Position Title: Technology Risk Specialist – SOX Governance
Location: New York, New York (Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week)
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Compensation: $56.54/hour
Duration: Contract through February 2027
About the Company
Our client is a leading national financial services institution recognized for its strong risk culture, technology-driven innovation, and enterprise-wide governance standards. This role sits within a highly visible technology risk team supporting critical regulatory and operational initiatives.
About the Role
The Technology Risk Specialist will join the Technology SOX Governance (TSG) team and play a key role in ensuring technology controls supporting critical processes remain compliant with internal policies and external regulatory requirements. This position offers strong exposure across lines of business and collaboration with control stakeholders at multiple levels.
You will support day-to-day technology risk governance operations (“core services”) while also contributing to enterprise-wide strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening and modernizing technology risk management practices.
Key Responsibilities
Control Governance
- Ensure assigned technology controls operate effectively and as designed
- Provide oversight aligned to policies and regulatory standards
- Serve as risk consultant for assigned control portfolio
Control Maintenance
- Evaluate and challenge control design
- Support internal and external control testing
Testing Readiness & Audit Support
- Perform independent pre-audit assessments of first-line tech controls
- Assess process sufficiency and execution effectiveness
Issue Management
- Identify potential control gaps
- Provide consultation and effective challenge
- Drive remediation planning and issue closure
Strategic Delivery
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives within technology risk
- Support implementation through Agile or standard SDLC methodologies
Basic Qualifications
- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent
- Minimum 3 years of Risk Management experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 4+ years Information Systems Risk Management, IT Audit, or Compliance
- 4+ years project management experience in risk
- 3+ years experience with SOX and COSO frameworks
- Experience with Risk Controls and Process Management
- 2+ years experience with Python, SQL, or Databricks
- Relevant certifications (PMP, CISA, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, AWS, etc.) preferred
