SEO Corporate Assurance and Risk Manager

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build 'better insights, better outcomes' for our clients.

This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government.

The Agency's unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

The role of Corporate Governance and Transparency Manager is part of the Governance team, which sits within the Corporate Services division. This small but dynamic team provides a wide array of corporate governance services, including managing governance frameworks, risk management processes, and internal controls within the GIAA.

The Corporate Governance and Transparency Manager holds a pivotal position within the Governance team and across the Agency. Working closely with senior colleagues, you will ensure the seamless delivery of a high-quality internal governance function. You will serve as the Agency's lead on propriety, ethics, correspondence handling, and transparency reporting., Develop and oversee the Agency's assurance environment and control framework, including maintaining the map of assurance and delivering assurance exercises to support the Accounting Officer's assessment of the effectiveness of the internal control environment.

Lead the management and continuous development of the Agency's approach to risk management, ensuring effective design and implementation of policies, procedures, and practices for risk identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring, and reporting.

Deliver high-quality risk and assurance practices across the organisation, and reports to governance bodies and other key stakeholders, including reporting on risk exposures, trends, and mitigation progress.

Promote Agency-wide compliance with the Counter Fraud Functional Standards by supporting the identification of areas for improvement, advising on necessary actions, and fostering robust processes to meet the required benchmarks.

Lead the Agency's internal counter-fraud arrangements by identifying, assessing, and monitoring fraud risks, as well as reviewing the effectiveness of associated controls.

Prepare, deliver, and report on the annual action plan, which sets out targeted measures and initiatives to mitigate the risks of fraud, bribery, and corruption.

Conduct second-line assurance checks and produce reports for Executive and Board committees.

Act as secretary to committees of the Agency Board and Executive, including the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.