This role provides strategic leadership, oversight, and direction for second line assurance across WPP’s technology applications, ensuring operational controls are designed and operating effectively, supported by complete and accurate evidence
Job Summary
This role provides strategic leadership, oversight, and direction for second line assurance across WPP’s technology applications, ensuring operational controls are designed and operating effectively, supported by complete and accurate evidence.
You will lead and develop a team of Senior Analysts and Analysts who deliver structured assurance over a diverse application landscape, detecting noncompliance early, driving remediation, and strengthening first line ownership of controls.
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection, which is why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach with teams in the office around four days a week.
Matching Summary
This role provides strategic leadership, oversight, and direction for second line assurance across WPP’s technology applications, ensuring operational controls are designed and operating effectively, supported by complete and accurate evidence.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
second line assurance strategy
control testing and evidence evaluation
technology application control oversight
risk based assurance prioritization
team leadership and development
assurance reporting and risk insight
Nice-to-have
judgement led assurance
collaboration across global teams
high-performance culture promotion
early risk detection and escalation
influence and challenge constructively
Key Requirements
Experience in audit coordination or IT audit
Understanding of SOX IT controls and audit processes
Certifications such as CISA, CRISC, ITIL beneficial
Ability to lead multilevel assurance teams
Strong judgement and scepticism in evidence assessment