Senior Risk Assessor

Company: Fiserv
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: May 4, 2021

Job Description:

As a Senior Risk Assessor you will?

The Senior Risk Assessor in this role will be responsible for the leading third party risk assessments, site visits and ongoing monitoring of risks. This responsibility will span from understanding the use of the third party and services delivered, working with business leaders across Fiserv and subject matter experts to understand impacts, directly assessing third party to identify critical areas of risk.

Fiserv’s Third Party Risk Management program ensures that our service providers have effective processes in place to adhere to the same high standards we set for our organization. Fiserv has relationships with thousands of suppliers and critical third-party service providers spanning the globe, delivering a wide variety of services and goods. The use of third parties increases the level of risk to Fiserv and our clients.

This role will require domestic (and potential for some international) travel, up to 30%.

What does a Senior Risk Assessor do?

As assigned, execute end to end review of third party services, understanding business context, scope of services, and key risk areas of use.

Partner with business (1st Line) for the collection of critical artifacts and evidence required from vendor.

Travel onsite to third party to execute assessments

Identify issues resulting from assessments, work with business to ensure findings have identified owners and follow up plans.

Communicate final reports to stakeholders including vendor business liaisons, sourcing and legal; conduct walkthrough as needed.

Partner with peers and leader to ensure risk assessments are completed on time, escalate roadblocks and issues in a timely manner.

Ensure work deliverables maintain high level of quality, ensuring the appropriate identification of critical risks.

Leadership Qualities:

Demonstrate strong ability to analyze information and data

Demonstrates strong subject matter expertise and sound judgement to align appropriate risk level

Conduct an assessment in a collaborative manner to effectively assess controls while maintaining business relationships

Quickly analyze information security controls, ensure clearly written assessments, and provide constructive action items to assessors

Translate security, business continuity, and operational controls into business risk

Work with diverse contacts throughout the world to achieve results

Communicate technical issues to non-technical people

Demonstrate collaborative partnership skills for working with various points of contacts

Demonstrate strong problem-solving and conceptual thinking abilities

Demonstrate capacity to think broadly but go deep into subject matter when needed

Basic Qualifications for Consideration:

.Bachelor’s Degree

5+ years’ experience with related experience in information security, risk assessments, or business continuity.

Preferred Skills, Experience, and Education:

CISSP, or CISA, or CRISC certification

Travel required: Potential for up to 30% travel

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Learn more about Fiserv:

To support the total well-being of our associates, Fiserv takes a broad approach to our benefits. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that provides flexibility and affordability with a variety of medical, dental, vision, life insurance and disability options.

We are #FISVProud of our benefits and well-being programs. Our commitment to wellness, wellness education, preventive services and fitness activities are designed to meet you where you are.

Life moves fast. And as it does, we know most people aren’t thinking about “financial services”. But we are.

We help people and businesses move money and information every minute of every day. Our solutions connect financial institutions, corporations, merchants and consumers to one another, millions of times a day, behind the scenes, reliably and securely.

We’re Fiserv, a global leader in Fintech and payments enabling innovative financial services experiences that are in step with the way people live and work today. The company’s approximately 44,000 associates proudly serve clients in more than 100 countries, so their customers, members and consumers can move money when and where they need it, at the point of thought.

Our Aspiration is to move money and information in a way that moves the world. As a FORTUNE™ 500 company and one of FORTUNE Magazine World’s Most Admired Companies for the seventh consecutive year, we are committed to excellence and purposeful innovation.

We welcome and encourage diversity in our workforce. Fiserv is an Equal Opportunity Employer (People of Color/Females/Vets/Disabled/LGBT)

Explore the possibilities of a career with Fiserv and Find Your Forward with us.

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