Senior IT Quality Assurance Manager

Senior IT Quality Assurance Manager GCB4 - Global Professional Practices Internal Audit Birmingham / Edinburgh

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Our Risk and Compliance function has a critical role to play in supporting challenging and advising across all areas of the business through establishing policy monitoring profiles and identifying and managing forward-looking risk and compliance. We focus on creating an environment that encourages our people to speak up and do the right thing as well as protecting our customers the organisation and the integrity of the financial markets in which we operate. Already an industry-leader in many respects we want to continue setting standards and evolving to respond to strategic changes.

Global Internal Audit provides independent objective assurance to management and the risk and audit committees as to whether the framework of risk management control and governance processes as designed and represented by management is adequate and functioning.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join the Global Professional Practices (GPP) team in the role of Senior IT Quality Assurance Manager. This will be a key role in the GPP team. You would be reporting directly to the Head of QA (Technology and Corporate Functions) this role is crucial to the execution of the Global Internal Audit (GIA) Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP).

The main goal is to ensure that GIAs activities are effective and meet the Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) Standards regulatory expectations and GIAs Internal Audit methodology.

The role supports GIAs ambitions to be a valued and strategic internal audit partner delivering coordinated risk-based assurance and pragmatic insight to contribute to the banks success for the benefit of our shareholders and customers. We aim to set industry standards and drive digital innovation for better quality efficiency and effective assurance activities.

In this role you will:

• Develop risk-based Quality Assurance review programs for all technology change and integrated audits including audit assessments continuous monitoring and thematic reviews whilst staying abreast of changes in the business digital innovation and the regulatory environment to enable effective challenge of audit team risk and control coverage.
• Deliver QA reviews in accordance with IIA Standards regulatory expectations GIAs QAIP and leading industry practice.
• Prepare detailed high-quality reports for senior management highlighting trends risks and areas for continuous improvement.
• Communicate identified issues with stakeholders in a timely and proactive way identifying root causes and assessing the possible strategic implications and solutions.
• Monitor and track the resolution of QA and regulatory findings ensuring timely and effective remediation by the audit team.
• Drive a culture of quality continuous improvement innovation and professional scepticism within the GIA function including the use of data analytics and automation.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Breadth of experience within the Banking or Financial Services sector with a broad range of relevant experience including but not limited to IT Risk Management Internal Audit or External Audit.
• Extensive expertise in audit methodologies risk assessment and control frameworks with a good understanding of industry regulations.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills; with an ability to communicate with impact ensuring information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement able to evidence influencing senior stakeholders and using compelling arguments to persuade and gain support and commitment from others.
• Strong analytical problem-solving organisational lateral thinking and interpersonal skills with the ability to apply knowledge of the business and market to make good and timely decisions.

The base location for this role is Birmingham OR Edinburgh and with a hybrid working pattern.

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