Group Internal Controls Manager - IT
Spirax Group
Date: 15 hours ago
City: Cheltenham, England
Contract type: Full time
Location: Cheltenham, UK (Hybrid working) Benefits: 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day, Private Medical Insurance, Bonus scheme, Sharescheme, Enhanced pension plan, Life assurance, Discount scheme.
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated Group Internal Controls Manager – IT to join our international assurance team. This newly created global role will be instrumental in expanding our second line assurance function into IT assurance, supporting the ongoing development of our Group’s controls framework. You will work across all levels of the organisation, including Group IT infrastructure, applications, and governance.
Your Objectives And Responsibilities Will Focus On…
Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.
Benefits
You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments .
We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated Group Internal Controls Manager – IT to join our international assurance team. This newly created global role will be instrumental in expanding our second line assurance function into IT assurance, supporting the ongoing development of our Group’s controls framework. You will work across all levels of the organisation, including Group IT infrastructure, applications, and governance.
Your Objectives And Responsibilities Will Focus On…
- Collaborating with the Internal Controls Lead to develop IT testing methodologies and integrate IT assurance into the existing framework.
- Planning and executing the annual IT controls testing cycle, focusing on the most material IT controls across the Group.
- Conducting controls testing on IT infrastructure, applications, and governance to ensure compliance with internal policies.
- Reporting control weaknesses and aligning action plans with senior management.
- Supporting Group IT in embedding action reporting and driving accountability for remediation.
- Delivering training to control owners and operators, promoting best practices and upskilling the second line team.
- Staying abreast of emerging IT risks and best practices to evolve the internal controls methodology.
- Professional certification such as CISA or equivalent.
- Experience in IT auditing or controls testing, ideally within a large multinational or professional services environment.
- Familiarity with IT governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks.
- Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times
- Possess excellent communication skills.
- Show high level of personal integrity and professionalism.
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
- Possess the ability to work independently and proactively.
- Be commercially minded with a pragmatic approach to risk.
- Be passionate about IT controls, with a commitment to staying current on industry trends and frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, COBIT, SOX, ITIL 7).
Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.
Benefits
You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments .
We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.
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