and ability to challenge and influence middle management and IT professionals
• Strong risk mind-set: you seek a culture of excellence
• Strong leadership and communication skills, both in the field, in the team or with management: you are a keen team player and coordinate work among people from different areas or divisions. A good relationship builder with strong diplomacy skills
• You are a highly motivated self-starter and quick learner and you are able to work proactively in an exciting environment with challenging priorities
• Strong analytical and risk assessment skills. You know how to break down complex risk situations into manageable pieces and to address logical links and dependencies. You can distinguish essential information and summarise it accordingly. You see how information is linked and you recognise common patterns in elements that seem unrelated at first
• Strong analytical and risk assessment skills. You know how to break down complex risk situations into manageable pieces and to address logical links and dependencies. You can distinguish essential information and summarise it accordingly. You see how information is linked and you recognise common patterns in elements that seem unrelated at first
• You are a highly motivated self-starter and quick learner, and you are able to work proactively in an exciting environment with challenging priorities