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SalaryThis role can be based in Birmingham or London.
Closing Date: Friday 28th June 2024
Why this role matters
Our Group Internal Audit team helps BT achieve our purpose by shining a light on what works well and where things can be improved – helping us build solid foundations so we can go faster in delivering and achieving our ambitions.
As a Group Internal Audit Senior Manager, you will play a key role in providing high quality assurance to the Board Audit and Risk Committee. You will lead the development of the Internal Audit plan for your business and risk area(s), working with senior stakeholders and other assurance teams to deliver co-ordinated assurance that provides appropriate coverage of risks.
In terms of delivering the audit plan, you will lead teams of auditors, with third party expertise as needed, to deliver a portfolio of Internal Audits across BT Group. You will own key relationships with senior business stakeholders up to ExCo level, holding strategic conversations to support them in identifying assurance requirements.
This role also includes the management and development of Audit Managers.
What you'll be doing
- Lead the development of the risk-based audit plan for your risk and business area(s).
- Lead the delivery of a portfolio of IT, data and AI related audits across the business to time and quality, ensuring work is aligned to risk.
- For complex, sensitive and / or strategic risk areas, deliver high quality assurance to key stakeholders.
- Provide real-time support, challenge and actionable insight to management when they are developing and implementing new processes.
- Respond to requests from business stakeholders, providing ad-hoc independent audit insight and advice and co-ordinating support as appropriate.
- Act as a single point of contact for GIA in your Unit, building strong relationships with stakeholders including Risk and Assurance providers.
- Lead specific Internal Audit improvement initiatives with support from the broader team.
- Meet External Auditors on a regular basis to share plans and drive efficiency.
- Lead a team of IT Audit Managers
The skills you'll need
- Professional designation (CISA or equivalent) or sufficient professional experience of auditing that outweighs the need for this.
- Experience of IT auditing in a complex, regulated business going through a significant transformation
- Good knowledge of industry standard technology control frameworks and benchmarks.
- Experience of working with second line of defence assurance teams to align plans
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience of leading audit work in four or more of the following areas: cloud computing, technology infrastructure, fixed and mobile networking, database security, application security, DevSecOps and Agile development, information security, operational resilience, third party management, GDPR.
Benefits
- 15% on target bonus
- Company car or £5,500 cash alternative
- Private healthcare for self and family
- BT Pension Scheme; minimum5% employee contribution, 10% BT Contribution
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with service
- Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
- World-class training and development opportunities
- Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
- Discounted BT Broadband, TV and Mobile packages
- Access to 100s of retail discounts including BT Shop
About us
BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.
Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.
We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’
We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.
This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.
A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:
Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.
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