Internal Audit Manager - IT

• The role requires the ability to effectively collaborate with your business area of responsibility to secure their buy-in and implement improvements to systems, processes, and technology, as appropriate.
• To apply knowledge and insights concerning the Internal Audit function and how this impacts our policyholders.
• To deliver strong business outcomes relating to capital, profitability, the Company brand and market reputation whilst achieving positive outcomes to our Board Committees on a consistent basis.
• Our Company values are expected to be reflected in the delivery and performance of every role.

Conduct Rules:

• You must act with integrity
• You must act with due skill, care and diligence
• You must be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators.
• You must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly.
• You must observe proper standards of market conduct
• You must act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

PIC operates within the financial services industry and, therefore, is regulated by the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) and the PRA (Prudential Regulation Authority). It is a requirement for all PIC employees to demonstrate a good understanding of the regulatory framework and how it applies to the Company.

Specific accountabilities assigned to the role of Internal Audit Manager within the Internal Audit Function:

• Responsible for the successful delivery of Internal audits, including developing the internal audit scope, carrying out test plan, drafting audit reports, and documenting the audit work consistently with the IIA standards and the PIC IA audit manual. Some reviews will be undertaken individually, and some will be delivered alongside one or more internal audit team members.
• Carry out regular issue assurance to ensure adequate closure of actions.
• Demonstrate good practice and standards of internal audit, and, where relevant, make recommendations for improvement, helping design new templates and contributing to the development of the PIC IA manual.
• Contribute to the preparation of internal audit status update reports and integrated assurance reports to management and Board committees.
• Contribute to the production of the annual written assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of PIC's risk management, internal control and governance processes and systems.
• Takes ownership of defined projects and initiatives (in Internal Audit or in the business), agreeing scope and objectives, undertaking work, producing reports, presenting reports and measuring outcomes. This will be as part of developing broader experience and capability across PIC.
• Takes ownership for their own learning and development in both technical (e.g. data analysis and critical judgement) and non-technical (self-insight and relationship management) skills of Internal Audit.
• Keeps informed of industry trends, market developments, regulatory changes in the public and private sectors, as well as best practices related to Technology by attending industry seminars, reading and sharing relevant published articles.

Knowledge:

• Good technical knowledge of Internal Audit with a focus on IT and Information Security.
• Established knowledge of IT governance, risk management and internal control frameworks (e.g COBIT, NIST, CSF, IS27001, ITIL)
• Familiar with operational resilience, business continuity and disaster recovery frameworks.
• Advance knowledge of information security domains including identity and access management, cyber security, network security, cloud security, data protection and security operations.
• Understanding of internal audit standards, audit methodology, issue management and quality assurance requirements.

Skills:

• Strong organisational skills and communication skills
• Ability to persuade and influence both directly and indirectly
• Ability to manage stakeholders and other resources effectively
• Ability to prioritise and organise work to meet deadlines
• Ability to work within defined procedures as recommended by functional teams
• Commercial judgement
• Good working knowledge of MS PowerPoint and MS Word
• Experience in using Teammate would be preferred.

Experience:

• Professional qualification such as CISA, ACA, ACCA, CIIA, CISSP, CRISC or equivalent or demonstrate progress towards obtaining them.
• Experience in developing and driving forward IT General Controls, Data Analytics and AI would be beneficial
• Experience of delivering audits in an audit plan and assisting the Head of Audit in determining key areas to review.
• Capable and willing to work towards achieving further
• Experience working in a corporate or consulting environment, the majority in the insurance industry would be beneficial.

In addition to a competitive base salary and the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan, upon joining us here at Pension Insurance Corporation, you will get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 28 days' annual leave (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme and much more.