Head of Audit - Platform Technology

End Date
Tuesday 31 May 2022

Salary Range
£119,810 - £149,763

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Agile Working Options
Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Job Description Summary
GIA Technology, Transformation and Data (TT&D) is seeking to strengthen its leadership team covering Platform Technology in line with the Group's strategic focus on modernising its technology. The Head of Audit (HoA) will lead a team of technology specialists to influence the effectiveness of the overall control environment by providing professional, independent, and relevant outcome focused assurance. LBG runs a variety of IT platforms including mainframe, distributed technologies, enterprise IT services and collaboration tools, and you'll be responsible for auditing these platforms to confirm they are safe, secure, and sustainable to host LBG applications. You'll also be responsible for working with other HoAs within TT&D to provide assurance over the delivery of the Group's technology strategy. The audit portfolio is a priority area for automated and outcomes-based testing and where possible, the implementation of audit by design principles.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

• Contribute to the strategic direction of Group Internal Audit (GIA); ensuring objectives and priorities are well understood and communicated with a focus on innovation our audit approach, testing methods and use of data.
• Responsible for the end-to-end delivery and quality of all audit work within their team.
• Manage a team focused on Platform Technology within TT&D. You'll be responsible for managing the development and maintenance of new audit approaches in line with agile principles and the quality assurance of developed tools.
• Work closely with GIA Strategy, Risk and Support (SRS) and the Data Analytics team to influence and align approaches to methodology and strategic direction of GIA.
• Contribute to building and maintenance of the risk-based Audit Universe, demonstrating a strong understanding of inherent and residual risks across the risk taxonomy. Support the Audit Directors (AD) in the development of the bottom-up and top-down annual audit plan (and refresh as necessary) ensuring that all mandatory/ regulatory audit requirements (under the responsibility of "their" AD) have been identified and incorporated in the audit plan
• Collaborate with Audit colleagues across business and risk facing subject areas to understand Group strategy, risk appetite and objectives, joining the dots to ensure that GIA develops and delivers a compelling audit plan
• Responsible for the allocation and the management of the appropriate resource to deliver timely and relevant outcome focussed audit assurance included in the Annual Audit plan, including audit by design principles, and interlocking with relevant engineering teams across GIA and LBG.
• Review and challenge of audit work delivered by the Engagement Lead / audit teams and approval of the relevant stages of the audit cycle and for seeking AD approval for relevant stage of the cycle
• Apply and champion the GIA methodology and standards, providing timely recommendations on methodology and process improvements and deliver high quality audit papers and files
• Identifying and highlighting any thematic issues / risks identified across LBG
• Identify and report Audit Findings and ensure agreed management actions address the root cause of the issues noted, making connections to improve control environment.

Additional responsibilities:

• Supervise and recommend closure of findings to ADs ensuring that appropriate and credible evidence is obtained prior to closure and that any 'at risk' findings and actions are escalated promptly to relevant partners.
• Develop a continuous business monitoring approach to understand business strategy, objectives, and critical processes to ensure that audit work continues to focus on areas of higher risk and identify any emerging risk.
• Represent GIA on relevant business risk and control committees to support business monitoring.
• Demonstrate leadership within GIA, making a tangible contribution to continuous improvement, colleague engagement / wellbeing, inclusivity and working with agility
• Building credible and powerful relationships with senior partners, demonstrating robust judgement, professional scepticism, insight and thought leadership to influence embedding of risk management and controls into strategic decision making.

Do you have these skills?

• You'll have a background in IT Infrastructure including working with mainframes, networks, distributed O/S and DB, and cloud platforms.
• We're looking for a highly driven technical candidate with a passion for innovation, continuous improvement and developing team members.
• Candidates should have relevant qualifications, i.e. CISA, CRISC or CISSP
• Build hard-working teams including audit and data analytics SMEs
• Developing talent and colleagues through setting stretching objectives, agreeing, and supervising development plans.
• Building and maintaining external and internal networks for the purpose of commercial awareness.

Our Benefits Package!

In addition to the salary quoted, the position also offers:

• Discretionary Performance Share Award
• Generous pension contribution
• A flex benefits cash pot you can adjust to suit your lifestyle (4% on top of your basic salary)
• Private health cover
• Share schemes
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Lloyds Banking Group is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation. We're adopting collaborative, agile ways of working, to help us deliver the best outcomes for our colleagues, customers and businesses.

We've gained industry recognition including Stonewall Top 100 Employer, Top 30 Employer for Working Families, Gold Standard 2014 from the Business Disability Forum and Top 50 Employer for Women.

So if you have the skills we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you!

We'll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Together we make it possible!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain recover. 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'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.