Technical Controls Assurance Specialist

Technical Controls Assurance Specialist
Lancashire
£45,000 - £50,000 + Performance Bonus
Permanent Role - On Site

Your new role

I'm currently looking for a Technical Risk Controls Assurance specialist to work for a Lancashire-based organisation to assist with the maintenance, enhancement and assurance of technical controls during a period of change.

The ideal candidate will have a firm knowledge of ITGCs and experience driving and testing controls, and may have come from an IT Audit or information security risk background, possessing the relevant framework knowledge that comes with this role history.

Responsibilities:

• Technical control enhancement, development and implementation
• Testing business-wide IT controls against an annual schedule
• Supporting information assurance and controls teams
• Scheme attestations - thorough reviews of control statements
• Supporting technical operations, supplier management and operational resilience on risks, with the view to creating, driving and providing assurance on preventative, detective and directive technical controls
• Working with key stakeholders and embedding your understanding of information security from a controls perspective
• Taking ownership of assurance activities pertaining to technical controls
• Working on the continual enhancement of technical controls using your knowledge of contemporary risks and the controls to mitigate, escalate or accept them
• Act as a technical risk and control SME

What you'll need to succeed

• Knowledge of what a good control looks like but also has the ability to effectively test controls
• Understanding of core technology and information security frameworks (COBIT, NIST, ISO27001)
• Excellent articulative ability
• Demonstrable experience working in IT audit, IT risk management, technical controls testing/management and IT risk & assurance-related roles
• Experience in an IT assurance role
• Experience testing controls and enhancing information security and IT Risk policies
• Relevant industry certifications are desirable, as is the drive to achieve them.
• Willingness to learn

What you'll get in return

• Annual performance bonus
• Good pension scheme
• Development-focused work culture offering certifications, qualifications and tangible progression

What you need to do now

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