Information Security Risk and Compliance Manager
Avant is dedicated to building premier digital banking solutions for the middle class through a combination of technology, analytics and superior customer service. Since 2012, Avant has connected over 1.5 million customers to over $7.5 billion in loans and 700,000 credit cards. A high growth financial technology company, Avant has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg, and has raised over $600 million of equity capital. Visit www.avant.com for more information.
The Information Security Risk and Compliance Manager will coordinate and manage internal and inbound industry and partner compliance audits across the organization. They will manage a team as player/coach and work collaboratively across Avant to ensure policies and standards are followed to maintain a state of compliance via continued implementation of oversight via a GRC platform.
What you do at Avant:
- Advocate for company Information Security related issues via routine risk assessments.
- Lead and manage audits and reviews to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Manage the PCI compliance program: Maintaining adherence to the PCI DSS and tracking upcoming changes and tracking remediation of compliance gaps. Adhere to the cadence of quarterly reviews and yearly audits.
- Manage third party information security compliance and security assessments and coordinating with the appropriate regulatory entities and authorities.
- Engage with critical third parties and validate adequate controls are in place on a routine basis.
- Be fluent in and represent Avant’s Information Security program to third parties.
- Respond to questionnaires regarding the Avant Information Security Program.
- Foster strong relationships with internal business units and excel in risk management, technical controls and cybersecurity communication.
- Serve as a point of contact and liaison with external examiners for assessments throughout the year and at end-of-year evaluations.
- Collaborate with teams and employees to ensure compliance with audit standards, close audit findings.
- Monitor changes to the regulatory frameworks and landscape and recommend policy changes to the Executive team that will help the business be proactive in maintaining compliance.
- Travel as needed to office locations and third-party on-site engagements when safety circumstances dictate.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Why you are a fit for Avant:
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field or equivalent experience.
- People management experience or interest
- Ability to influence and achieve results via accountability and negotiation and creative problem solving.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong facilitation skills with a proven track record of proactively obtaining consensus across working teams toward a common goal.
- Experience working with external partners and handling outside facing relationships.
- Experience working with government and regulatory entities is a must.
- Experience interpreting revising and planning around policies a must
- 5 years experience managing projects or programs.
- Experience in cloud environments a plus
- Experience in information security compliance is a plus.
- Experience configuring and implementing GRC systems around processes is a plus.
- Fluencing in FAIR methodologies is a plus.
Why Avant is a fit for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
We value, support, and help each other grow
We are committed to active inclusion and diversity
We are transparent and believe the best idea wins
We succeed when our customers succeed
We get sh!t done… responsibly
And we keep it fun!
We believe that ideas are more important than titles, everything is more fun together, everyone drives change, and everyone is an owner. While we believe the perks and benefits that we offer are terrific, nothing excites us more than having the ability to collaborate with intelligent, highly-motivated and talented people on challenging problems as we work to change the face of online lending.
Avant is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability or genetic information or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance.