COBIT Controls Assurance Analyst

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday

Hybrid working

Pension scheme 11%

Private medical insurance

Health care plans

Volunteering days

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown is seeking a Digital Controls Tester to strengthen technology risk controls. You will plan and execute testing using COBIT-aligned standards, produce evidence-rich reports, and collaborate with control owners to drive remediation.

Hybrid role in Bristol with opportunities to automate evidence collection and analytics, contributing to a data-led, continuous testing approach across critical platforms.

Qualifications

• Essential experience in technology risk, technology controls, control testing, IT audit, or a comparable risk and control environment.
• Understanding of technology change, service continuity, supplier technology risk and operational resilience.
• Knowledge of COBIT, or the ability to build this knowledge quickly, and how it can support control design, operation and maturity assessment.
• Strong analytical skills and professional judgement, with the ability to interrogate evidence, identify trends and reach balanced conclusions.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with confidence engaging technology specialists, control owners, risk colleagues and managers.
• Ability to provide constructive challenge and produce high-quality testing documentation, reports and management information.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver assigned activity from the technology control testing plan, managing walkthroughs, evidence requests, milestones and dependencies.
• Carry out risk-based testing across areas including access, change, incident, service continuity, resilience, suppliers, data centres and technology platforms.
• Assess control design and operating effectiveness using COBIT-aligned standards and HL’s risk management framework.
• Produce clear, concise and well-evidenced test scripts, working papers, findings and management information.
• Work constructively with control owners and colleagues to validate findings, understand root causes and agree proportionate remediation.
• Track issues and actions, review remediation evidence and elevate overdue or inadequate responses.
• Identify repeatable tests, reliable data sources and opportunities to automate evidence collection, analytics and continuous monitoring.
• Build your expertise in COBIT, technology risk, control testing, data analytics and automation, sharing good practice across the team.

Skills

Technology risk

Technology controls

Control testing

IT audit

Technology assurance

COBIT

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

COBIT

Job description

Hargreaves Lansdown is seeking a Digital Controls Tester to strengthen technology risk controls. You will plan and execute testing using COBIT-aligned standards, produce evidence-rich reports, and collaborate with control owners to drive remediation.

Hybrid role in Bristol with opportunities to automate evidence collection and analytics, contributing to a data-led, continuous testing approach across critical platforms.