Assurance Lead
3 months ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 339472**Salary**:
- £37,758 - £46,251- National £37,759 - £40,433 + benefits. London £40,446 - £46,251 + benefits. Plus an accountancy allowance of up to £5,000, depending on level of qualifications- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:
- Higher Executive Officer
- Senior Executive Officer- Band B**Contract type**:
- Fixed term
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:
- 2 Years**Business area**:
- DCMS - Finance**Type of role**:
- Finance**Working pattern**:
- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 1Contents
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Location
- London, ManchesterAbout the job
**Job summary**:
The Grants, Risk, Assurance and Fraud team - or GRAFT - is a small, diverse and friendly team of experts that sits within the Finance Directorate in DCMS and was created to provide advice and guidance to ensure the Department and it’s public bodies spend money and manage their risks wisely.
The assurance team work closely with other professional experts within the department such as governance, project delivery, risk management, commercial and finance to support our policy and delivery teams to provide assurance to the Permanent Secretary and DCMS senior management over the adequacy and effectiveness of our internal control framework.
The assurance team also manages the relationship with both internal (GIAA) and National Audit Office value-for-money auditors, and supports functional leads to be compliant with the government functional standards.
**Job description**:
As part of GRAFT, you will be reporting directly to the Senior Assurance Manager.
Some of your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Engage with senior managers and develop assurance maps.
- Engage with senior managers in the annual directors assurance reviews.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with the internal audit provider, and support the senior assurance manager to manage the service contract with that provider.
- Engage with functional leads to support them in assessing compliance to functional standards.
- Support senior management in managing the relationship with National Audit Office, including facilitating the progress of VfM audits and clearance of reports.
- Work with Private Office to facilitate the department through PAC hearings including hosting of mock panel sessions.
- Undertake ad-hoc assignments and projects, as needed, to support non-assurance parts of GRAFT.
**Person specification**:
Essential Requirements:
- An understanding, gained through working experience, of the principles of the 3 lines of assurance and mapping assurance sources. (Technical Skills)
- Proven ability to work with senior leaders to deliver change.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team delivering at pace in a fast-moving environment.
- Be an excellent communicator, able to explain complex ideas both verbally and written at all levels.
- Proven ability to develop and manage diverse stakeholders and their needs.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience of working in an assurance / internal audit capacity as part of a 3 lines of defence risk model.
- An understanding of the Orange Book Part II - Risk Control Framework.
- An understanding of the role of the National Audit Office.
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Knowledge of the principles of the 3 lines of assurance and mapping assurance sources
**Benefits**:
- Alongside your salary of £37,758, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £10,194 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We’re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:
- Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home
- 26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice
- 3 days of paid volunteering leave
- Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave
- Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year
- Occupational sick pay
- Access to the Employee As
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