IT Assurance Manager- GFCA

Job Description

Why this job matters

As an Assurance Manager, you will be responsible for driving assurance activities across the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICOFR). This role is critical to ensuring the integrity, reliability, and compliance of Financial reporting processes – whether automated or manual.

What you’ll be doing

Role-Specific responsibilities:

IT Controls Assurance:

• Perform assurance and testing of IT General Controls (ITGC) and IT Application Controls (ITAC) relevant to Financial Reporting.
• Provide subject matter expertise in SAP and legacy applications control testing and configuration.
• Responsible for supporting Business role design across a wide range of SAP technologies.

• Collaborate with Digital compliance teams to ensure effective control design and implementation.
• Support remediation of issues identified through testing or identified by users and corresponding fixes as needed.
• Enable utilisation of SAP GRC functionality for automated access control functionality.
• Supporting on communication and explanation of key control design and functionality with respect to external stakeholders such as external audit.

The skills and experience you will need

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field; CA, CFE, CISA, CIA preferred.
• 6–12 years’ experience, including experience in Risk, Compliance, Controls, or Assurance is a plus
• Strong knowledge of SOX, ICOFR, COSO, and control frameworks.
• Experience in SAP environments (for IT-focused role) and SAP GRC role design will be an advantage
• Strong understanding of fraud risk management principles (for fraud-focused role).
• Proven experience in process control testing and assurance (for process controls-focused role).
• Strong analytical and technical mindset; able to simplify complex controls.
• Confident communicator with stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable working independently and virtually.
• Curious, pragmatic, and improvement driven.
• Able to coach junior team members and challenge the status quo.

About us

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.

Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.

While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.

Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.