Job Description

Join us as an Application Controls Testing Lead

Leading multiple teams, you'll help us to protect the organisation by ensuring that the key controls over our IT applications and technology infrastructure are adequate, effective, and fit for purpose You'll drive the development, improvement, implementation, and maintenance of our technology controls assurance processes, procedures, and scheduling methodology, making sure that the global methodology and supporting processes are consistent, up to date, and fully aligned with necessary requirements You'll enjoy considerable variety and stakeholder interaction, leading regular senior stakeholder engagements, contributing to risk and controls assessments across the bank, and developing our control testing strategy This role comes with flexi-working, so you can start and end work when you want, as long as you work your weekly hours and you're working within core times We are offering this role at director level

What you'll do

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As our Application Controls Testing Lead, you'll manage an effective and efficient IT risk and controls assurance function for applications and infrastructure, meeting all policy, legal, and regulatory requirements. In doing so, you'll create a culture of continuous improvement, increasing efficiency and productivity by increasing adoption of automated controls testing solutions and great people leadership, coaching, engagement, and development. You'll develop, implement, and support integrated system solutions that drive efficiency savings, including the potential to utilise external assurance solutions.


We'll look to you to build and influence strong relationships with key and senior business and IT stakeholders across the organisation, developing and using these networks for IT internal control requirements and improvements. You'll also lead the engagement with external auditors to communicate IT assurance programme scope, coverage, and testing plans.


As well as this, you'll:

Maintain and oversee the annual IT assurance schedule for applications and infrastructure technology controls Work together with bank-wide Risk and Controls Self Assessment (RCSA) teams to integrate key technology controls into the RCSAs in line with Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework (EWRMF) Lead, motivate, and develop your teams to ensure all controls testing is done to high quality Proactively identify barriers to performance and manage improvements, sharing best practices and coordinating resource across your teams to maximise efficiency Drive and measure colleague performance and wellbeing, recognising success, developing talent and promptly addressing development areas

The skills you'll need

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We're looking for someone experienced in leading an IT controls assurance or audit function. Along with experience reviewing and assessing the quality of audit and control testing documentation, you'll have the ability to manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously and meet deadlines.


We're also looking for:

Significant experience in assessing automated controls, data quality controls and IT General Controls in a complex financial services technology environment The ability to drive adoption of automated controls testing solutions and tooling Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively influence and communicate with senior business and IT stakeholders to drive improvements in the bank's control environment An understanding of internal control frameworks, relevant regulations, industry standards, and their application in technology and financial processes * Experience of managing and influencing relationships with business and senior stakeholders and building positive working relationships