Risk & Controls Assurance Manager

It's an exciting time to join AXA, with significant investment planned in all UK&I businesses to transform and deliver new digital services to our customers and streamline and automate our business processes.

Reporting into the Senior Operations Risk & Controls Manager, you'll be responsible for the oversight and management of first line risk. You'll support in the early identification and assessment of operational, data, security and technology risk as well as being responsible for the planning and delivery of control assurance activities.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, either at one of our office locations or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, such as condensed hours, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the audit/assessment of operations controls and processes against the required internal and industry standards, including but not limited to COBIT, ISO27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, Cyber Resilience Framework


• Develop a test strategy and produce control test plans to test the design and operational effectiveness of controls, ensuring risk-focused control assessments are used to determine the control ratings of in-scope controls


• Produce impactful reports for assurance tasks to convey control gaps and deficiencies, risk exposures and adjustments to the operations risk profile to senior management and Second & Third Line of Defence, as appropriate


• Support control/action owners in the design of remediation action plans for identified control deficiencies


• Assist in establishing inherent risk ratings, control rating, and residual risk rating of operations risks


• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to identify and implement process improvements and best practices to risk management and controls assurance
  
  Previous controls governance and assurance/audit experience in a large organisation


• Strong understanding of operational risk, control concepts and frameworks


• Excellent stakeholder management skills


• Good knowledge of industry best practice for risk and controls management


• Ability to act on requests consistently, highlighting conflicts and issues where necessary


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to process, collate and present data


• Pragmatic approach to problem solving and issue resolution


• Professional certification is desirable; CISA, CRISC, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, CISSP


As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

With a presence in over 60 countries, and 165,000 employees serving the needs of 107 million customers, AXA is big.

But never too big to care for every single person who works here. So when you join us, we promise to put our collective might behind you and your career.

You'll work in an open and supportive environment where you'll be developed, challenged and encouraged to move around to achieve even bigger and better things - nationally and internationally. You'll learn directly from senior leaders, from the best in our business. And you'll enjoy real responsibility, really early on.

Every large company today talks about supporting diversity and inclusion. But at AXA UK, these values form an integral part of everything we do. For us, it's about bringing together the best talent, helping people to realise their full potential by being 100% themselves at work and delivering outstanding service to everyone - regardless of difference.

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA's three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you've got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you're just starting out, we'll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.

At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary of up to £60,000 dependent on experience


• Annual company & performance-based bonus


• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)


• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)


• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays


• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave


• AXA employee discounts


• Gym benefits