Senior Manager - Controls Assurance (2B)

The primary role of the Controls Assurance Senior Manager is to work with the Assistant Vice President / Vice President to perform control testing across Technology, Third Party Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Data & Privacy areas and support the development and improvements of the control framework across all areas managed by First Line GRC to ensure that it remains aligned to the M&G risk appetite. This includes, but is not limited to, understanding the external requirements (by regulators and industry bodies) and the organisation s strategy, vision and direction, external and internal emerging risk, and working closely with other leads in the function and wider M&G to understand the control framework and recommend improvements of policy, standards and control requirements. This will include overall assessment of the implementation of the control framework and will be supporting control owners to define corrective actions when gaps are identified. In addition, the role will support oversight of the Technology controls testing team and the issue assurance process providing validation of issue closure packs. This will include overall assessment of the implementation of the control framework and will be supporting control owners to define corrective actions when gaps are identified. In addition, the role will support oversight of the Technology controls testing team and the issue assurance process providing validation of issue closure packs. Primary Responsibilities - Performing control testing across the Technology, Third Party Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Data & Privacy functions Supporting the Issue Assurance processes Supporting management with the remediation of any control gaps or implementation of control improvements Support AVP/VP in carrying out control testing and issue assurance. Build strong professional relationships with key stakeholders and senior leaders across Technology to capture appropriate risk metric data. Work closely with AVP/VP and help identify new approaches that enhance efficiency and the business impact of the IT risk landscapes. Support the Control Assurance Lead with reporting status updates to the Leadership team/Senior Stakeholders. Working flexibly and building collaboratively constructive and supportive working relationships with teams across M&G plc and suppliers. Keep abreast of industry trends, regulatory and business issues. Use of regulatory knowledge, business understanding and expert judgement, to quickly identify underlying issues and escalate issues, where appropriate.