Assurance Systems & Insights Manager (GRC/Data Analytics)
Assurance Systems & Insights Manager (GRC/Data Analytics) The Opportunity: I am helping my client, a FTSE 100 commercial (non‑financial services) business, to recruit an Assurance Systems & Insights Manager on an exclusive basis. Given the size and nature of the business, this role can be based nearly anywhere in the UK (remotely), with minimal mandatory travel (approximately one trip per month) to the UK HQ. The client has stated: "this is a newly created role, and one of the most influential and progressive roles we recruit across the whole business this year." Dual‑reporting to the two Directors of the Internal Audit and Internal Controls Leadership Team (IA&ICLT), this role will play a key part in strengthening a global organisation’s assurance, risk, and control environment. It sits at the intersection of internal audit, internal controls, and risk, with a strong focus on assurance systems, data quality, and insight generation. You will be responsible for optimising the organisation’s assurance platform, improving the structure and reliability of assurance data, and delivering meaningful insights to senior stakeholders. The role will also support future improvements to assurance systems, including potential upgrades or platform transitions, ensuring high‑quality data, strong user adoption, and continuity throughout change. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining systems ownership, data analysis, and governance in a collaborative, group‑level role. Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the primary functional owner for the organisation’s assurance / GRC system
- Manage system configuration, workflows, templates, access controls, and user groups
- Monitor system performance and resolve functional issues
- Develop and maintain user guides, process documentation, and training materials
- Ensure system design aligns with audit, risk, and assurance requirements
- Maintain a single, reliable source of truth for audit, controls, and action tracking data
- Clean, structure, and standardise datasets to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Analyse assurance data to identify trends, themes, and areas of heightened risk
- Produce dashboards, thematic analysis, and insight packs for senior leadership and committees
- Support integrated and combined assurance reporting through consistent data structures
- Consolidate data across audit, risk, and second‑line activities to enable group‑wide assurance mapping
- Coordinate and manage control self‑assessment processes
- Support gap analysis, maturity assessments, and assurance planning
- Analyse root causes and recurring control issues to identify systemic themes
- Prepare data and documentation for potential system upgrades or platform changes
- Act as a key business representative during system enhancements or migrations
- Support user readiness, data integrity, and continuity during change
Skills & Experience:
- Experience working with GRC or assurance systems
- Background in internal audit, internal controls, risk, or assurance
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear insights
- Advanced Excel and data manipulation capability
- Understanding of audit processes, findings, testing, and action tracking
- Ability to document processes clearly and support system users
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Experience supporting GRC system implementations or improvements
- Exposure to assurance analytics or continuous monitoring
- Dashboarding or reporting tool experience (e.g., Power BI)
- Experience working in complex, multi‑entity or international environments
- Familiarity with combined assurance or assurance mapping approaches
- Knowledge of risk or control frameworks
Personal Attributes:
- Analytical, curious, and structured in approach
- High attention to detail with the ability to see the bigger picture
- Calm, reliable, and delivery‑focused
- Collaborative and confident working across functions
- Proactive in identifying issues and improvement opportunities
- Comfortable challenging constructively and communicating clearly
- Passionate about data quality, effective systems, and strong governance
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