Head of Assurance

The benefits:

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leadership, management, and delivery of the assurance framework of first line controls for oversight of ARs.
• Implement and evolve an AR intelligence unit, bringing together inputs (internal MI and data as well as publicly available information) for a holistic view of ARs, and identification of trends to drive actionable insight.
• An effective assurance framework that uses data, metrics and leverages technology.
• Regulatory reporting as part of the oversight of ARs, including the annual AR Self-Assessment .
• Develop and deliver continuous improvement initiatives to ensure assurance standards are aligned to.
• Contribute to key change initiatives to support the corporate strategy.

Key Accountabilities:

• Clearly documented suite of governance documents for the assurance framework.
• Establish and maintain effective fraud investigation controls, including lender alerts, PEP and sanction screening, data protection.
• Stakeholder management to enable effective evolution of the assurance model.
• Manage annual budget of c. £2-5m.
• Represents and presents at key governance groups across the organisation.
• Effective management of assurance metrics in line with risk appetite.