IT Assurance Assistant Manager - #1620856

JOB TITLE: IT Assurance Assistant Manager

SALARY: £43,803 - £48,670

HOURS: Full time

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh and Bristol

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity to join the SOX team within Group Finance Risk. The team is responsible for providing SOX expertise and reporting to the Group, including methodology, guidance and training, and assurance testing of SOX controls across the Group. As we enhance our approach to SOX IT controls assurance, we are building our IT risk and controls expertise, across a number of roles.

This role provides a perfect opportunity to use your IT risk and controls expertise and natural desire for change to continue to evolve our approach to assurance, and strengthen the IT control environment, including utilising tools and automation to enhance delivery of our SOX testing. Responding and adapting to internal and external change will also be key to the role, as we continue our Group Strategic Transformation programme.

Join us on our journey as we build a team where our colleagues are valued and supported to become experts in what they do, support the Group and grow their careers. We want colleagues to feel connected to our Group strategy and understand how their role supports the delivery of the Group's objectives.

Day to day you will:

• Support the team in delivering the Group's IT SOX assurance programme.
• Delivery of independent assurance assessments of IT control design and operating effectiveness.
• Planning, prioritisation and organisation of allocated testing to meet delivery deadlines.
• Analyse multiple data sources to reach testing conclusions, sharing insights identified.
• Challenge existing approaches and build on the quality of our assurance processes; identifying, recommending, and delivering on areas for improvement, including using technology; to deliver effective and efficient risk-based assurance.
• Provide insightful information and guidance to stakeholders to help mitigate risk and improve the control environment.
• Support Managers on project management and delivery.
• Actively participate in supporting our agenda on purpose, priorities, people and engagement.

About us

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you'll need

We're looking for an IT risk & assurance professional, with the below skills and experience:

• Ability to demonstrate and apply a thorough understanding of IT related risks and control.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills to work with people at all levels to meet shared objectives.
• Ability to understand and analyse different sources of data and information to effectively problem solve and make control assessments.
• Drive to be part of a diverse high performing team, focussed on your own and team development.

Any experience in these areas would be really useful:

• SOX experience would be beneficial.
• Qualification in a related field (audit, risk management, accounting).
• Using technology enabled solutions to improve quality and efficiency of controls testing or other day to day activities.
• Demonstrable experience in control and/or testing automation, including data analytics and programming languages (e.g. VBA, SQL or Python).
• Knowledge of SOX regulations, PCAOB requirements and SOC reporting.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch! We'd love to hear from you!