Assurance Lead

My client is an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned Energy companies in the world. They are currently looking for an Assurance Lead on a 6-month contract based from home with two to three days per week requirement in the Warwick office.

**Job Purpose**:
As an Assurance Lead, you will plan and deliver a range of assurance activities (15-20 per year) across the various businesses and operations of GT, harnessing a deep understanding of business strategy, control frameworks and risk appetite to provide independent assurance on the design and effectiveness of processes and controls used mitigate business risk. You will provide recommendations to drive effective and efficient control frameworks and processes, employing best practices to support the business in its focus on continuous improvement.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- To assist the Assurance Manager in the development of assurance strategies.
- Lead the development of the planned 2 nd line of assurance program, works together with internal audit where required.
- Collaborate with GT to improve how we operate through undertaking ad-hoc in-depth assurance reviews / investigations of asset management processes / activities.
- Undertake SHE/Cyber Technical Assurance and inspections to contribute to the overall operational competency process.
- Manage the Business Improvement Request (BIR) tracker system, recording agreed actions from assurance activities, asset health checks and HSE Inspections, and providing the timely reporting to enable line managers to monitor and progress closure of actions
- Review and analyse 2nd line management assurance reports and Asset Health Checks, to identify trends / common themes, to develop and propose improvement actions.
- Lead on the development and execution of key ISO standards e.g. ISO9001, ISO55001, ISO22301, ISO14001, ISO17025, ISO45001
- Analyse the potential benefits of new products, materials, methods & systems.

**Technical/Specialist Skills and Experience**:

- Demonstrable experience in GT's approach to the 3 lines of defence model, business processes and their criticality in an asset management environment.
- Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate, influence and challenge across all disciplines and levels within the organisation, and a proven track record in developing effective relationships across the organisation.
- Analytical: has a structured approach, someone who can understand complex processes and can extract key information from systems and people.
- Self-motivated: is organised and able to work independently as well as being a 'people person' enabling you to work effectively on your own and as part of the wider team.
- Adaptable: You'll chair meetings and report your findings to both internal and external stakeholders at various levels so we are looking for someone who can tailor information and style to meet the needs of each group.
- You will be the 'go to person' for all things assurance so we are looking for someone who has an eye for detail and a proven background within an audit/business assurance role.
- Good programme assurance experience, with proven track record for delivering assurance and/or audits within multinational utility/asset management companies or operations/functional experience from utility/assessment management companies.
- Demonstrable track record of developing successful, long lasting, relationships across the business including: ability to engage, challenge and influence senior managers, deal effectively with resistance to proposals and secure their buy-in and support.
- Highly competent in Microsoft Office (e.g. Project, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word)
- A focus on continued improvement and achieving high standards.

**Qualifications**:

- Degree standard or equivalent experience
- Full Driving Licence
- IIA membership
- Audit qualification (preferably in ISO9001/55001)

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