Principal – Combined Assurance (FTC) This position can be based in UK, South Africa, Brazil or Chile

Job Description

The purpose of the Risk Management and Internal Audit team is to empower the organisation to identify and manage risks and opportunities and through independent, risk-based assurance we proactively provide strategic insight and trusted advice, to help strengthen the organisation’s ability to create, protect, and sustain value.

Purpose

Provide dedicated coordination and oversight to strengthen the organisation’s Combined Assurance model, improving assurance quality, governance maturity, and management visibility through a unified, enterprise-wide view of risk. The role enables effective planning, alignment, and monitoring of assurance activity across the 2nd and 3rd lines.

Responsibilities

• Planning
  • Coordinate and maintain the annual Combined Assurance Plan.
  • Facilitate alignment of all assurance activities with the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework to ensure sufficient coverage.
  • Develop, standardise and maintain assurance planning templates.
  • Update and maintain 2nd line methodology playbook.
  • Engage assurance providers across 2nd and 3rd line to ensure coordinated coverage of strategic, operational, and business risks.
• Execution and framework maintenance
  • Maintain and continuously enhance the Combined Assurance framework, playbook, and methodologies.
  • Coordinate assurance activities across 2nd and 3rd lines of assurance to prevent duplication and ensure comprehensive coverage and review 2nd line methodologies are aligned with 2nd line playbook requirements.
  • Track execution of assurance work against the plan.
• Reporting and analysis
  • Follow up with 2nd line assurance providers on progress with plan and prepare status summary for audit committee.
  • Leveraging the new 3rd line rating scale, collaborate with 2nd line assurance providers to develop an integrated view of assurance results to provide greater insight into the effectiveness of processes for managing Group and business-level risks.
• Health, Safety & Environment
  • Demonstrate behaviour in line with health, safety and environmental standards and with the Group’s values.
  • Set the health, safety and environmental expectations for your team and monitor behaviour so that it meets the required standards.
  • Participate in relevant safety audits, inspections and observations, and address issues as part of demonstrating safety leadership.
• People / Team
  • Demonstrate behaviour in line with the Group’s values, standards and a professional workplace.
  • Develop your performance in line with the Group’s policies and systems (e.g. performance management, talent management) in order to achieve business goals.
  • Develop a clear and aligned work plan.
  • Foster a constructive and productive working environment.
  • Drive delivery of objectives and being accountable for your work.
  • Participate as an effective team member in working collaboratively with your leader, peers and relevant others (including from other teams) to achieve business goals.
  • Contribute to the broader business by working with others in such a way that it optimises the overall business results, rather than just your team’s.
• Work Processes
  • Fully understand the policies, processes and systems which apply to your work.
  • Identify any issues around these that interfere with your ability to complete work or meet the plan / strategy.
  • For processes within your authority, make the required changes; for others, escal e issues to seek action or look for alternative solutions.

Qualifications

• Develop, maintain and quality-check the Combined Assurance Plan, including use of standard templates, schedules and dependencies.
• Apply Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) concepts to map assurance activity to key Group and business risks, identify coverage gaps and minimise duplication across 2nd and 3rd line providers.
• Maintain and update Combined Assurance framework documentation (playbooks, methodologies and guidance), ensuring alignment to agreed 2nd line methodology requirements.
• Support the tracking execution of assurance work against plan and produce clear status reporting for governance forums (e.g., Audit Committee), including actions, slippage and emerging themes.
• Analyse assurance results (including use of rating scales) to support an integrated view of assurance and insights on the effectiveness of controls and risk management.
• Use data and reporting tools (e.g., Excel/Power BI and relevant audit/assurance systems such as TeamMate) to consolidate inputs, manage dashboards and support evidence-based decision-making.

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