IT Compliance Lead

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

You will be managing Kingfisher’s IT infrastructure, ensuring performance through expertise in systems, virtualization, scripting, networking, storage, and security. The Compliance Lead will support the Senior IT & Security Compliance Manager in ensuring Kingfisher's technology estate is compliant with all applicable laws and regulations and this compliance can be clearly demonstrated to regulators and auditors. Working in the Information Security & Risk team you will maintain, develop and implement a compliance program and the associated processes and evidential documentation. Ensuring Group/Local Banner technology teams and suppliers understand and maintain operational compliance to regulations.

• Maintain and improve the Controls framework providing a view of effectiveness, and driving a programme of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with and assist Banners and technology teams to develop corrective action plans for identified compliance issues.
• Ability to convey sophisticated information and ideas clearly to stakeholders and embed policy, processes and controls that maintain compliance.
• Develop and provide recommendations towards reporting packs for all aspects of the compliance landscape.
• Provide SME consultancy to both Group Technology and the Banners / Group Functions on key topics such as data protection and payments.
• Operate a data protection office for Group Technology including leading data maps, DPIA’s and SARs.
• Run both internal and external audit activities including the support of audit planning, audit facilitation, recommendations to findings and resulting action plans.

What we offer:

• Private Health Care: Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with Bupa.
• Kingfisher Pension Scheme: Immediate eligibility through auto-enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.
• 25 Days' Holiday: 25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro rated for part time colleagues).
• Staff Discount: 20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.
• Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan (SIP): Share ownership in a tax efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month.
• Life Assurance: x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS-MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.
• Bonus: Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.
• Kingfisher Share Save: Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc shares at the end of a 3 or 5 year period.

Our Behaviours:

• Constantly improving our customer experience.
• Acting with humanity and care.
• Be curious: Thriving on learning, thinking beyond the obvious.
• Be inclusive: Acting inclusively in diverse teams to achieve together.
• Be agile: Working with trust, pace and agility.
• Be accountable: Championing the plan to deliver results and growth.

Training & Development:

• Conversations with senior leaders.
• Resources and tools to help you grow.
• Initiatives that measure development.
• Find your path within multiple areas of the organisation.
• Sharing knowledge with colleagues.
• Opportunities to find experiences in line with more senior roles and responsibilities.

Why Kingfisher:

We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment.

Application Process:

• Step 1: Application - Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.
• Step 2: Review - A member of the Talent Acquisition team will then review your application.
• Step 3: Interview 1 - You’ll have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.
• Step 4: Interview 2 - You’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.
• Step 5: Feedback - Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!