Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the day-to-day activities of the Enterprise Assurance team to deliver its remit and responsibilities.
- Develop and maintain the NWS Enterprise Assurance Framework and support continuous improvement of the framework.
- Oversight and co-ordination of all NWS assurance activities at a strategic, enterprise level.
- Understand and interpret assurance data and intelligence and share good practice across the business.
- Develop and maintain the NWS Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Framework and support continuous improvement of the framework.
Experience Required
Essential
- Experienced professional with a demonstrable expertise in a senior role relating to Assurance or Internal Audit.
- Professional qualification in audit and assurance (e.g IIA, IPA Reviewer, CAB) direct experience in assurance management.
- Experience of developing and delivering assurance plans within complex organisations. Signiant experience of delivering assurance or audit advisory services on complex and mission critical areas of a business.
- Comprehensive knowledge of assurance tools and techniques, and approaches used in a range of industries, including practical implementation expertise.
- Experience of managing external support contracts providing audit or assurance services.
- Knowledge of the Risk, Control, Assure and Three Lines of Assurance models and Public Sector Internal Audit Standards.
- Ability to clearly articulate and present the status of assurance activities and their outputs, in a strategic context to stakeholders.
- Ability to simplify complexity, standardise approach, insert discipline and drive focus.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills, both face to face and in writing, including the ability to communicate complex issues clearly and succinctly.
- Excellent leadership and influencing skills, along with the ability to flex personal style to engage and motivate others, and with the ability to communicate at all levels.
- Excellent relationship building, senior stakeholder management and the ability to work as a collective to deliver the required outcomes of the role.
Desirable
- Experience in the design, delivery and implementation of different assurance approaches and processes, including the Risk, Control, Assure and Three Lines of Assurance models.
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders in a regulated or complex industry.
- Demonstrable, significant experience of engaging with senior stakeholders up to and including Board Non-Executives, and regular engagement at Executive and Heads of Function level. on a regular basis.
- Experienced in applying risk, audit and assurance controls and process regimes within a multi-faceted organisation.
- Nuclear Sector experience.
- A can-do attitude, delivery focus and ability to manage own workload, including time and deadline management.
- High resilience and the diplomacy to deal with ambiguity and change.
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