Senior Manager Quality Reporting & Insights

Business Unit: Chief Controls Office If you want to know about the requirements for this role, read on for all the relevant information. Salary Range £76,000 - £95,000 DOE + red-hot benefits Location : UK Hybrid Contract Type: Permanent, Full time External Live for the weekday. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team We are the 1st Line of Defence Assurance Team, partnering with our COO business functions to deliver Risk & Control Testing, Mandatory Compliance Assessments and value-adding Assurance Reviews.​​Our intrinsic purpose is to objectively assess and report on our organisation’s ability to manage Risk and Comply with Internal Standards / Industry Standards / Regulation, whilst driving continual improvement to enable Virgin Money to be the best version of itself in our goal to Make Customers Happier about Money. What you’ll be doing

• Leading on the provision of value-adding, insightful and articulate analysis and reporting.
• Accountable for the ongoing reporting of progress of the Assurance Programme.
• Responsible for the ongoing reporting of Risk Issues raised by the A&C team and acting as a point of escalation.
• Driving continual improvement within the team through delivery of improvement initiatives, coaching, organising training and providing oversight to drive high quality outputs.
• Acting as a Senior leader within the team to support the department to meet our objectives.
• Deputising for the Head of Assurance when necessary.
• Building trusted relationships with your key stakeholders.

We need you to have

• Significant experience in Assurance including Internal Audit, External Audit, 1st Line Assurance & Control Testing.
• Professional Certification in a Risk Management, Assurance or Audit related field. (e.g. Institute of Risk Management, Chartered Quality Institute, Institute of Internal Auditors etc).
• Tangible experience of leading the delivery of Assurance Reviews including time spent in a lead role overseeing others.
• Expert capability in the embedment of Risk Management principles and delivery of Assurance Reviews.
• Successful leadership skills to model our values and behaviours.
• Proven people management capability.
• Demonstrable capability in Reporting & Data Analysis (analytical expert, it has been an important part of their role, they have had a dedicated reporting role at some point etc)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Ability to communicate with influence.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Experience in banking or financial services.
• Some background in / training which includes Continual Improvement or Lean Six Sigma would be advantageous.
• Varied background, either working across industries / different departments would be preferable.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.