IT Risk & Audit Remediation Lead

As the founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, Quanteam is a consulting firm specialized in Banking, Finance, and Financial Services. Through our core human values – proximity, teamwork, diversity, excellence – our 1000 expert consultants, hailing from 35 different nationalities, collaborate across 13 international offices: Paris, Lyon, New York, Montreal, London, Brussels, Luxembourg, Geneva, Lisbon, Porto, Casablanca, Madrid and Singapore.

Overview

Our client is strengthening its IT control framework in response to increasing regulatory expectations and internal audit scrutiny. As part of this effort, the CIO Office is seeking an IT Audit Remediation & KRI Reporting Lead to drive remediation initiatives and enhance risk monitoring capabilities across IT functions.

This role acts as a strategic bridge between Audit, Risk, and IT teams, ensuring effective coordination, timely remediation, and measurable improvements in the organization’s risk posture.

Key Responsibilities

• Audit Remediation
• Lead and coordinate IT audit remediation efforts across infrastructure and IT domains
• Track and challenge remediation plans to ensure timely and sustainable resolution of audit findings
• Ensure consistency and quality of remediation documentation
• Stakeholder Management
• Act as the primary interface between Internal Audit, Risk, and IT operational teams
• Engage IT managers and technical teams to drive alignment and accountability
• Facilitate governance forums and provide regular updates to senior management
• KRI & Reporting
• Define, implement, and monitor Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) related to IT controls
• Build and maintain dashboards to track remediation progress and risk exposure
• Provide clear, actionable reporting to CIO Office and senior stakeholders
• Control Framework & Continuous Improvement
• Support the enhancement of IT control frameworks and documentation
• Identify systemic weaknesses and propose sustainable improvements
• Contribute to regulatory readiness and audit preparedness initiatives

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in IT Audit, IT Risk, or IT Control functions within a banking or financial services environment
• Solid understanding of IT infrastructure (networks, systems, cloud, security)
• Proven experience managing audit remediation programs
• Experience with KRI definition, tracking, and reporting
• Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to interact with senior IT leadership
• Excellent communication and coordination abilities

Nice to Have

• Experience in US regulatory environment (e.g., Fed, OCC expectations)
• Familiarity with frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL, NIST
• Exposure to large-scale IT transformation or infrastructure programs

Profile

• Senior, hands-on professional with both technical depth and leadership capabilities
• Ability to operate as a change agent within complex organizations
• Strong ownership mindset with focus on delivery and measurable outcomes

Positioning

This is a high-impact role within the CIO Office, designed to strengthen IT governance and accelerate remediation in a context of increasing regulatory pressure. The position combines strategy, execution, and stakeholder alignment, making it critical to the bank’s overall risk management framework.