The Testing CoE (Center of Excellence) is an essential part of our company, ensuring that we are setting our businesses, clients, customers, and employees up for success. The Testing CoE organization is responsible for evaluating Compliance and Operational risk processes and controls to provide an independent assessment of the control environment and compliance with laws, rules and regulations; report results; as well as define and maintain Testing Procedures. The Testing CoE covers all firm businesses, corporate functions, and technology. The CoE is part of the Control Management function which is responsible for maintaining a strong and consistent control environment through a joint accountability model that aligns managers with each function and region to mitigate compliance and operational risk. The Testing CoE is a critical to supporting both the first and second line of defense.