Senior Technology Risk & Controls Lead

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Glasgow, Perth, Reading, Havant, Belfast, Dublin, Leeds, London. Other SSE offices in the UK & ROI can be considered.  

Salary: £66100- £99100 + car /car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent  | Full Time  | Flexible First options available

The role

The Senior Technology Risk & Controls Lead is focused on supporting the business and group technology function in assuring and consulting over Digital & Technology Governance, maturing the group’s IT control environment, preparing for significant regulatory uplift and delivering technology assurance through SSE’s Internal Audit programme.

A key aspect of being the Senior Technology Risk & Controls Lead is to be responsible for overseeing, scoping, delivery and reporting of risk-based technology audits from SSE’s internal audit programme. This includes areas such as IT controls over financial reporting, major technology change programmes, cyber security, digital innovation, IT governance, IT service and performance, supplier security risk and resilience. This involves managing peers, seniors, and business stakeholders to coordinate and collaborate to reach success.

The role requires partnering with senior stakeholders on priority technology governance and change, and frequently sits on priority BU, Group and Programme specific governance and steering boards providing real time input to complex topics and initiatives. This role will provide support and collaborate with the business and IT through change and maturing of the control environment, facilitating an integrated assurance framework through active engagement with IT leadership to understand technology risks across the Group for both BAU and digital change strategies. Being a leading voice in the enhancing of controls, their formality and effectiveness will be a crucial outcome of the role. The role provides a point of accountability and escalation for each BU to support management of all technology assurance activity, including SSE's external auditors.

The Technology Risk team form part of the Governance, Risk & Assurance function led by the Director of Group Risk & Audit. Our team work closely in partnership with the Group Audit & Group Risk teams to perform an essential role in support of SSE’s strategic aims by providing value-add assurance and advice to the SSE Group Executive, Senior Management, Audit Committee and Board.

You will:

Support and lead the business through managing technology risk

Through building trusted relationships with the business and IT teams, develop a close understanding of the business, the technology that supports key processes and operations and strategic change impacts on technology risk profile.

Give trusted advice to senior stakeholders, balancing robust and pragmatic assurance and insight

Using the understanding gained from relationships across the group, support the scoping, delivery and reporting of assurance via audits, advice and active engagement in priority technology risk and change programmes. Provide practical risk and assurance advice that recognises business risk and impact, as well as the level of current maturity of the control environment. The role also seeks to support the business implementing recommendations and improvements.

Lead oversight, scoping, delivery and reporting, communicating results and actions to senior IT and Finance stakeholders across all BUs and Functions

As part of delivering technology audits, this role will regularly report to management at all levels, including key technology governance, risk and control issues. Prepare draft reports for review and discussion with management, agree actions for all relevant Management Disclosures and Findings ensuring clear responsibility and due dates are set.

Deliver and support innovation and technology enablement of the Risk & Audit function

As a team lead within the Technology Risk team, support change initiatives to increase technology enablement of the Group Risk & Audit function in support of the business. This may include use of data analytics in audits, leverage of data visualisations for audit and risk reporting and active engagement in wider programmes for maturing over digital governance and IT control environment.

Effective peer collaboration and managing upwards across the organisation

As a team lead, strong integration with the Group Risk & Audit team will be crucial. This is likely to include external relationships with key partners, auditors (e.g. EY), and regulators, as required.

You have:

• Qualified Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or qualified from having significant relevant up to date IT Controls knowledge and experience.
• Strong technical understanding of IT Governance, technology risks and controls and significant technology change assurance.
• Experience of auditing of IT, Cyber, Data and Digital change programmes
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Knowledge of technologies commonly employed within SSE including MS Active Directory and MS Windows operating systems, Oracle and SQL Server databases. Awareness of Operational Technology (OT) risks and controls.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, including report writing.

About SSE

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

Our Group Risk & Audit teams support SSE in meeting all risk management responsibilities, including UK Corporate Governance Code obligations. They undertake assurance reviews to help identify and mitigate against any risks that could impact our performance, integrity, solvency or liquidity.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact francesca.palmer@sse.com / 01738 344763 to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

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Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

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