The primary purpose of this role is to ensure the Digital & Technology environment adheres to control framework, regulatory requirements and industry standards. The role will focus on assessing, testing, and improving technology controls to provide assurance over risk management and compliance posture.
What’s in it for you
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
* After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
* Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
* Discretionary bonus schemes are awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
* A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
* A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
* Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
* Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
* Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
* A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.
What you’ll do
* Manage and execute controls assurance activities, evaluating design and operational effectiveness across applications, infrastructure and key processes.
* Identity control gaps and weaknesses, providing actionable recommendations to remediate and improve to mitigate risks.
* Design and execute regular controls testing activities to ensure controls are operating as documented.
* Support the Technology Controls Assurance Lead to develop and implement new controls in response to emerging risks.
* Partner with Internal Audit and Finance Risk & Controls to support internal / external audits and assessments of the technology control environment.
Who you are
* regulatory requirements (e.g. SOX, GDPR).
* Strong understanding and knowledge of key technologies (Infrastructure, Cloud, Network etc.)
* Experience of using and deploying GRC tooling
* Change agent, with the ability to embed new ways of working and drive cultural improvements
* Strong communication and relationship skills with the ability to engage and collaborate with diverse stakeholder, and the ability to translate technical information to user-friendly language.
* Professional qualification in CISA, CRISC or equivalent
Everyone’s welcome
We’re ambitious about the future of retail. We’re innovating, disrupting, and leading the way into a more inspiring, digital era. It’s an exciting time to be part of M&S.
To support us on our journey, we’re building inclusive, diverse teams where everyone can be themselves, do their best work, and make change happen. We support each other and succeed together.
Don’t worry if you don’t meet every single requirement of the job description. It’s more of a guide to what’s possible within the role. If you’re passionate, ready to work hard, and think the role feels right for you, we’d love to hear from you. #hybridrole #LI-Hybrid #LI-OT1