Chief Controls Office Manager

1 month ago

Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Nationwide Building Society Full time
Job Description:

As a Manager in the Controls Testing Team, you will lead a team of control testers to assess the design and operational effectiveness of controls across the Society, focused on Technology and Security, to ensure the controls mitigate the risks faced by the Society to the set risk tolerance threshold.

You will be responsible for creating and delivering testing plans to the highest standards and in accordance with our defined methodology, as well as working with the business to ensure control framework uplifts and enhancements deliver sustainable and proportionate risk mitigation.

The Control Testing Team is critical to ensuring the design and operational effectiveness of controls through regular assessment, ensuring they are robust enough to safely and reliably deliver the services our members expect.

As part of the Chief Controls Office, you will work closely with the business to explain the results of your testing, and suggest ways through which control gaps can be remediated to strengthen the control environment, building a partnership with key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Proactively contribute to planning and be accountable for the timely delivery of a control testing plan for the first line of defence
  • Lead a team to test controls against standards that drive continuous improvement in risk and control management practices and contribute to consistency
  • Report on the design adequacy and operational effectiveness of controls in line with our established control testing methodology and approach
  • Work with the business to explain the results of your testing, and suggest ways through which control gaps can be remediated to strengthen the control environment
  • Explore and implement new technologies/approaches to derive and deliver control testing efficiencies
  • Provide constructive challenge and advice to ensure the right outcomes for our members

Requirements:

The following minimum requirements apply as guidance:

  • Certified in or be on your way to completing any of CISA, CISM, CISSP and/or relevant Cloud, Cyber certifications
  • A good working knowledge of NIST, COBIT, ITIL as well as Cloud and Cyber risk control frameworks
  • Experience of applied testing of information security management controls across large technology environments, including for example MS Windows and Windows Server, UNIX, LINUX, Mainframes (UNISYS and Fujitsu), AWS, AZURE, as well as database management systems and networks etc.
  • Audit, Controls, Risk or Compliance background with supervisory experience and/or experience of working with/for external auditors on annual financial statement controls testing
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills and communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to relate to and influence employees at all levels

About Us:

Nationwide is the world's largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK's population. We've got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we're not a bank. As a building society, we're owned by our members - that's our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose - Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You'll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You'll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don't have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.

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