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Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for accurate and timely development of manual and automated testing and/or supporting operational and administrative activities related to the end to end test development process. Key responsibilities of the job include evaluating test structure to determine automation viability, accessing pertinent databases to source testing data, and collaborating with Compliance and Operational Risk officers and/or Front Line Unit (FLU) process owners to design sampling and test procedures that support the test objective and ensure the repeatability and reliability of the testing.

Responsibilities:

• Designs independent testing on a team in support of coverage needs identified by Compliance and Operational Risk officers and/or Front Line Unit process owners, inclusive of transactional, qualitative, onsite, employee quality review, and surveillance testing
• Assesses databases and documentation from internal and external sources to develop data extract, sampling, and testing procedures, working closely with Front Line Unit data contacts and subject matter experts
• Collaborates with Compliance and Operational Risk officers and/or Front Line Unit process owners to design sampling and test procedures that support the test objective and ensure the repeatability and reliability of the testing
• Manages the quality of the test design process in accordance with the Independent Testing Enterprise Policy and Standard
• Embodies EIT/GRA Core Skills: Critical Thinking, Decisive, Leverage Enterprise/Matrix Management/ Proactive/ Project Management, Manages Risk, Adaptability, Collaborative, Customer, and Client Focus, Communicate Effectively (Written and Verbal), and Control Rigor and Discipline
• Partners effectively with process and data owners in the FLUs/CFs, risk managers, Global Compliance Operational Risk (GCOR), and various teams within GRA and EIT who provide operational, data sourcing, and technology infrastructure support. The outputs of the methodologies will be used to drive process improvements and timely detection and reporting of errors
• Utilizes methodology (e.g., models, analytical tools, and testing scripts) outputs to drive process improvement and timely detection of errors
• Communicates to effectively explain the rationale and details of the methodologies and results to a broad set of audiences that include key senior stakeholders across the Bank, as well as auditors and regulators
• Applies experience in process and operational excellence

Enterprise Independent Testing (EIT) is a sub-line of business within Global Risk Management (GRM) and is responsible for developing a consistent and coherent set of analytical tools and tests for effective risk and capital measurement, management and reporting across Bank of America. EIT partners with the Lines of Business and Enterprise functions to ensure the capabilities it builds address both internal and regulatory requirements, and are responsive to the changing nature of portfolios, economic conditions, and emerging risks. In executing its activities, EIT drives innovation, process improvement and automation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degrees or above in fields including but not limited to: Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Process and Engineering, Operations Research, Data Science, Accounting, Business Administration (or equivalent work experience)

2+ years of relevant work experience in software engineering in Quantitative Finance or other industries

Able to document and verbally explain the intuition and details behind testing methodologies in a manner that is clear, concise, and consumable for a broad set of audiences that include key stakeholders across the Bank, as well as auditors and regulators

Knowledge of financial services industry and related regulations

Demonstrating analytical and problem-solving

Digital fluency

Experience implementing process improvements and automation

Implementing process improvements and automation

Skills:

• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
• Problem Solving
• Application Development
• Data Collection and Entry
• Data Privacy and Protection
• Influence
• Issue Management
• Automation
• Business Intelligence
• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• Quality Assurance
• Reporting

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40