IT CONTROLS Tester (IT)

Role: IT Controls Tester Rate: Inside IR35 Location: 3-4 days a week onsite in London Duration: 6-month initial contract Job Purpose and primary objectives: We are seeking an experienced IT controls testing professionals to work on testing IT controls for a UK Financial Institution. The work initially involves manually testing IT controls related to perimeter, important business services, resilience and data. The ideal candidate will have a CISA certification, strong IT domain understanding, strong IT control frameworks understanding and strong IT related regulatory understanding, alongside the ability to engage effectively with control owners to drive efficient and effective IT controls testing and rigorous reporting related to this. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, regulatory knowledge, and strong stakeholder engagement skills to ensure the testing of newly transformed IT control framework. Key responsibilities For each IT controls allocated

• Reviewing all supporting documents available (and requesting if not available) including procedure documents, control descriptions, policy documents, workflow, etc.
• Optionally Performing IT Control Walkthroughs to validate understanding from above review
• Preparing the IT Control Test plan (procedure, sample size to be tested)
• Aligning IT Control Test plan with control owner, before test execution
• Executing IT Control Testing (TOD, TOE)
• Documenting the Results
• Conducting internal quality checks
• Updating Control Testing Closure in Allocation Tracker
• Optional failure remediation support to control owners

Key Skills/Knowledge: * Knowledge of IT domain, IT control frameworks, IT related regulations.

• Knowledge of control and regulatory frameworks (e.g. NIST, PS21/3, COBIT, DORA, etc.).
• Analytical Skills
• Ability to take a rigorous and methodical approach to IT control testing
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills to engage effectively with control owners, operators, risk governance stakeholders.

Experience required:

• Proven experience of independently doing IT controls testing with minimal supervision including starting from scheduling, doing control walk throughs till creating, reviewing and managing working papers.
• Proven experience of addressing challenges related to IT control testing including control owners' availability, control ownership, complex reporting and governance structures
• Experience in MS-Office (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) to setup and manage reporting of control testing and supporting governance meetings

LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.