Compliance & Assurance Specialist

GrainLNG; Rochester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Grain LNG, Isle of Grain, Rochester, Kent, invites a Compliance & Assurance Specialist to plan, monitor and continuously improve its 2nd Line Audit and Assurance Framework. You will ensure management systems, processes and controls meet legislation, ISO standards and external obligations.

The role coordinates the annual audit programme, delivers audits across operations, reports findings and supports governance through assurance insights to senior leadership and the board.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of audit principles, assurance frameworks and risk based auditing.
• Experience delivering internal audits and assurance activities in a complex operational environment.
• Experience building relationships and working with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Experience applying Continuous Improvement techniques to deliver changes within processes.

Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain and coordinate the annual 2nd Line Audit & Assurance programme in line with business risks and regulatory requirements.
• Plan and deliver 2nd Line audits across management systems, business processes and functional areas.
• Provide guidance on audit scope, objectives and criteria.
• Monitor audit findings and corrective actions to ensure timely closeout and verifiable evidence.
• Support external regulatory inspections and assurance reviews and provide governance reporting.

Skills

Audit principles

Assurance frameworks

Risk-based auditing

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Report writing

Job description

Grain LNG, Isle of Grain, Rochester, Kent, ME3 0AB United Kingdom

The Compliance & Assurance Specialist is responsible for planning, delivering, monitoring and continuously improving the 2nd Line Audit and Assurance Framework at Grain LNG. The role provides assurance that management systems, business processes and controls comply and/or conform with legislation, internal requirements, ISO standards and external regulatory obligations, and that identified business risks are being effectively managed.

Shared Responsibility Audit Planning & Delivery

• Establish, maintain and coordinate the annual 2nd Line Audit & Assurance programme in line with business risks, regulatory requirements and scheduled external audits.
• Plan and deliver 2nd Line audits across management systems, business processes and functional areas.
• Provide guidance on audit scope, objectives and criteria.
• Ensure audits verify compliance to legislation, conformance to planned arrangements (e.g. ISO standards, policies and procedures) and effectiveness of implementation.

Audit Actions & Performance Monitoring

• Monitor audit findings and corrective actions to ensure timely completion and effectiveness of close out.
• Provide clear audit trails supporting action closure, including evidence of implementation and verification.
• Monitor and report audit system performance, including overdue actions, to relevant governance forums.

Assurance & Governance Support

• Support second and third line assurance activities, including external regulatory inspections and assurance reviews.
• Provide assurance reporting, insights and data to support management review and to senior leadership and board governance.
• Contribute to integrated assurance activities covering process safety, HSE, cyber security, compliance, finance and business controls.
• Support continual improvement of the audit and assurance framework, including audit methodologies, tools and reporting.
• Support and review updates to the Legal Register and the Business Risk Register.
• Promote good audit practice across the organisation and support capability building within the business.

Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of audit principles, assurance frameworks and risk based auditing.
• Broad knowledge of Grain LNG’s Core activities & processes
• Knowledge of legislation and international standards and their application in the Gas Industry
• Working knowledge of ISO management systems (e.g. ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 50001, 55001).

Experience

• Experience applying Continuous Improvement techniques to deliver changes effectively within an organisation’s processes.
• Experience of document management governance processes
• Experience of building relationships and working with a broad range of Stakeholders.
• Experience delivering internal audits and assurance activities in a complex operational environment.
• Experience delivering audit programmes and actions reporting.

Technical Know-how

• Proficient in developing scopes for subject specific audits
• Competent at leading audits
• Ability to clearly assign audit actions and track them to completion
• High proficiency in document management and audit evidence control.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work with teams through influencing and engagement.
• Strong report writing and documentation skills producing clear and auditable records.
• Strong ability to analyse data, identify trends and provide assurance insights.