Technology Risk & Controls Senior Specialist
Job Overview
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Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.
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Why we're hiring:
The Technology Risk & Controls Senior Specialist operates as part of the second line Technology Risk & Controls function, working under the direction of the Technology Risk & Controls Lead.
The Senior Specialist is a subject matter expert within the Technology Risk & Controls function, responsible for delivering independent, risk-based assurance and providing strategic guidance across Business Platforms and Corporate environments.
This role operates with a high degree of autonomy, influencing stakeholders, making risk-based decisions, and shaping the control environment to be more effective, standardised, and sustainable.
What you'll be doing:
- Act as a subject matter expert across ITGCs, SOX controls, and control design
- Provide practical, risk-based guidance to stakeholders on control implementation and remediation
- Challenge control design and operation where required, ensuring alignment to audit expectation
- Engage senior stakeholders across Technology, Finance, and Transformation teams
- Lead difficult conversations on control gaps, risk acceptance, and remediation priorities
- Influence decision-making to ensure appropriate risk outcomes
- Lead complex assurance reviews across systems, processes, or programmes
- Define scope, approach, and testing strategy for key control areas
- Ensure outputs are robust, defensible, and audit-ready
- Apply strong judgement in assessing control effectiveness and residual risk
- Support risk-based prioritisation of remediation activities
- Provide clear, actionable insights to leadership
- Drive standardisation of controls and assurance approaches
- Identify opportunities to simplify the control environment while maintaining compliance
- Contribute to evolving methodology, tooling, and reporting
What you'll need:
- Certifications such as CISA, CIA, CRISC advantageous.
- Deep experience in SOX / ITGC / technology risk and controls
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Proven ability to operate independently and lead engagements
- Strong decision-making and risk judgement capability
- Ability to translate complex control topics into clear business outcomes
Who you are:
You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.
What we'll give you:
Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.
Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?
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We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.