Senior Assurance Lead

Business Unit: Chief Controls Office Salary Range £44,800 - £56,000 DOE red-hot benefits Location : UK Hybrid - Glasgow, Gosforth, Leeds, London Contract Type: Permanent, Full time External Live to challenge the status quo. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team We are the 1st Line of Defence Assurance Team, partnering with our COO business functions to deliver Risk & Control Testing, Mandatory Compliance Assessments and value-adding Assurance Reviews.​ Our intrinsic purpose is to objectively assess and report on our organisation’s ability to manage Risk and Comply with Internal Standards / Industry Standards / Regulation, whilst driving continual improvement to enable Virgin Money to be the best version of itself in our goal to Make Customers Happier about Money. What you’ll be doing Leading on the planning, delivering and reporting of value adding Thematic, Compliance and Control Testing Reviews. Identifying meaningful non-compliances, control gaps and opportunities for improvement. Deploying the most appropriate assessment methodology and testing techniques for the activity allocated. Providing detailed and objective substantiation for the findings you raise. Acting as a vital conduit for spreading best practice across the business. Using your skills and experience to make Virgin Money a safer and better organisation for our Customers and Colleagues We need you to have Significant experience in an Auditor, Quality / Assurance Testing or Control Testing related Role. Professional Certification in a Risk Management, Assurance or Audit related field. (e.g. Institute of Risk Management, Chartered Quality Institute, Institute of Internal Auditors, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor etc). Proven background and experience in leading, executing and reporting on Assurance reviews across a wide variation of topics (e.g. Operations, Tech, HR, Procurement, Project Mgt etc). Prior experience at one or more well recognised national / international organisations or one of the Big 4 Accountancy Firms (e.g. FTSE 100 & 250 firms or similar). Experience across multiple organisations in the same industry and covered multiple disciplines or ideally someone who has worked across various industries (banking, engineering, construction, manufacturing etc). It’s a bonus if you have but not essential Experience in banking or financial services. Red Hot Rewards Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more. Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. Market-leading pension. Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance. Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careersvirginmoney.com Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.

Location: Handsworth, GB

Posted Date: 4/15/2025