Security Control Specialist

End Date
Sunday 21 April 2024
Salary Range
£62,874 - £69,860
We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options
Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
JOB TITLE: Security Control Specialist
SALARY: £62,874 - £69,860
LOCATION: Leeds, Halifax, Glasgow, Edinburgh.
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our Risk hub locations.
As a Security Control Specialist, you'll be responsible for the management & implementation of an effective control environment to support the management of Information, Cyber & Physical Security Risk, working in collaboration with other SMEs to ensure Risk Function’s resilience.
You'll engage and collaborate with key group-wide partners including Chief Security Office, Divisional & Technical Application Owners (D/TAOs), Enterprise Risk Platforms and other key SMEs as required.
Job Description
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. We’re putting in place a fresh operating model for non-financial risk management across the Group, empowering our people to take end-to-end accountability for managing the risks that they face!
As a Security Control Specialist, you'll be responsible for the management & implementation of an effective control environment to support the management of Information, Cyber & Physical Security Risk, working in collaboration with other SMEs to ensure Risk Function’s resilience. You'll engage and collaborate with key group-wide partners including Chief Security Office, Divisional & Technical Application Owners (D/TAOs), Enterprise Risk Platforms and other key SMEs as required.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Lead management of Information, Cyber & Physical Security Risk control environment including control testing & effectiveness, engagement with application owner population & reporting of compliance to senior colleagues.
• Promotes a “Security-first” culture within Risk Function to encourage individual responsibility & accountability for protecting the Group.
• Works with risk and control owner teams to help deliver against aligned customer, business and strategic outcomes.
• Analyses and assesses control environment effectiveness using a wide range of sources and identifies potential impacts on the business.
• Assists the development of the first line control management centre of excellence that supports safe growth and enables high quality customer service.
• Supports the development and implementation of the control strategy to monitor and test the design and operating effectiveness of the control environment across e2e business processes.
• Organises and prepares documentation, while also gathering and summarising data and information, to produce and maintain a set of standardised risk and control process maps.
• Provides primary leadership for control testing and transactional work, supervising a small group performing junior control management tasks.
• Supports the ongoing development of control tooling solutions to enable the optimisation and automation of the control environment.
• Supports timely reporting on the effectiveness and performance of controls and compliance through maintaining effective data quality (KCIs), completeness and accuracy of testing and monitoring activities.
• Assists in the management of actions on operational risk events and breaches following Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA). Identifies issues and then suggests and implements improvements to control environment with guidance from senior colleagues.

WHATYOU'LLNEED:

• Strong understanding of Group Security Standards and Policy. Including Application Management & remediation of Security Non-Compliances, Insider & People & Physical Asset Security.
• Good understanding of controls and their practical implementation across relevant financial services disciplines and risk types.
• Some knowledge and experience of the approaches taken to manage non-financial/financial risk and a good technical understanding of business processes.
• Strong understanding and practical application of control testing and monitoring activities, with some experience of delivering control design and optimisation.
• Takes responsibility for growing their own skills and capabilities with support from senior colleagues. Informally coaches others in area of expertise to drive an uplift in skills and risk and control culture throughout the organisation
• Contributes to the development of both short- and medium-term strategies. Assigns short-term work schedules to the team in order to deliver agreed outcomes and within expected timelines.
• Uses compelling arguments to gain support and commitment of others. Strong ability to communicate and describe drivers of change and able to plan and implement these changes by gaining commitment and understanding across the organisation.
• Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward. For example, ensures that people’s decisions are in line with policies and standards. Integrates analysis, experience, and other inputs to make effective decisions.
• Builds partnerships and collaboratively works with others to meet shared objectives. For example, encourages colleagues to work together as a team, and make sure they get recognition for doing so.

ABOUT WORKING FOR US
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want everyone to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares!
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.