Governance Specialist

Working with us means believing in the future; in the great people who are shaping it together every day and in the wide-ranging career paths it opens up. #believeinyourself

Erste Group was founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank and today it is one of the largest banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). As an attractive employer, Erste Group offers interesting career opportunities in an international environment.

COO GRC and Outsourcing is a central governance unit. It operates in tension between regulatory requirements (Outsourcing, IT Risk, Resolution) on the one hand and eagerness to "implement and go" by IT and business on the other.

Our mission is to create and maintain: 

• a theoretical and operational framework

• data & information 

• relationships with relevant stakeholders 

to ensure maximum compliance and enable found decision-making while keeping the negative impact on business activities low.

Your Tasks

• Translate theoretical regulatory guidelines and regulations about Third Party Risk, Outsourcing, and IT into practical internal policies and procedures

• Align their creation with relevant stakeholders like IT operations, Security and Non-Financial-Risk, ensuring the required "buy-in" and support

• Take a leading role in the rollout and governance of the policy, including user support, monitoring and continuous improvement of related processes and tools

• Act as Governance Officer, taking decisions on service categorizations and determining the required deliverables

• Act as an ambassador for our topics: inform and convince that activities are needed and meaningful - in Austria and our CEE entities

Your Background

• Legal background with regulatory experience preferred; additional knowledge in IT, Non-Financial Risk, or Business Intelligence is a plus. A solid foundation in some areas and eagerness to build expertise in additional areas is essential

• Excellent communication skills

• Hands-on mindset to work self-independently

• Strong resilience and capacity to overcome setbacks

• Excellent English and good German skills, both written and spoken

Our Offer

• A wide field of topics and activities to get involved in, which ensures variety and makes learning part of your daily life

• Your new team is considered a great team – a mix of various characters dealing with distinct tasks, but always with a good sense of humor and supporting each other

• The activities in scope will allow you access to senior experts in various areas of Erste Group, which can be a great opportunity for learning and developing

• Discover and enjoy the benefits of Erste Group

• The minimum wage for this full-time position in accordance with the collective agreement with complete fulfillment of the functional profile is 49.772,00 EUR gross per year. But this is just a formality - we would be happy to talk about your actual salary in person 

• We offer our employees the opportunity to divide their hours between working from home and at the office.

The way we are:

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.

Your application has been successfully submitted