Risk & Assurance Manager

About Our Client

A Government Department with offices in Manchester.

Job Description

The Risk & Assurance Manager will be responsible for:

• Manage the relationship with National Audit Office VfM team, and Government Internal Audit Agency, including facilitating the progress of audits.
• Support the Head of Assurance and Head of Risk to develop the departmental risk and assurance frameworks and deliver training on these.
• Assisting in the monitoring and assessing directorate's bespoke risk registers and assurance maps. Conduct reviews of first or second line assurance and collate thematic findings.
• Preparing risk and assurance reports for boards and committees.
• Engage with functional directors to support them in assessing compliance to functional standards.
• Engage with senior managers in the risk reviews and annual directors assurance reviews.
• Work with Private Office to facilitate the department through any PAC hearings including hosting of mock panel sessions.
• Undertake ad-hoc assignments and projects, as needed, to support non-assurance parts of GRAFT.

The Successful Applicant

The successful Risk & Assurance Manager should have:

• An understanding, gained through working experience of risk, control and assurance.
• Proven ability to work with senior leaders to deliver change.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team delivering at pace in a fast-moving environment.
• Be an excellent communicator, able to explain complex ideas both verbally and written at all levels.
• Proven ability to develop and manage diverse stakeholders and their needs.
• Experience of working in an assurance/internal audit capacity as part of a 3 lines of defence risk model.
• A finance, risk or internal audit professional qualification.

What's on Offer

The candidate will receive:

• Alongside your salary, the business contributes £11,404 towards the Pension scheme.
• Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices and time spent working from home.
• 26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years' service.
• A Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice.
• 3 days of paid volunteering leave.
• Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave.
• Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year.
• Occupational sick pay.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice.
• Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks.
• Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work.
• Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more!