Technical Controls Assurance Specialist
Lancashire
£45,000 - £50,000 + Performance Bonus
Permanent Role - On Site
Your new role
I'm currently looking for a Technical Risk Controls Assurance specialist to work for a Lancashire-based organisation to assist with the maintenance, enhancement and assurance of technical controls during a period of change.
The ideal candidate will have a firm knowledge of ITGCs and experience driving and testing controls, and may have come from an IT Audit or information security risk background, possessing the relevant framework knowledge that comes with this role history.
Responsibilities:
Technical control enhancement, development and implementation
Testing business-wide IT controls against an annual schedule
Supporting information assurance and controls teams
Scheme attestations - thorough reviews of control statements
Supporting technical operations, supplier management and operational resilience on risks, with the view to creating, driving and providing assurance on preventative, detective and directive technical controls
Working with key stakeholders and embedding your understanding of information security from a controls perspective
Taking ownership of assurance activities pertaining to technical controls
Working on the continual enhancement of technical controls using your knowledge of contemporary risks and the controls to mitigate, escalate or accept them
Act as a technical risk and control SME
What you'll need to succeed
Knowledge of what a good control looks like but also has the ability to effectively test controls
Understanding of core technology and information security frameworks (COBIT, NIST, ISO27001)
Excellent articulative ability
Demonstrable experience working in IT audit, IT risk management, technical controls testing/management and IT risk & assurance-related roles
Experience in an IT assurance role
Experience testing controls and enhancing information security and IT Risk policies
Relevant industry certifications are desirable, as is the drive to achieve them.
Willingness to learn
What you'll get in return
Annual performance bonus
Good pension scheme
Development-focused work culture offering certifications, qualifications and tangible progression
What you need to do now
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