New 
Lead Sme _ First-line Control Testing
 Tata Consultancy Services | |
$90,000 - $130,000
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sick time, 401(k)
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 United States, Wisconsin, Green Bay | |
 Oct 28, 2026 | |
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Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills Typically 12+ years of experience in operational risk, RCSA, internal controls, first-line control testing, compliance risk, internal audit, or related financial-services risk disciplines. * Significant experience designing or transforming first-line control testing and RCSA programs within a bank or regulated financial institution. * Deep knowledge of risk and control inventories, process taxonomy, risk assessment, key control identification, control design assessment, operating-effectiveness testing, sampling, evidence standards, issue management, QA, and reporting. * Strong working knowledge of COSO 2013, the IIA Three Lines Model, 12 CFR 30 Appendix D, and relevant banking regulatory expectations. * Experience across banking processes such as payments, consumer lending, mortgage, deposit products, checking account opening, loan origination, pricing, and marketing. * Proven ability to develop regulator-ready methodologies, playbooks, templates, operating models, executive reports, and implementation roadmaps. * Demonstrated experience leading workshops and managing senior stakeholders across first line, second line, Internal Audit, technology, data, and business operations. * Strong technical review, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and executive-presentation skills. * Experience coaching and assessing control testers through practical execution and quality-review cycles. * Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, risk management, business, information systems, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred. * Relevant certification preferred, such as CPA, CIA, CISA, CRMA, CRCM, or equivalent risk/control qualification. Roles & Responsibilities Lead the current-state assessment of the first-line control testing framework, process taxonomy, risk-rating criteria, key control standards, control design methodology, testing procedures, governance, QA, and reporting. * Define and validate a defensible and reproducible methodology for identifying high-risk processes, documenting key risks, designating key controls, and determining control testability. * Establish the maturity baseline and 12-month target state, ensuring recommendations are traceable to 12 CFR 30 Appendix D, COSO 2013, and the IIA Three Lines Model. * Lead development of the process, risk, and control baseline for ten priority processes across multiple business areas. * Oversee preparation and quality review of process inventories, process maps, KRCMs, control design assessments, testing plans, workpapers, exception logs, and reporting templates. * Direct operating-effectiveness pilot testing for ten key controls across three selected processes, including population definition, sampling rationale, evidence sufficiency, exception evaluation, conclusions, and reporting. * Establish and enforce quality standards for tester qualification, documentation, evidence sufficiency, workpaper review, QA, issue escalation, and risk acceptance. * Lead development of the target operating model, including roles, decision rights, governance forums, QA, escalation, issue linkage, KRIs, risk appetite linkage, and no-testing strategies. * Facilitate workshops and working sessions with first-line business leaders, second-line risk, Internal Audit, control owners, data teams, technology stakeholders, and governance committees. * Resolve complex methodology question s and provide clear recommendations while recognizing that final methodology, risk acceptance, control designation, remediation, and acceptance decisions remain with the Bank. * Review and approve all technical deliverables before submission, ensuring findings are evidence-based and recommendations are prioritized by impact, effort, dependency, and ownership. * Lead shadow and reverse-shadow activities, coach Bank testers, assess competency, and support achievement of the required first-pass quality threshold. * Identify practical automation and Bank-approved AI opportunities, define reviewer controls and data-handling constraints, and ensure AI is not used to generate conclusions in pilot workpapers. * Support engagement governance through weekly working sessions, steering updates, risk and issue escalation, decision tracking, and Phase 1 gate-readiness assessments. * Maintain compliance with Bank security, confidentiality, NPI-masking, data-handling, location, training, and third-party risk requirements. Generic Managerial Skills, If any * Executive stakeholder management * Structured problem-solving * Facilitation and consensus-building * Coaching and capability transfer * Ability to operate effectively across onshore and offshore delivery teams TCS Employee Benefits Summary: Discretionary Annual Incentive. Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans. Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves. Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection. Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement. Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays. Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing. Salary Range $90,000 - $130,000 a year Location
Green Bay, WI
Function
TECHNOLOGY
Role
Solution Architect
ID
437267
Skills
Risk Management & Compliance
Salary Range
$90,000 - $130,000 Desired Candidate Profile
Qualifications BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE | |