Banking Governance Officer

Location: Fareham, United Kingdom
Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Banking Governance Officer
Are you keen to be at the forefront of developing a strong security and compliance culture? Can you bring experience of audits, security compliance, PCI CP (Payment Council Industry / Card Production) and ISO 27001? Are you a great communicator with excellent interpersonal skills? Then we'd love to hear from you.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Banking Governance Officer to join the Thales DIS UK (Digital Identity & Security) team.
In this newly role, you'll be at the forefront of developing a strong security and compliance culture, with your key objective to ensure that Thales DIS UK maintains its physical and logical accreditations and compliance with regulatory bodies and customers within the Banking environment.
Key responsibilities
On a day-to-day basis, you'll be involved in:

• Overseeing and supporting audit, risk and technical control assessments
• Leading customer and external governing body audits (PCI, ISO) to ensure that the organisation is compliant and can retain its accreditation
• Liaising with internal teams to ensure that audit evidence is ready prior to audits
• Managing pre-audit questionnaires, remediation responses plans and instigating remediation actions with other teams, driving to conclusion
• Contributing to the management and development of the ISMS (Information Security Management System), including policies, processes and procedures
• Ensuring that security policies and procedures are being adhered to via internal security team checks, delivering security training where required

About you
Ideally, you'll:

• Have proven experience working in a strong security and compliance culture i.e. financial services or manufacturing industries
• Have proven experience of managing audits - a formal auditing qualification is not required
• Possess knowledge of PCI or PCI CP - desirable
• Have demonstrable working knowledge of ISO 27001
• Be an excellent communicator with the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders / customers at all levels and influence without authority
• Have experience working autonomously/being managed remotely and managing your own deliverables

Benefits at Thales
We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include a pension plan, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection as well as an employee assistance programme.
In addition, our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefits to suit your needs. You can choose to add a number of optional benefits including: healthcare cash plan, health assessments, family cover private medical insurance, buying/selling annual leave, gym membership discounts + much, much more. You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site!
Alongside a competitive base salary, we offer a variable compensation plan bonus, 27 days annual leave + 1 company day + UK public holidays as well as the opportunity to volunteer up to 3 days to support local charities/communities in which we work.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to our success.
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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