AVP, Automated Controls

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and execution of automated controls.

• Take ownership of the design and implementation of automated controls that are directly integrated into investment, underwriting, settlements, finance, and data workflows.

• Oversee control execution and operations throughout the development life cycle, ensuring clear accountability for control ownership and execution once in production, including transitioning ownership/execution to the accountable team.

• Convert financial, operational, IT, cyber, data governance, and AI risk requirements into automated and other controls embedded in investment, underwriting, settlements, finance, and data workflows.

• Identify risks linked to business processes and recommend, design, and document controls to mitigate those risks.

• Streamline and standardize control processes so that controls are integrated rather than added later.

• Integrate controls into the data & analytics platform.

• Collaborate with data, technology, and architecture teams to embed controls within data pipelines (data quality checks, reconciliations, lineage, access control, etc.).

• Create and implement continuous monitoring, dashboards, and alerts for critical controls and risk indicators.

• Ensure data controls adapt alongside changes in data architecture, pipelines, and downstream consumption.

• Design, build, and maintain automated internal financial controls over settlements, reserving, and financial reporting, ensuring that controls execute reliably and provide auditable evidence.

• Work with IT to review and confirm appropriate ITGCs (access, change management, operations) for key applications and the new platform, supporting ICFR where applicable.

• Establish a process and accountability for the maintenance of control documentation, evidence, and issue tracking as part of daily operations.

• Collaborate with IT to review and confirm that embedded automated controls have been established to manage operational and technology risks including process failures, data loss, unauthorized access, and system misuse.

• Partner with Information Security to ensure effective IAM, logging, monitoring, and incident detection within critical processes.

• Support governance of AI/machine learning and analytics models, including controls over data sourcing, versioning, approvals, performance monitoring, and model changes.

• Act as a control lead on transformation initiatives, ensuring that controls are considered from design through implementation.

• Establish and maintain an operating model for automated controls, covering ownership, lifecycle management, evidence, exceptions, and remediation.

• Promote the adoption of automation-first and controls-by-design practices through hands-on engagement, workshops, and training with business and technology teams.

• Implement continuous control monitoring and follow up on issues and remediation to manage risk and control performance in real time.

• Investigate control exceptions, coordinate remediation efforts, and ensure sustainable solutions are put in place.

• Develop metrics and dashboards to evaluate control coverage, reliability, and efficiency, while continuously identifying opportunities to further automate, rationalize, and simplify controls.

• Provide transparent control evidence and performance reports to business, Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit as downstream stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, Risk Management, or a related field.

• Over 7 years of relevant experience in risk, controls, internal audit, technology risk, or related functions, preferably in (re)insurance, insurance, or financial services.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing automated controls integrated into business processes and technology platforms (e.g., ERPs, policy/claims systems, data platforms).

• Demonstrated capability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from design through implementation and adoption, influencing senior stakeholders across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Technology.

• Strong understanding of: Internal financial controls and ICFR concepts, IT General Controls (access, change management, operations), Operational risk frameworks and process control design, Cybersecurity and information security principles, Familiarity with data platforms, ETL/ELT processes, and analytics/BI tools (e.g., data warehouses, data lakes, visualization tools).

• Experience with implementing automated controls in Palantir Foundry or similar platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra, cloud-native data stacks).

• Knowledge of zero-trust principles and automated enforcement within IAM and cloud-native environments.

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and ambiguous environment, with a proven track record of influencing cross-functional stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus based on company and individual performance.

• Generous benefits package.