Assurance Lead

**About the role**:
We have a new opportunity for an Assurance Lead to join us. Reporting into the Head of Performance and Enablement Services, you'll be accountable for ensuring that solution delivery complies with all relevant business and technical policies overseeing that our third-party service providers meet and exceed expectations.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, either at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, such as condensed hours, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Engaging with policy owners across the business (security, data, quality, cloud, communications) to ensure alignment to active policies and standards
- Collaborating with solution managers and principal engineers to define and implement the required controls across solution delivery
- Preparing for and supporting internal and external audit activity
- Undertaking regular reviews to validate compliance and effectiveness of all controls
- Establishing, maintaining and prioritising a backlog of improvements working with suppliers and key stakeholders
- Leading on the response and resolution of any third-party service provider performance escalations
- Responding promptly to any time critical assurance requests
- Recording, managing and reporting on any compliance risks

**About you**:
**What we’re looking for**:

- Extensive experience in policy and compliance management
- Experience working and driving performance with third parties/suppliers
- Strong stakeholder management
- Ability to lead and work in a team, as well as being self-sufficient
- Excellent knowledge of the software delivery lifecycle
- Experience working in complex federated environments
- Strong collaboration skills
- Continuous improvement mindset and an understanding of lean/agile practices
- Experience using Azure DevOps, Power BI and Advanced MS Excel is desirable

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

**What we offer**:
At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

- Competitive annual salary of up to £55,000 dependent on experience
- Annual company & performance-based bonus
- Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
- Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
- AXA employee discounts
- Gym benefits

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**About AXA**:
With a presence in over 60 countries, and 165,000 employees serving the needs of 107 million customers, AXA is big.

But never too big to care for every single person who works here. So when you join us, we promise to put our collective might behind you and your career.

You’ll work in an open and supportive environment where you’ll be developed, challenged and encouraged to move around to achieve even bigger and better things - nationally and internationally. You’ll learn directly from senior leaders, from the best in our business. And you’ll enjoy real responsibility, really early on.

Every large company today talks about supporting diversity and inclusion. But at AXA UK, these values form an integral part of everything we do. For us, it’s about bringing together the best talent, helping people to realise their full potential by being 100% themselves at work and delivering outstanding service to everyone - regardless of difference.

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA’s three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you’ve got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you’re just starting out, we’ll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.