IT Audit and Controls Analyst

IT Audit and Controls Analyst
Location: Spalding - Hybrid (Flexible options available)
Contract Type: Full-time Permanent // Open to Contractors Inside IR35
Salary: Up to £50k per annum for perm with 10% annual bonus // up to £600 day rate contracting
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm
 

Why join us.
We’re proud to offer you a career with possibilities. Where you’ll be supported to work hard, aim high and bring your best to work, every day. As a valued IT Audit and Controls Analyst, we’ll support your ambition, reward your resilience, and encourage you to rise to challenges and create a career you can be proud of too.

What we do.
We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.

About this role.
Become part of an innovative Group IT function, driving international IT initiatives that span all areas of our business. We're embarking on a ground-breaking 4-year transformation project that will revolutionise our IT landscape. Now is the perfect time to join our team, where you'll play a pivotal role in a specialised unit focusing on assurance, risk, and continuity.

As an IT Audit and Controls Analyst you will:

• Enhance Control Mechanisms: Provide expert advice and guidance to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of our control systems.
• Engage with Stakeholders: Collaborate with stakeholders to issue and review strategic plans, progress reports, and approvals.
• Risk Management: Contribute to comprehensive risk assessments and reviews, identifying and communicating root causes of issues.
• Quality Audits: Plan, organise, and conduct audits for various projects, ensuring stringent quality control measures are applied.
• Compliance Analysis: Collect and scrutinise records, analysing evidence to ensure adherence to organisational standards across activities, processes, data, products, or services.
• Process Investigation: Investigate and document the internal control of automated, semi-automated, and manual processes, assessing compliance with relevant standards.
• Supplier Quality Assurance: Perform rigorous quality assurance reviews of suppliers throughout our supply chain.
• Audit Reports: Review and analyse audit reports to pinpoint common areas of non-compliance and propose enhancements to control mechanisms.
• Standards Development: Provide guidance on the creation, documentation, and application of standards, procedures, and quality-managed processes.
• Audit Planning and Execution: Take charge of planning and resourcing audits and conformance reviews for processes, products, systems, and services, primarily within simple to medium complexity domains.
• Stakeholder Workshops: Facilitate workshops to review audit requirements, agree on priorities, timelines, information disclosure, and audit frequencies, documenting all agreements.
• Audit Coordination: As part of, or leading, an audit team, coordinate with all stakeholders to conduct audits within agreed timescales, ensuring thorough analysis and interpretation of control measures and standards conformance.
• Comprehensive Reporting: Prepare and communicate detailed audit reports based on collected and analysed evidence.

About you.
The ideal candidate will have strong skills in evaluating IT general controls, leading audit projects, conducting quality assurance, and analysing data. Excellent analytical, communication, and attention-to-detail skills are essential, as well as proficiency in IT infrastructure and audit reporting. The ability to manage multiple projects, think critically, and collaborate effectively with teams is crucial.

Experience Requirements:

• Proven IT Audit Experience: Experience in IT auditing, assurance, or risk management.
• Regulatory Compliance: Experience with compliance frameworks such as SOX, GDPR, ISO 27001, COBIT 2019 or similar.
• Risk Assessment: Demonstrated experience in conducting risk assessments and risk management activities.
• Internal Controls Evaluation: Strong background in evaluating, implementing and testing IT general controls (ITGCs) in various environments.
• Project Management: Experience in planning, organising, and leading audit projects, including coordination with multiple stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance: Experience with quality assurance processes and methodologies.
• Data Analysis: Proficient in analysing data and audit results to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with IT infrastructure, including networks, databases, and security systems.
• Audit Reporting: Proven experience in preparing comprehensive audit reports and presenting findings to senior management.

Skill Requirements:

• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify control weaknesses and recommend improvements.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective stakeholder engagement and report writing.
• Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and attention to detail in assessing controls and compliance.
• Technical Knowledge: In-depth understanding of IT systems, applications, and cybersecurity principles.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and standards impacting IT controls and security.
• Project Management Skills: Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely completion and quality.
• Critical Thinking: Strong critical thinking skills to evaluate complex IT environments and processes.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively as part of a team and collaborate with various departments.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and environments in a fast-paced industry.

What you’ll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You’ll enjoy:

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Short Term Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free Carparking

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

Proud to be Bakkavor.
We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply.

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