Lead Risk, Audit and Assurance Analyst

Role details

Job Purpose

As Lead Risk, Audit and Assurance Analyst you will develop, maintain and embed the Technology Services governance and assurance framework, ensuring consistent and global adherence working with the Risk, Audit and Assurance Manager. Objectively validate and maintain a portfolio of operational risks for the Technology Services business area in the Operational Risk Register, to a standardised quality and format. So that decisions regarding the prioritisation of responses to these risks can be taken with confidence and addressed to mitigate by business area leaders. You will also lead the quality assurance activities across Technology Services to ensure key processes are documented, have a document owner, are version controlled and are regularly reviewed.

Job Accountabilities

• Own, develop and maintain the Technology Services operational risk register, liaising with colleagues from across the business area to drive consistent ways of capturing and quantifying those risks, ensuring that these are scored consistently and objectively so that they are comparable regardless of their method of identification, or provenance.
• Own and maintain analysis on risk trends and make recommendations on levels of risk.
• Provide governance for risks identified through the methodologies ensuring compliance with the process.
• Demonstrate compliance with the Technology Services operational risk review process by updating the status of risks in the risk register.
• Collaborate with risk owners, project teams and stakeholders to ensure the comprehensive identification, assessment, mitigation, reporting and where necessary escalation of risks associated with the risk mitigation plan and delivery of the associated project.
• Co-ordinate and attend operational risk reviews, providing follow up on risk mitigation plans and addressing any actions following a risk review in a timely manner.
• Ensure that threats and opportunities have been correctly reflected in the risk mitigation plan and risk detail.
• Contribute to the development of strategies and methodologies.
• Analyse historical risk data to identify trends, lessons learned, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Provide risk management advice and guidance to peers.
• Lead on quality assurance activities aligned to industry best practice to ensure the Technology Services key processes are reviewed and updated regularly.
• Representing the Risk, Audit & Assurance Manager at meetings with stakeholders as necessary.
• Report to senior leadership team on key matters relating to risks and issues.
• Ensure adherence and consistency in application of governance processes, tools and standards.
• Identify areas for continuous improvement from an assurance and standards perspective.
• Lead workshops to help stakeholders to identify appropriate governance processes and drive out improved ways of working.
• Facilitation of internal and external audit meetings, coordinate key audit activities and manage audit tasks to meet deadlines.
• Facilitation of workshops.
• Develop and deliver communications.
• Provide technical expertise and advice around SharePoint and Tableau related activities.
• Prepare, facilitate, drive and support all data related activities such as data cleansing, data analysis and MI reporting.
• Document existing and develop new governance and assurance processes.
• Create and maintain Tableau dashboards for reporting purposes.

Knowledge and Skills

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong experience in audits, risk management and quality assurance.
• MAPM or equivalent PM/ Project controls qualification or willing to attain.
• Strong understanding of risk management techniques and methodologies.
• Strong facilitation skills to lead risk workshops to ensure the effective identification and mitigation of risks and issues.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey complex risk information to diverse stakeholders.
• Experience of using Tableau i.e. building and maintaining reports.
• Expert user of Excel desirable.
• Strong drive for continuous improvement.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including excellent formal and informal presentation skills, using MS PowerPoint and appropriate visual aids.