Position Information
NON-SCHEDULED DAYS: Saturday/Sunday
HOURS: 08:00 A.M. to 05:00 P.M.
SALARY RANGE: 112,440.00 - 128,740.00 USD Annually
BENEFIT INFORMATION: The salary will be based on previous experience, salary history, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.
Functional Purpose
Develops strategies and activities to identify, manage and mitigate risks and drive overall sustainability and performance. Evaluates and manages risks associated with systems security; change management; Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance, and third-party risk management, and other risk management initiatives.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Leads the development of program management plans; maintains schedules, risks, and performance metrics for IT Quality Assurance (ITQA) compliance initiatives.
2. Generates control frameworks and oversees SOX, PCI, and OIG compliance initiatives.
3. Evaluates the current IT environment to determine areas of improvement/enhancement and adherence to ITQA processes and compliance standards. Reviews project deliverables to ensure risk and mitigation conclusions are justified and meet quality standards.
4. Performs Contracting Officers Representative (COR) duties in alignment with Supply Management to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
5. Reviews controls, IT policies, processes, and procedures and tests against required control sets; identifies deficient process for improvements and presents resolutions to management.
6. Coordinates with other CIO and business functions and serves as liaison between ITQA office and contractor staff. Manages liaison relationships with business and CIO partners and auditing organizations.
7. Oversees and interfaces with internal and external regulatory and compliance functions. Keeps current of changes in applicable laws, regulations, and standards to ensure USPS is in compliance with SOX and PCI.
The United States Postal Service has the following excellent and challenging employment opportunity for highly motivated and innovative individuals. Successful candidates must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, and experience the following requirements:
Requirements
1. Knowledge of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Payment Card Industry (PCI) policies and procedures sufficient to oversee and provide technical and functional guidance related to standards and compliance requirements.
2. Knowledge of IT processes, databases, operating systems, and network architectures and corresponding security and compliance requirements.
3. Experience communicating technical information, orally and in writing, at a level sufficient to provide written and verbal guidance on technical issues and provide information to non-technical users.
4. Ability to manage multiple concurrent audit/risk remediation projects as well as lead the development and performance of employees to meet organizational compliance goals.
5. Ability to lead deficiency evaluation, reporting, aggregation, mitigation and remediation exercises.
6. Ability to communicate orally and in writing with senior management, third party vendors, external auditors, and government agencies.
7. Skill using Microsoft Office products (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint), sufficient to compile data, develop reports, and prepare correspondence and presentations.
8. Ability to manage contracts, including negotiating with vendors, determining tasks and budget factors, evaluating technical proposals, and monitoring contracted efforts.
9. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Possession of a Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science or a closely related field from a college or university accredited by a national or regional accreditation organization recognized and sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Education OR five (5) years of equivalent work experience.
Persons Eligible to Apply
All U.S. Citizens, permanent resident aliens, citizens of American Samoa or any other territory owing allegiance to the United States.
Applicants must be available for screening activities, including an interview.