Security Assurance Specialist - Associate

iCapital is powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. Our financial technology platform has transformed how advisors, wealth management firms, asset managers, and banks evaluate and recommend bespoke public and private market strategies for their high-net-worth clients. iCapital services approximately $113 billion in global client assets invested in 942 funds, as of January 2022.

iCapital was named Solutions Provider of the Year at the 2020 MMI/Barron’s Industry Awards and selected to the 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 Forbes FinTech 50, a list of the top 50 innovative financial technology companies that are transforming finance through technology.

The Governance and Risk Specialist at iCapital Network works on a small team that receives due diligence questionnaires (DDQ) from clients on information security and other topics. The team provides answers and artifacts to support the answers for those DDQs. Throughout the year 30,000+ questions are answered with many similar, but slightly different. Attention to detail is needed so that answers in the same DDQ are not contradictory. Many answers will require obtaining a deep knowledge of iCapital business units and the technologies that they use.

Responsibilities

Work with clients, client-facing teams, and DDQ portals to receive DDQs

Find the answers that best match DDQ questions

Work with business units and technology teams to find artifact evidence that support the answers

Escalate outstanding issues to management

From time to time assist the vendor risk team with their vendor DDQ evaluations as client assurance and vendor risk are related programs

Candidate Profile

Five years experience in a technology role, preferably information security

A bachelor's degree in computer science or technology/information security-related field

Experience using GRC tools is plus

Excellent knowledge of security risks pertaining to cloud and controls that match those risks

A quick learner with desire to continually learn

Excellent communication skills including strong English writing skills

The successful candidate will be detail oriented to ensure that all answers are correct and nuanced to the client question

Benefits

iCapital offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a total compensation program consisting of competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and equity for all full-time employees; healthcare with 100% employer-paid health and dental insurance; and generous paid time off (PTO).

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