Head of IT Foundational Controls
Job Summary
Job Description
OKX is seeking a Head of IT Foundational Controls (Director) to lead a critical function within a leading crypto organization. This role involves shaping the foundational control landscape, ensuring operational integrity and compliance for global operations. The ideal candidate will build and lead a high-performing team, drive strategic initiatives, and impact the robust and secure operation of crypto products and infrastructure. The role requires extensive experience in IT audit within the crypto exchange or product space, with a strong understanding of ITGC principles applied to novel technical and control environments.
Must have:
- Lead technology audit teams in crypto exchange/product space.
- Advanced SQL analytical skills for data analysis.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Fundamental understanding of blockchain technology.
- Comprehensive knowledge of IT General Controls (ITGC).
- Expertise in evaluating change management processes.
- Deep dive capability in access management auditing.
- Advanced understanding of data protection auditing.
- Expertise in secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) auditing.
- Ability to assess IT operations for high-availability platforms.
- Advanced grasp of IT risk management principles.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements for crypto exchanges.
Perks:
- Competitive total compensation package
- Learning and Development (L&D) programs and education subsidy
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependents
17 skills required
Job Details
Who We Are
About the Opportunity
OKX is undertaking a significant global team buildout, and we are looking for an experienced and visionary Head of IT Foundational Controls (Director) to lead this critical function. This is a unique opportunity to shape the foundational control landscape within a leading crypto organization, ensuring the highest levels of operational integrity and compliance for our global operations. You will build and lead a high-performing team, drive strategic initiatives, and directly impact the robust and secure operation of innovative crypto products and infrastructure
We are seeking a seasoned IT audit professional with demonstrable experience in applying foundational controls within the crypto exchange or crypto product space. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of ITGC principles applied to novel technical and control environments, coupled with strong leadership and analytical skills.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead and manage a global IT foundational controls audit team, including driving the technology foundational control audit strategy as well as hiring and developing individuals across key regions.
- Drive the execution of global IT Foundational Controls (ITGC) audit programs, ensuring comprehensive coverage and adherence to best practices, with a specific focus on high-volume crypto environments.
- Collaborate effectively with functional and regional portfolio leads to provide expert IT foundational controls testing support for stand alone and integrated audits, ensuring controls are robust enough for assets with irreversible transactions.
- Develop and implement advanced audit methodologies tailored to the unique complexities of blockchain technology, crypto exchanges, and decentralized systems, particularly concerning access management, change management, and data protection.
- Provide strategic guidance and insights on emerging foundational control risks and their implications in the cryptocurrency space to senior leadership.
What We Look For In You
- Prior Experience Leading Technology Audit Teams in the Crypto Exchange/Crypto Product Space is Highly Preferred.
- Advanced SQL Analytical Skills: Ability to perform complex queries, data modeling, and statistical analysis on large datasets from various sources (transactional databases, blockchain data, log files) for in-depth audit evidence, impact analysis, and anomaly detection.
- Strong Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills: Capacity to analyze complex, often novel, technical and control environments unique to crypto, identify intricate root causes of issues, and propose effective, context-specific solutions.
- Fundamental Understanding of Blockchain Technology: Basic knowledge of distributed ledger technologies, consensus mechanisms (e.g., PoW, PoS), cryptography (hashing, public-key), and the lifecycle of a cryptocurrency transaction.
- IT General Controls Auditing: Comprehensive knowledge of ITGCs with an emphasis on how they apply to the unique components of a crypto exchange, ensuring controls are robust enough for assets with irreversible transactions.
- Change Management Auditing: Expertise in evaluating change management processes for highly sensitive systems like hot/cold wallets, smart contracts, and core exchange matching engines, emphasizing strict approval, rigorous testing, and immediate incident response for failed changes.
- Access Management Auditing: Deep dive capability to assess user provisioning/deprovisioning, privileged access management for critical crypto infrastructure (e.g., private keys, multisig wallets, liquidity pools), and complex segregation of duties across financial and technical roles.
- Data Protection Auditing: Advanced understanding of cryptographic key management, hardware security modules (HSMs), multi-party computation (MPC), and the ability to audit robust data protection measures for private keys, customer funds, and sensitive personal data.
- Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Auditing: Expertise in auditing secure SDLC methodologies specifically for smart contracts, blockchain nodes, and exchange applications, including formal verification, fuzz testing, and secure coding practices.
- IT Operations Auditing: Ability to assess the effectiveness of IT operational controls for always-on, high-availability crypto exchange platforms, including real-time monitoring, automated incident response, disaster recovery for blockchain data, and continuous patching.
- Risk Management Principles for IT Foundational Controls: Advanced grasp of risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring methodologies specifically tailored to the high-stakes, real-time, and often irreversible nature of crypto transactions.
- Knowledge of Specific Regulatory Requirements impacting IT controls: Understanding of specific regulatory requirements impacting crypto exchanges globally (e.g., anti-money laundering (AML), combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) as per FATF, sanctions compliance, specific licensing requirements for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) and how these translate to technical controls relevant to ITGCs.
Why OKX?
Join a rapidly growing and innovative company at the forefront of the crypto industry. At OKX, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact, work with cutting-edge technologies, and collaborate with a talented global team. We offer a dynamic work environment and a chance to contribute to the future of decentralized finance.
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
- More that we love to tell you along the process!
OKX Statement:
OKX is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- The salary range for this position is $240,000 - $360,000
- The salary offered depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to the salary, a performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via OKX internal or external careers site.
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