Transformation Assurance Lead - up to £1,000 per day inside ir35 - 6 months (extensions likely) - Central London or Hertfordshire (Hybrid) - one stage virtual interview - ASAP start - Sector: Green Technology

Yolk recruitment are recruiting for a Transformation Assurance Lead to work with a world renowned leader in manufacturing and green technology.

This is an exciting opportunity to support the Assurance and Risk Leadership Team and act as a key audit contact for key strategic programmes and liaise with Group and Business management on specific audit projects.

Responsibilities:

• Offer independent assurance over transformation programmes portfolios, projects and their components.
• Good understanding of benefits / business cases and change management;
• Find further opportunities to de-risk complex programmes / projects through further simplification and automation (IT enablement) whilst providing independent assurance; Business partnering, ability to guide and support the key strategic programmes / Transformation Office team in solutioning and influencing the culture of control awareness;
• Support the implementation of specific strategic workstreams to help make the assurance function more efficient.
• Engage with and / or direct / supervise other staff members (guest auditors from the business / co-source staff) to ensure engagements are completed appropriately and on time;
• Support in shaping the high-risk assurance areas to pursue i.e. providing structure in the approach for scoping which deep dives should be done and how they will be delivered;

Skills:

• Senior stakeholder engagement (including TO, capital projects, IT and other projects managers / leads)
• Experience in leading full life cycle programme and project management
• Experience in risk-based auditing across a range of processes using the latest audit methodologies and techniques.
• Experience in using basic computer-based auditing tools and techniques.
• Strong business change management experience

Desirable Skills:

• Business or audit knowledge of IT or systems (particularly SAP and Sharepoint)
• Knowledge of capital project delivery
• Experience gained, working in a complex manufacturing, large multinational or complex structured environment (audit or otherwise)
• Risk management experience (including assessment, management, reporting on risk matters or facilitating risk discussions)
• Knowledge of fraud or forensic investigations