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Job Title

About your role:

As a Director Risk Assurance, you will lead independent risk assurance activities that evaluate the design and effectiveness of controls across business processes, technology environments, and regulatory obligations. You will work with senior leaders, control owners, and cross-functional partners to identify risk themes, strengthen governance, and support a consistent control environment that protects clients, associates, and the business.

What you'll do:

• Lead risk assurance reviews across operational, financial, technology, and compliance domains to assess control design, execution, and issue remediation.
• Partner with business leaders and control owners to evaluate risk exposure, identify control gaps, and recommend practical actions that improve control effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain risk assurance plans, review scopes, testing approaches, and reporting aligned to enterprise risk priorities and regulatory expectations.
• Communicate review results, control themes, and remediation priorities to senior stakeholders through clear written reports and executive-ready presentations.
• Monitor corrective action plans to confirm timely resolution of issues and sustained improvement in the control environment.
• Use data, documentation review, and stakeholder interviews to identify emerging risks, process breakdowns, and opportunities to strengthen governance.
• Support continuous improvement of risk assurance standards, methodologies, reporting, and quality practices across the function.
• Responsibilities listed are not intended to be all-inclusive and may be modified as necessary.

Experience you'll need to have:

• 8+ years of experience in risk assurance, internal audit, risk management, compliance, or internal controls within financial services, payments, banking, or a similarly regulated industry.
• Experience evaluating business process, operational, and technology controls, including control testing, issue identification, and remediation validation.
• Experience preparing written reports and presenting risk, control, and remediation outcomes to senior leaders using clear, measurable recommendations.
• Experience using risk assessment, control evaluation, and documentation techniques to support governance and assurance activities.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in finance, accounting, business, risk management, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education, related experience and/or military experience.

Experience that would be great to have:

• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), or equivalent certification.
• Experience supporting assurance activities related to financial services regulations, payments, or enterprise risk frameworks.
• Experience working with governance, risk, and compliance platforms or data analytics tools used for testing and reporting.
• Master's degree in a related field.

How you'll work:

• This role is on-site Monday through Friday. Fiserv considers in-person collaboration to be an essential part of this role as in-person office experiences help you with your overall onboarding experience and leads to stronger productivity.

Sponsorship:

You must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including, but not limited to, F-1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H-1B, H-2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered for this role.

Benefits at Fiserv:

• Fuel Your Life program to support your physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being.
• Paid holidays and generous time away policies.
• No-cost mental health support through Employee Assistance Programs.
• Living Proof program to recognize your peers' extra effort with points redeemable for rewards.
• Eight Employee Resource Groups to foster a collaborative culture and expand your network.
• Unparalleled professional growth with training, development, and internal mobility opportunities.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance options available from day one.
• Retirement planning including 401k match and discounted shares with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Tuition assistance and reimbursement program.
• Paid parental and military leave.

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Salary Range

These pay ranges apply to employees in New Jersey and New York. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ.

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• Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

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