Risk, Controls and Assurance Manager

Job Req ID: 35885

Posting Date: 5 Jul 2024

Function: Risk, Compliance and Assurance

Unit: Finance, Strategy & Business Services

Location:

1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

This role can be based in Birmingham or London.

Recruiter: Ben Hunt

Hiring Manager: Mark Tyler

Career Grade: D

Internal Closing Date: Friday 19th July 2024

Why this role matters

The Risk, Controls and Assurance Manager supports a risk management framework that helps BT Group be smart with risk, making informed decisions that enable a progressive, trusted and resilient company to connect for good. In supporting the Internal Audit function, the role also helps the business connect for good by being a trusted, critical friend.

The Tools and Operations team are at the heart of Group Internal Audit and Risk (GIAR), providing the infrastructure and tools to support GIAR in delivering services and support across BT Group efficiently. This role is key in supporting the Audit and Risk teams to deliver their annual commitments and to continually improve their ways of working.

As the owner of the annual GIAR calendar, you will be at the heart of the team, ensuring upcoming commitments are known and contributing to their success by, for example, coordinating Audit and Risk Committees across BT, reporting the status of the key control framework, developing a draft of Board papers. You will also support on projects to continually improve our risk, control and assurance frameworks and Audit methodology.

What you'll be doing

• Maintenance of the GIAR calendar of events.

• Co-ordination of Audit and Risk Committees and Risk Hubs across BT.

• Provide quarterly status updates on the Key Control Framework.

• Maintenance of the BT Group Policies, Standards and Key Controls.

• Coordinate an integrated assurance plan across the three lines of defence, tracking and reporting on the outcomes.

• Develop first draft of BARC papers.

• Monitor timesheet completion and track KPIs.

• Perform Quality Assurance of audit files and GRC/Unit Risk Reports, based on a defined methodology.

• Support on continuous improvement initiatives such asdevelopment of the Key Control Framework, IA methodology development, action tracking, skills assessments etc.

• Support the delivery of the risk community communication and engagement plan, including Community Hub and Intranet site.

The skills you'll need

• Experience of working in Internal Audit and/or Risk

• Clear communicator who is confident liaising with senior leaders from Risk and Audit

• Ability to organise and prioritise time to deliver outcomes to agreed timescales

• Ability to build strong relationships both within and outside of the team.

• Curiosity, particularly in terms of researching / suggesting and implementing new ways of working to enhance the efficiency of the team.

• Experience of working with Office 365.

Benefits

• 10% on target bonus

• BT Pension Scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, 10% BT Contribution

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with service

• Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan

• World-class training and development opportunities

• Discounted BT Broadband, TV and Mobile packages

• Access to 100s of retail discounts including BT Shop

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

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