Chief Controls Testing Manager 12 Month FTC

Lloyds Banking Group•Halifax, NS

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief Controls Office is a core part of the Group COO Chief Operating Office, a team focused on driving the transformation of the GCOO’s control environment as mandated through the group-wide Resetting Risk Management Programme. This includes delivering an effective and robust control framework, providing assurance on the Group COO's control environment, and offering SME insights into remediation, ongoing compliance, and continuous improvement. This role is for a Chief Controls Testing Manager to join for a 12-month secondment, to provide insightful, high-quality analysis and testing of the SOX IT control environment in alignment with the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management and SOX Frameworks.

Requirements

Existing deep operational expertise aligned to ITGC SoX in-scope applications and infrastructure testing.
Experience of data-led control management and practical implementation.
Strong organisational skills to manage the preparation of documentation.
Ability to understand and assimilate different sources of data and complex information to support effective problem solving.
Strong analytical skills to assess control environment effectiveness.
Demonstrate leadership in control testing activity.
Inspire others by building rapport and gaining commitment through strong personal identity.
Embrace diverse viewpoints; demonstrated in the way you do business and collaborate with others.
Demonstrate a growth learning mindset and is open to new experiences to grow your individual and team skill.

Nice To Haves

Experience of leveraging strong analytical skills to assess control environment effectiveness, using a wide range of information and sources to identify potential impacts on the business.
Innovate to go faster by taking responsibility for challenging existing testing techniques; being an early adopter of change and viewing advancements in technology as opportunities to help us deliver for our customers.

Responsibilities

Provide insightful, high-quality analysis and testing of the SOX IT control environment in alignment with the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management and SOX Frameworks.
Deliver an effective and robust control framework.
Provide assurance on the Group COO's control environment.
Offer SME insights into remediation, ongoing compliance, and continuous improvement.
Manage the preparation of documentation that includes summarising data and information to produce and maintain standardised risk and control process maps.
Assess control environment effectiveness, using a wide range of information and sources to identify potential impacts on the business.
Enable the production of concise reporting outputs on the effectiveness and performance of controls and compliance.
Challenge existing testing techniques.
Be an early adopter of change and view advancements in technology as opportunities to help deliver for customers.
Build rapport and gain commitment through strong personal identity.
Embrace diverse viewpoints in business dealings and collaboration.
Demonstrate a growth learning mindset and openness to new experiences to grow individual and team skills.