IT Governance Lead

Inizio; Manchester, London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

London, United Kingdom; Manchester, United Kingdom

Job title: IT Governance Lead

Employment type: Full-time, permanent

Working arrangements: Flexible - onsite, remote, or hybrid.

Location: UK / IRL

Package: Base salary, pension, PMI, life assurance, 25 days leave annually, flexible working.

Reporting to: Director, IT Governance

The Role

We are looking for an experienced IT professional with experience in IT auditing and SOX compliance. This position is important in ensuring the robustness of internal controls related to financial reporting, with an emphasis on IT General Controls (ITGC) and IT application controls. The IT Governance Lead will help manage multiple aspects of our ITGC framework, including risk assessment, planning, deficiency evaluation, and remediation. Collaboration with Internal Audit, External Audit, and IT support teams is necessary.

Responsibilities

Audit Planning and Execution

• Lead and manage compliance lifecycle components, including:
  • Risk assessment and scoping
  • Evaluation and remediation of deficiencies identified through testing
  • Planning remediation activities
• Lead the evaluation and design of IT controls for new applications to ensure compliance.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Influence the process and control owners to establish enterprise-level controls.
• Direct Internal and External Audit teams to ensure cohesive testing strategies.

Control and Compliance Management

• Improve the ITGC framework.
• Ensure the control environment is understood, remains robust, and is within risk appetite.
• Create and maintain policies and procedures, ensuring documentation is accurate and reflects current processes.
• Manage user access reviews across important applications.
• Oversee the identification, collection, and review of SOC1 reports for third-party dependencies affecting internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).
• Identify risks and update appropriate logs.

You will also be responsible for participation in continuous improvement projects for the Group's control environment and future-proofing activities, and mentoring more junior members of the team.

What you bring to the role

• 8+ years of experience in IT risk and compliance, focusing on ITGCs, SOX, and IT Controls.
• Relevant certifications such as CGEIT or CISA.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate complex IT issues to non-technical audiences.
• The ability to guide IT and team members in the delivery of a compliant environment, and the confidence to challenge the status quo and influence senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experience in or with publicly traded companies, Big Four audit firms, or similar is advantageous.
• Proficient in the management and documentation of ITGCs and IT application controls in environments such as SaaS applications, cloud infrastructures, in-house developed applications, and on-premises infrastructures.
• Experience with Enterprise systems (e.g., Workday, Oracle, Maconomy, Certinia) and other critical platforms.
• Knowledge of industry standards like COBIT and their application in IT compliance.

About us

We help our clients navigate their clinical development and commercialization journey by connecting the best scientific knowledge, market intelligence, actionable data, technology, communication, and creative execution.

With a global presence and multiple career paths, the career possibilities are expanding at Inizio. We're a growing global team of 10,000+ - a $1.5bn revenue business working with the world's leading health and life sciences businesses, and we have exciting growth plans. Whoever and wherever you are, we'll empower you with the autonomy you need to experiment, learn, and grow. We'll make sure that you feel valued, supported and, of course, because we're helping our clients to transform healthcare and improve millions of lives you can feel pride in your work at Inizio.

Our Pledge

At Inizio, we value inclusivity, recognize the power of diversity, and inspire the next generation of change-makers. We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in creating a work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We aim to recruit from a diverse slate of candidates and foster an environment that provides the right conditions for long-term success. We welcome all applications regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and physical or mental disability.