Group Finance Risk - IT Assurance Manager; FTC

End Date

Friday 06 March 2026

£65,385 - £72,650

Hybrid Working, Job Share

JOB TITLE:

Group Finance Risk - IT Assurance Manager (12-months FTC)
SALARY: £65,385 - £72,650
LOCATION(S):

Edinburgh and Bristol

HOURS:

Full time
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.

We have an exciting opportunity to join the SOX team within Group Finance Risk (GFR). 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. Pro-actively managing 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.

• Play a key role in delivering the Group’s IT SOX assurance programme.

• Perform IT controls assurance, leading on specific control areas and business units.

• Build and share understanding of the end-to-end SOX IT landscape

• Challenge existing approaches and build on the quality of our assurance processes; identifying, recommending, and delivering on areas for improvement, including through the use of technology; to deliver effective and efficient risk-based assurance.

• Support & coach less experienced team members.

• Share challenge and insight with partners across the Group, acting as a trusted advisor on areas of expertise.

• Support Senior Managers on project management and delivery.

• Actively participate in supporting our agenda on purpose, priorities, people and engagement.

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.

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.

• Experience in delivery of insight, challenge and advice whilst building collaborative relationships across the Group.

• Strong analytical skills to understand and analyse different sources of data and complex information, effectively problem solving and making control assessments.

• Ability to challenge risk and control owners on the end‑to‑end management of risk within a Finance landscape.

• Strong project management skills.

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills to work with people at all levels to meet shared objectives.

• IT SOX experience required

• 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.

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