Job Description

IT INTERNAL CONTROLS SENIOR MANAGER

Full Time - Hybrid

Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a IT Senior Internal Controls Manager to join the Group Internal Controls team, with a specific focus on IT risk and controls.

As a Senior Internal Controls Manager in a second line of assurance team, you will be responsible for providing specialist knowledge and guidance to the business to support the organisation to deliver the financial control priorities and demonstrate effective IT internal controls in line with external standards and best practice.

You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with all members of the team on group wide initiatives, will interact with process and control owners on a day-to-day basis and with senior IT & Digital stakeholders regularly to discuss key control and remediation themes. Your work will help to provide assurance to the Board, Audit Committee and Executive Management on the effectiveness of the internal control system.

What you will be doing

Using your specialist knowledge, and previous experience, to provide the business and internal control colleagues with technical support on IT internal controls best practice
Offering specialist insight, expertise and advice to the business to lead the development of improved IT internal controls that operate in the most efficient and effective way
Constructively challenging current IT internal controls and working with the business to remediate testing actions to improve the internal control environment
Working with customers (internal and external) to resolve control problems, answer questions, review processes and provide control improvement suggestions to support improvement initiatives
Subject matter expert for spreadsheet control testing, including being the ‘system owner’ of the Oak spreadsheet analysis tool, and supporting to provide training and guidance to business and internal control colleagues
Influencing and working with employees at all levels, and particularly senior management to clearly explain the importance of good internal controls and opportunities for improvements
Partnering with the business to assess the impact of change initiatives (including the GBS and IT & Digital Strategies, simplification, automation, offshoring, etc) on IT risk and controls
Proactively highlighting the key control themes, systemic issues and reporting findings to management, Risk and Audit Committees and the CFO Leadership Team
Oversight of governance and controls relating to Segregation of Duties, including, but not limited to remediation/mitigation strategies and lookback activity to ensure that where conflicts remain, there is no risk crystallisation or financial/fraud impact for Rolls-Royce

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. This particular role is a leadership role and as such we expect the successful individual to be able to exhibit many of our Leadership Expectations, which are:

One Enterprise Mindset, One Team
Adaptiveness & Resilience
Holistic Thinking, Simplification & Decisiveness
Execution & Business Impact
Operational Effectiveness
Build Talent & Capabilities

In addition, for this role, we are looking for someone who has:

Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) qualification or equivalent
Experience of developing an effective IT internal control system within an organisation
Knowledge implementing SOX controls and a SOX compliance programme or equivalent is highly desirable
Good knowledge of internal control frameworks (such as COSO)
Strong commercial acumen, verbal and numerical analytical ability
Resilient, self-motivated and accomplished at forming relationships and influencing people at all levels in the company
Excellent communication skills, with an ability to question, interpret and explain control concepts in a simple and concise manner
The ability to travel to our operations in Poland, India and North America from time to time (if required)

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy

Grade: Management Band B

For further information please contact: Alison Connaughton Alison.Connaughton@Rolls-Royce.com

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Job Category

Finance

Posting Date

07 Aug 2025; 00:08

Posting End Date

13 Aug 2025

Senior Manager IT Internal Controls

Rolls-Royce