Reporting into the IT Value & Performance Senior Manager, the IT Compliance Manager will have responsibility for the management of IT risk, audit and compliance activities. This includes ensuring IT compliance with company policies (procurement, governance etc), managing internal and external audit responses and management of key IT artefacts such as the IT risk register and monthly KPI reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the IT Compliance team across various geographical locations, identifying and resolving potential resource constraints
- Manage IT compliance with UÉ governance policies, in particular procurement and procurement approval processes (PD/02 and PD/03), ensuring that purchase requisitions, call-off contracts etc are compliant with policy and are supported by appropriate documentation and audit trails.
- Manage all IT-related internal and external audit responses on behalf of IT, liaising with the wider IT team as appropriate to ensure that all audit requests are responded to accurately and completely, and all audit findings are actioned and completed in line with agreed timelines.
- Act as the key point of contact for 3rd party IT suppliers in relation to external licence reviews\audits, and manage the associated activities through to completion.
- Manage the IT Compliance resource capacity across of a pool of professional internal and contractual resources to successfully deliver team responsibilities, including managing the compliance of a centralised IT purchase requisition capability.
- Manage all integrated assurance activities across IT
- Manage the IT Risk Register, liaising with IT and Risk teams as appropriate to ensure all IT-related risks are accurately captured and reported on and mitigating actions are underway.
- Manage key IT governance reporting, including monthly risk, governance and Balanced Scorecard reports and associated KPIs
- Provide recommendations to the IT Management Team with respect to compliance and audit activities, making recommendations for optimisation of processes, mitigation of risk and enhancement of overall IT compliance with best practice governance.
- Build strong relationships with peer IT Managers with the aim of optimising cooperation and maximising efficiencies across the wider IT organisation
- Provide out-of-hours cover as part of the Standby Rota as required
Required Skills:
- Management experience in a similar compliance role is desirable
- Experience supporting the completion of internal and\or external audits is desirable
- Specific experience with IT compliance is desirable
- Relevant third level qualification and or accreditation is desirable
- A minimum of 7 years' experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable and or relevant experience
- Demonstrated leadership ability, proactive development, motivation and engagement of staff
- Experience managing a large team, with strong people, change management and conflict resolution skills
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective strategic partnerships with key stakeholders
- Proven track record with dealing with complex issues, proactively and in a timely fashion along with the ability to communicate complex information to others
- Experience of supporting policies, systems and controls and driving the implementation of progressive policies.
- You will have a proven track record in leadership, change & transformation experience ideally in a similar utility, regulated industry or multi stakeholder environment
- Able to work to deadlines and adapt to changing conditions and ambiguity generating effective and pragmatic solutions to new situations and problems as they are presented.
Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.
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