Technology Assurance Specialist

Handelsbanken; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Handelsbanken is seeking a role in its UK Technology Regulation function to assure compliance with financial services regulations. The role focuses on independent reviews, assurance testing, and supporting the annual assurance plan across UKT, while collaborating with risk, IT, and business teams to strengthen regulatory controls.

The successful candidate will have strong experience in UK financial services regulation, compliance or audit, and the ability to engage with regulators and senior

Qualifications

• Experience of UK financial services regulation and assurance activities.
• Background in compliance and/or audit with regulatory engagement.
• IT assurance testing and control environment understanding.

Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews and assurance testing with UKT senior management.
• Input into annual assurance plan across UKT.
• Carry out post-problem investigations with root cause analysis.
• Manage a register of applicable regulations for UKT.
• Prepare management reports and present status at formal committees.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Audit & assurance

IT governance

Regulatory engagement

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Job Introduction

Handelsbanken combines a long-established relationship banking model with secure, resilient, and customer-focused technology. Our technology teams enable the Bank’s decentralised way of working, delivering systems built for stability, trust, and long-term value.

We are on a multi-year technology and digital transformation journey to enhance customer experience and improve how colleagues work together. By modernising platforms, simplifying processes, and better connecting data and systems, we help relationship teams focus on customers and less on complexity.

Our decentralised culture extends to technology. Teams are trusted to take ownership, make informed decisions, and deliver sustainable, high-quality solutions. We value engineering excellence, pragmatic problem-solving, and strong collaboration across technology, business, and risk.

We offer technologists the opportunity to build lasting careers, deepen their expertise, and contribute to meaningful change. We look for people who care about quality, security, long-term impact, and who want to shape the future of a relationship-led bank.

We also recognise that flexibility can support people to perform at their best, and that it looks different for everyone. While arrangements will depend on the requirements of the role and the needs of the business, we are open to having a conversation around what flexibility could look like for you.

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The opportunity

Handelsbanken has adopted the three lines of defence model (3LoD) which includes an independent Compliance function whose role is to work proactively to help ensure that the bank operates in a compliant manner, adopting a risk-based approach to monitor compliance with regulatory and internal requirements and providing advice and support on measures to be taken to ensure compliance. Under the 3LoD model UKT are responsible for the managing the risk of its activities and so require the capability to cover compliance areas specified by the 3LoD model. This includes regulations, policies and controls directly applicable to UKT and supporting other 1 st Line areas.

The UK Technology Regulation function manages the overall assurance approach and has several specialist roles within that. The roles will undertake assurance of compliance for all applicable regulations, policies and controls through operation of the annual Assurance plan.

This role reports to the Head of Technology Regulation.

The Roles Main Functional Responsibilities Include

• Conduct reviews and assurance testing, providing UKT senior management with assessments of whether the UKT department is compliant with all directly applicable regulation, policies, frameworks and controls and can support other 1 st line functions in meeting their obligations.
• Input into and operate an annual assurance plan to draw together a number of assurance activities across UKT ensuring a comprehensive approach to assurance for the function.
• Conduct adhoc, post-problem investigations at management request, providing root cause analysis and recommendations for improvements.
• Managing a register of applicable regulation for UKT to allow assurance across diverse and interlocking regulations.
• Prepare management reports on status and issues and present status at formal committees.

What we’re looking for

• Experience of Financial Services UK regulation and performing assurance activities in a Financial Services organisation
• A background in compliance and /or audit work including engaging with UK regulators on complex topics.
• Audit and assurance planning and operating activities for an IT department including carrying out regular and ad hoc assurance testing of IT activities.
• A strong understanding of IT methods, components, capabilities, operating model and strategies.
• A deep understanding of relevant regulatory requirements for IT departments (e.g. Outsourcing, Operational Resilience, OCIR etc)
• Excellent attention to detail, tracking and coordination of actions and plans.
• Excellent verbal communication skills, with experience presenting at senior Level.
• Ability to understand complex problems and focus on the critical issues, providing solution recommendations.
• Ability to work well within a Financial Services ‘Group & Subsidiary’ organisation with teams both within the UK and internationally.
• Ability to work on several initiatives at any given time and prioritise effectively.

Why join Handelsbanken

We want everyone at Handelsbanken to feel supported, motivated, and able to do great work. That’s why, alongside brilliant colleagues, meaningful work and training and development opportunities, we provide a variety of benefits designed with your wellbeing in mind.

In addition, there is a flexible benefits package with the key highlights detailed below.

The Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. This is so that we are an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work that encourages everyone to apply, regardless of socio-economic background, age, disability, pregnancy and/or parental status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), veteran status, marital and civil partnership status, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.