Risk & Controls Associate

Flourish · Brooklyn NY

Company

Flourish

Location

Brooklyn NY

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Flourish was founded in 2017 with the goal of helping financial advisors to better secure the financial futures of their clients. We focus on independent Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs), delivering financial products that advisors can’t easily access today through beautiful, scalable, and easy-to-use technology.

Today, we work with over 400 RIAs that collectively represent more than $1 trillion in assets under management across two products: Flourish Cash,1 a cash management solution with more than $1B in deposits, and Flourish Crypto,2 a turnkey cryptocurrency offering built for financial advisors and their clients. In February of 2021, we joined MassMutual3 to continue our journey in partnering with the independent RIA community to help more people reach their financial goals.

Read on if you are interested in joining a small, highly collaborative, rapidly growing startup—backed by the support and stability of a Fortune 500 company.

About You

With an eye for details, you are excited to monitor the risk environment of the Company and provide insights to enable effective risk management. You enjoy partnering with the business by providing advice, guidance, and problem solving to identify areas of risk and make valuable recommendations on controls. You are interested in influencing change and decisions for business initiatives, project launches, and system implementations. A dynamic environment is motivating and you are passionate about technology and able to focus on key issues and the details that come with it.

About the Role

The Flourish Risk & Controls team is responsible for monitoring risk across Flourish and providing insights to enable effective risk management. As a member of the team, you will advise the business, including product and engineering groups, while identifying areas of risk and making recommendations on mitigating controls. You will contribute to the strategic development of the controls strategy for the business and assist in the decision making process for business initiatives including product launches and system implementations. You will partner with leaders and stakeholders across the organization to achieve a strong control environment that enhances and protects organizational value.

As a member of the team, you will contribute to the execution of the annual risk assessment process and design and execute risk-based audit programs to address the identified risks and compliance requirements. You will prepare audit reports to document audit scope, procedures, findings, and recommendations. You will interpret the significance of audit findings, draw conclusions from findings, and make practical recommendations for remediation. You will communicate with and educate process owners on the importance of controls, an effective control environment, and the role of the team.

Principal Responsibilities
  • Maintain the inventory of internal controls and assist control owners in their knowledge and understanding of the controls they own
  • Support the design and documentation of controls and where appropriate framework, policy, and process documentation to support those controls
  • Coordinate the annual risk assessment process and assist management in identifying and mitigating risks
  • Assist with holistic risk quantification and mitigation efforts across business units
  • Develop internal audit scope and audit plans
  • Acquire, analyze, and evaluate documentation to execute audit plans
  • Prepare and present reports that reflect audit results
  • Maintain open communication with teams and leadership across the organization
  • Manage the relationship with the external auditors
  • Project manage the external audits across multiple regulatory regimes including the audit preparation process and communication between auditors and control owners
  • Actively identify areas to improve operations and independently handle broad-scope projects
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of work experience in an audit, advisory consulting, or risk management role
  • Experience designing, testing, implementing internal controls and reviewing business processes
  • Ability to interact with all levels, set objectives, and create results
  • Ability to navigate through ambiguity
  • Ability to manage and coordinate multiple project assignments simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability and willingness to take initiative to address problems and make continuous process improvements
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
  • CPA, CA, CIA, or related experience
  • Knowledge of broker-dealer compliance requirements, including SEC Rule 17a-5
  • Knowledge of the AICPA Trust Services Criteria for SOC 2 Examinations

Disclosures:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

1 A Flourish Cash account is a brokerage account offered by Flourish Financial LLC. Flourish Financial LLC is not a bank. The cash balance in a Flourish Cash account will be swept from the brokerage account to deposit account(s) at one or more third-party banks that have agreed to accept deposits from customers of Flourish Financial LLC (Program Banks). The accounts at Program Banks will pay a variable rate of interest. If you were introduced or invited to Flourish Cash by a third-party investment adviser or other third party, whose name or logo may be shown above, please be aware that, unless otherwise disclosed to you, they are not affiliated with Flourish Financial LLC and will not provide any advisory or brokerage services for your Flourish Cash account or have the authority to provide instructions on your account.

2 Flourish Crypto is a cryptocurrency investment account through which investors can trade cryptocurrencies and maintain custody of cryptocurrencies and U.S. dollars. Custody of Flourish Crypto accounts, including all assets in the accounts, and cryptocurrency trading services are provided by Paxos Trust Company, LLC (Paxos) in accordance with the Paxos Terms. Paxos is a New York limited purpose trust company regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services. Website and other technology services and support for Flourish Crypto accounts are provided by Flourish Digital Assets LLC (Flourish Digital Assets) in accordance with the Flourish Crypto Terms. Flourish Digital Assets is registered in New York as a commodity broker-dealer. Investment options in Flourish Crypto accounts are currently limited to bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies held in Flourish Crypto accounts are not currently eligible for in-kind transfer to other custodians or cryptocurrency wallets. If a Flourish Crypto account is closed, the customer’s cryptocurrency positions will be liquidated and the customer will receive the U.S. dollar proceeds. Investing in cryptocurrencies involves a high degree of risk, as further described in the risk disclosures section of the Paxos Terms and the Flourish Crypto Terms. Flourish Crypto accounts are separate from Flourish Cash accounts and assets in Flourish Crypto accounts are not eligible for protection by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

3 The Flourish business is owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual"). Flourish Financial LLC and Flourish Digital Assets LLC are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of MassMutual.

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09/02/2022

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