Technical Risk Advisor
Posted on: 23 Jan 2025
Austin, TX | Denver, CO
Job Description
Senior Technical Risk Advisor – Denver, Colorado OR Austin, Texas
Are you ready to use your technical risk and governance background for one of the world’s largest FinTech organizations? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union as a Senior Technical Risk Advisor!
Western Union powers your pursuit.
In this critical role, you will assess, report, and recommend remediation activities to reduce risk, working with technology owners.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Responsibilities
Assess and report on the operational effectiveness of controls and procedures, as well as the risk posture, of information resources and technologies to ensure appropriate safeguarding of Western Union’s data.
Utilize strong policy and process knowledge, as well as experience with different control domains to ensure compliance with Information Security Program.
Communicate evolving Security and Compliance requirements to a variety of internal audiences across the company.
Actively manage the Risk Register, drive preparation of risk assessment and facilitate risk decisioning and tracking.
Qualifications:
5+ yrs of Information Security or IT Audit/Risk experience
Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. Equivalent work experience is acceptable.
At least one of the following certifications preferred: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC.
Strong experience with information assurance, risk management and assessment in technical environment
Western Union
Rochester, NY
We are a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement. From small businesses and global corporations, to families near and far away, to NGOs in the most remote communities on Earth, Western Union helps people and businesses move money - to help grow economies and realize a better world. In 2018, we completed more than 800 million transactions for our consumer and business clients. We continue to innovate, developing new ways to send money through digital, mobile, and retail channels, with an array of convenient pay-out options to meet business and consumer needs.
We are a business centered on the needs of our customers, and over the years, we’ve invested and innovated to provide consumers and businesses with even more choices – in products, in services, and in how and where they can access Western Union when moving money across borders.
We move money for better, enabling individuals, families and friends to securely and seamlessly transfer money in the ways that are most convenient for them, whether that is walking into a retail location or using our Western Union website or app to move money in minutes.
Our customers use our services to send money to family members in nearly every part of the world, to provide support, recognize a special occasion, and enable entrepreneurship or education.
As businesses have a growing need to move money around the globe and transact in different currencies, we’ve answered these needs with Western Union Business Solutions to help navigate the global economy, including solutions for International Payments, Risk Management, and Cash Management Solutions. We offer a wide range of industry-specific solutions that today help over 50,000 clients including financial institutions, educational institutions, NGOs, and small/medium sized businesses needing to make cross-border payments.
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IndustryBanking/Financial Services
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No. of Employees12,000
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