Director, Issue, Audit & Regulatory Governance

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ABOUT US: LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.

OUR PEOPLE: People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference.

Role profile: A strategically important role, required to develop, govern, embed and operate capabilities to oversee Internal Audits, External Audits, Self-Identified Issues, regulatory examinations and associated action plans to ensure mature risk management practices and compliance with regulations.

ROLE SUMMARY: This is a key role, required to lead the development and implementation of capabilities to oversee Internal Audits, External Audits, Self-Identified Issues, regulatory examinations and associated action plans to ensure mature risk management practices and compliance with regulations. By enhancing existing capabilities and implementing new procedures across the wider Engineering division, this role will ensure a common, consistent and comprehensive management of risk and compliance.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Develop, implement, operate, embed, maintain and oversee procedures to govern and oversee technology-related issues, audit and regulatory findings.
• Leading a team to review and quality assure all Self-Identified Issues (SIIs) across all CIO divisions to ensure action plans are appropriately designed to address root cause.
• Govern, track and report on all SIIs and associated action plans to ensure action plans and SII remediation remains on track.
• Lead a team to validate the closure of SIIs and associated actions plans to ensure root cause has been addressed.
• Lead the central coordination, oversight and tracking of both Internal and External audits.
• Oversee Audit Issue and Action Plan Closure Validation to ensure actions plans have fully delivered on objectives.
• Represent Engineering to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Own strategic relationships and innovate partnerships with both internal and external audit teams.
• Develop and run the Engineering Exceptions & Risk Acceptance process.
• Oversight and coordination of regulatory-led assessments, examinations & enquiries.
• Build and maintain central Engineering & Cyber external standardised responses register.
• Maintain Regulatory Obligations Register.
• Monitor and report compliance with regulations.
• Present updates and reporting to senior leadership.
• Governance and oversight of Client Audits and other Non-Standard Due-Diligence requests.
• Provide thought leadership to the strategy and development of Engineering GRC products and services.
• Build, lead, mentor and develop a high-performing team of GRC professionals.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• A strong and demonstrable understanding of technology and cyber security controls.
• The ability to communicate with clarity and precision.
• A strong ability to analyse and evaluate facts and information.
• The ability to think strategically and understand the broader impacts of decision making.
• A logical and methodical mindset.
• Strong relationship-building skills.
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Excellent and proven written and verbal presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills.

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN: This is a high-impact, high-profile role that will deliver critical capability in the management of technology and cyber security risks and controls. This role is an opportunity to build new, as well as develop and strengthen existing GRC capabilities to positively influence risk culture across the whole of LSEG.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.