Assurance Systems & Insights Manager (GRC/Data Analytics)

Hanami International; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commercial business in the UK is seeking an Assurance Systems & Insights Manager, a vital role focused on enhancing assurance systems, ensuring data quality, and generating insights for stakeholders. This newly created position involves dual-reporting and minimal travel, combining responsibilities in internal audit, risk, and assurance. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and experience with assurance systems, contributing actively to the organization's success while working remotely.

Qualifications

• Experience in internal audit, internal controls, risk, or assurance role.
• Strong analytical skills to translate data into insights.
• Ability to document processes and support system users.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary functional owner for the organisation’s assurance system.
• Develop and maintain user guides and training materials.
• Produce dashboards and thematic analysis for senior leadership.

Skills

Experience working with GRC or assurance systems

Strong analytical skills

Advanced Excel ability

Understanding of audit processes

Strong organizational skills

Tools

Power BI

Job description

The Opportunity:

I’m helping my client, a FTSE 100 commercial (non‑financial services) business recruit an Assurance Systems & Insights Manager on an exclusive basis. The role can be based nearly anywhere in the UK (remotely) with minimal mandatory travel (≈ one a month to the UK HQ). The client says “this is a newly created role, and one of the most influential and interesting & progressive roles we recruit across the whole business this year”. Dual‑reporting to the two Directors of the Internal Audit and Internal Controls Leadership Team (IA & ICLT), this role will play a key part in strengthening a global organisation’s assurance, risk, and control environment.

The role sits at the intersection of internal audit, internal controls, and risk, with a strong focus on assurance systems, data quality, and insight generation. You will be responsible for optimising the organisation’s assurance platform, improving the structure and reliability of assurance data, and delivering meaningful insights to senior stakeholders. The role will also support future improvements to assurance systems, including potential upgrades or platform transitions, ensuring high‑quality data, strong user adoption, and continuity throughout change.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining systems ownership, data analysis, and governance in a collaborative, group‑level role.

Key Responsibilities:

Assurance Systems Management

• Act as the primary functional owner for the organisation’s assurance / GRC system
• Manage system configuration, workflows, templates, access controls, and user groups
• Monitor system performance and resolve functional issues
• Develop and maintain user guides, process documentation, and training materials
• Ensure system design aligns with audit, risk, and assurance requirements

Assurance Data, Insights & Reporting

• Maintain a single, reliable source of truth for audit, controls, and action tracking data
• Clean, structure, and standardise datasets to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Analyse assurance data to identify trends, themes, and areas of heightened risk
• Produce dashboards, thematic analysis, and insight packs for senior leadership and committees
• Support integrated and combined assurance reporting through consistent data structures

Integrated Assurance & Control Assessments

• Consolidate data across audit, risk, and second‑line activities to enable group‑wide assurance mapping
• Coordinate and manage control self‑assessment processes
• Support gap analysis, maturity assessments, and assurance planning
• Analyse root causes and recurring control issues to identify systemic themes

Future System Development

• Prepare data and documentation for potential system upgrades or platform changes
• Act as a key business representative during system enhancements or migrations
• Support user readiness, data integrity, and continuity during change

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Experience working with GRC or assurance systems
• Background in internal audit, internal controls, risk, or assurance
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear insights
• Advanced Excel and data manipulation capability
• Understanding of audit processes, findings, testing, and action tracking
• Ability to document processes clearly and support system users
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities

Other experience (optional)

• Experience supporting GRC system implementations or improvements
• Exposure to assurance analytics or continuous monitoring
• Dashboarding or reporting tool experience (e.g. Power BI)
• Experience working in complex, multi‑entity or international environments
• Familiarity with combined assurance or assurance mapping approaches
• Knowledge of risk or control frameworks

Personal Attributes

• Analytical, curious, and structured in approach
• High attention to detail with the ability to see the bigger picture
• Calm, reliable, and delivery‑focused
• Collaborative and confident working across functions
• Proactive in identifying issues and improvement opportunities
• Comfortable challenging constructively and communicating clearly
• Passionate about data quality, effective systems, and strong governance

This is one of the most exciting and progressive roles we will recruit this year. If you are interested in a brand‑new role like this, please do apply.

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