C2/SEO Corporate Governance Assurance and Analyst Lead
The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.
Working closely with the Chief Executive/Accounting Officer and senior leaders, the Corporate Governance Team is responsible for ensuring the Agency demonstrates best practice and complies with the standards set for corporate governance across government.
It oversees the whole of the Agency’s compliance in this regard, its effective management of risks, its appropriate response to possible fraud and error, and its overall stewardship of public funds, and seeks to deliver excellence in corporate governance.
The Corporate Governance Assurance and Analyst Lead will work with a wide variety of teams across the Insolvency Service and will be involved in the proactive management of strategic risks and challenges directly facing the organisation. This includes being the lead on the collection and analysis of relevant intelligence from multiple sources within the assurance landscape and the Agency, to inform the audit universe planning and advice to the Accounting Officer.
Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives.We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability & Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, Mind Matters, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women’s Network Group.
We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.
The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career!
Lead on high profile and complex audit reviews, to a high standard, conducting thorough enquiries and producing clear and focused recommendations and accurate findings in report form and verbally to management and the Executive.
Undertake deep dives, as directed, and requested by the executive and Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
Build relationships with members of the executive and their staff who are under their scrutiny.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:
Specific Responsibilities- Lead on the development and maintenance of strong knowledge and understanding of effective governance, using the three lines of defence model.
- Lead on the collection and analysis of relevant intelligence from multiple sources within the assurance landscape to maintain and manage the Agency’s Assurance Map and to inform the audit universe planning.
- Lead on the analysis and management of governance performance data to identify threats and weaknesses.
- Lead on identifying and delivering opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of good governance within the team and cross-Agency.
- Lead on high profile and complex audit reviews, to a high standard, conducting thorough enquiries and producing clear and focused recommendations and accurate findings in report form and verbally to management and the executive.
- Undertake deep dives, as directed, and requested by the executive and Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
- Build relationships with members of the executive and their staff who are under their scrutiny.
- Lead on, and work collaboratively (professionally) in, team intensive activities.
- Provide expert advice and guidance on legal aspects of corporate governance and prepare the Agency's annual governance statement and governance components of the Agency’s annual report.
- Actively maintain knowledge and awareness of technical and legal developments in public sector governance.
- Understand, demonstrate and apply investigative approaches to solicit information, probing, inference etc.
- Line Management of more junior colleagues.
- Contribute to and participate in training and development activities to support the continuing professional development of Corporate Governance Officers and support staff.
- Actively participate in Corporate Governance Team meetings, activities, and development.