IT Governance & Risk Manager

Location: Home based
Salary: up to £50,000 (depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours

We’re looking for an experienced IT Governance & Risk professional to join our thriving Group IT team. You will be key to driving forward information security culture, controls, and processes, leading and managing the IT Risk Framework. You will have responsibility for the group’s risk posture for IT; identifying and tracking key risks to the delivery of service.

This is a great opportunity in which you’ll also act as a key member of second-line support for IT GRC processes including Information Security, Compliance and Third-Party oversight. Additionally, the successful individual will liaise closely with Group Audit, Group Risk and Group Compliance.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing leadership, vision, and direction to stakeholders in all aspects regarding IT Risk and Governance, and supporting other areas of GRC (including policy, training, information security, and compliance).
• Partnering with senior stakeholders to drive effective management of IT Risk, compliance with policies, information security and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Providing technical guidance and consultancy where required in relation to ISO 27001 and PCI DSS requirements to enable IT to retain compliance where achieved.
• Improving the IT control environment and lessen risk within the business.
• Delivering effective risk identification, assessment, risk response, mitigation and control monitoring and reporting outcomes.
• Advising our Head of IT GRC on risk and control issues and provide practical recommendations to ensure risks are appropriately managed.
• Providing ongoing guidance and consultation to the organisation to promote a progressive and sustainable Information and Cyber Security program.
• Providing guidance with regards IT Risk to Policy.

What’s in it for you?

Salary- up to £50,000 per annum depending on experience to reflecting your specialist skillset.

Annual leave- 24 days, rising to 26 with length of service. Of course, you’ll have public holidays too and we’ll even help you celebrate with an extra day off for your birthday!

Pension- 5% Employer Contributions. 

Financial Benefits- save-as-you-earn scheme, employee referral scheme- earn £1,000 per person you successfully refer, free life assurance and access to our Benefits App offering unlimited access to a huge range of retailer discounts and cashback deals (incl. Tesco, Asda, Currys, B&Q & Wickes to name just a few).

Lifestyle & Wellbeing Benefits- discounted & flexible gym memberships, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme with an NHS Approved mental well-being mobile app.

Motoring Benefits- access to an employee vehicle-leasing scheme, discounted vehicle repairs and discounts on weekend vehicle hire and van hire.

Wagestream- a financial wellbeing app that gives you more control over your pay, helps you save, provides financial advice and offers discounts on your shopping.

About you

• You will have experience in IT Risk and Compliance, ideally with CISSP, CISA or CISM certifications.
• You’ll have excellent interpersonal and communication skills to present your ideas concisely.
• You’ll be able to demonstrate experience of working in a similar function ideally within a large and complex business group.
• You’ll be able to work collaboratively with other team members as well as the ability to work independently with minimum supervision.

About us

Redde Northgate is the leading integrated mobility solutions platform providing services across the vehicle lifecycle through our broad mix of operating companies. We support our customers through a network and diversified fleet of over 125,000 owned and leased vehicles, together with over 600,000 managed vehicles. Today we are made up of 6,700 colleagues across 175 sites throughout the UK, Ireland, and Spain, and continue to grow. Our Group IT team are at the heart of our business and key to our success.

Be part of our future

If you would love to join our team as our IT Governance & Risk Manager, we encourage you to find out more by applying today!