CobIT-Focused Technology Controls Tester

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

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Holiday allowance 25 days

Hybrid & flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Pension up to 11%

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plans

Health screening programme

Mental health support

Wellbeing programme

Volunteer days

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown in Bristol seeks a Digital Controls Tester to strengthen technology controls. You will deliver risk-based testing across access, change, incident and continuity, using COBIT-aligned standards to assess design and operation.

Join a team shaping an automated, data-led control testing approach, partnering with control owners and risk colleagues to drive proportionate remediation and continuous monitoring.

Qualifications

• Experience in technology risk, technology controls, control testing, IT audit, or a comparable risk and control environment.
• Understanding of technology change, service continuity, supplier tech 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.

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

Control testing

IT audit

COBIT knowledge

Analytical skills

Written & verbal comms

Evidence-based testing

Tools

COBIT framework

Job description

Hargreaves Lansdown in Bristol seeks a Digital Controls Tester to strengthen technology controls. You will deliver risk-based testing across access, change, incident and continuity, using COBIT-aligned standards to assess design and operation.

Join a team shaping an automated, data-led control testing approach, partnering with control owners and risk colleagues to drive proportionate remediation and continuous monitoring.