Assurance Lead

6 months ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom HM Revenue and Customs Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 298232**Salary**:

- £52,598 - £59,294- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMRC - CDIO - Finance**Type of role**:

- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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- Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, TelfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you interested in progressing a career in assurance? Our exciting and interesting role would suit anyone who wants to work in a dynamic environment with a desire to strengthen and improve controls, risk management and governance of IT systems and processes.

At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.

With 50 million customers to service, over 60 thousand colleagues to support, and £600 billion to collect to fund UK Plc, HMRC IT operation is huge. HMRC is undergoing the biggest digital transformation in government and has some of the largest and most exciting digital projects in Europe.

**Job description**:
Reporting to the CDIO (Chief Digital Information Office) Head of Risk, Assurance and Governance, you will lead and manage a second line of defence assurance team to build and deliver an integrated annual CDIO assurance plan.

We are looking to recruit a hardworking individual who can bring practicality, pragmatism and customer focus to reviews. You need to be a strong influencer, a good communicator and be able to build excellent stakeholder relationships, often with senior leaders. You will develop and maintain effective management of the Internal Audit relationship, including supporting the business to meet audit timelines and agree appropriate, achievable management actions.

Your work will impact on every department in CDIO. You will lead assurance on governance, risk management and controls, ensuring alignment with CDIO, HMRC and HM Government policies and standards.

You will deputise for the Head of Risk, Assurance and Governance and the Risk and Governance Leads as required.

We focus on our people, with clearly defined career pathways that are rewarding, fulfilling and achievable. We offer an excellent learning culture which includes support for essential formal qualifications. We have flexible ways of working to help everyone handle their own work/life balance. And we’re crafting an authentically diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels able to bring their whole self to work.

**Person specification**:
The Assurance Lead role manages the delivery of the annual CDIO assurance plan. We are looking for;
- A highly motivated self-starter who thrives on working at speed on multiple tasks at the same time in a dynamic environment.
- Someone who can think strategically and demonstrate a clear and compelling vision for the organisation that will develop a joined-up approach, promote efficiency and motivate and enthuse others.
- The ability to persuade and influence senior leaders to understand the importance of effective controls, good risk management, governance and assurance activity that confirms policies and controls are complied with.
- Experience of leading, developing and motivating a team, supervising delivery of a high-quality service to agreed time, quality and resource constraints.
- Working with other assurance providers and supporting others to understand complex or technical issues.

**Essential Criteria**

You must have proven experience and understanding of;
- Developing, planning and managing delivery of high quality audits or assurance work on time.
- The three lines of defence model.
- Risk Management and/or ITIL4.
- Analysing and summarising information, using sound judgement to make recommendations that improve risk and control effectiveness.
- Strong influencing, communication and collaboration skills including the ability to influence and communicate at a senior leader level.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Working Together
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £52,598, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £14,298 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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