Overview

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Location: Newbury or London (Hybrid)

Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits

Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri (Hybrid: 2-3 office days per week, at least 8 days per month). Your line manager will outline specific expectations for you, your role and your team.

Need to know We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet regulators’ standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website for guidance.

What you’ll do

We’re recruiting for an IT SOX & Compliance Specialist to join our Financial Control team. This team plays a key role in our second line of defence for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements. Your role will involve designing, implementing and testing IT SOX controls to ensure IT processes are accurate, with integrity and assurance.

As IT SOX and Compliance Specialist, you will support the IT SOX and Compliance Manager in designing, implementing and testing controls in VodafoneThree GITC processes. You will lead process walkthroughs with system owners and key stakeholders to identify risks and design efficient control structures and operating processes, including recommendations for improvements. You will also lead change management to simplify, standardise and automate processes and controls.

Wider responsibilities include:

• Design, implement and maintain effective financial IT internal controls throughout the finance business process.
• Facilitate change management from strategic initiatives to simplify, standardise and automate processes
• Ensure compliance with the control framework, including Quality Assurance Reviews, Control Testing Activities and Remediation actions
• Prepare, update and enhance SOX documentation and testing to increase effectiveness and efficiency
• Work with process owners and department managers to develop, implement, monitor and run compliance and internal control requirements
• Assist in managing, resolving and reporting audit exceptions. Follow up on action plans to address control gaps
• Act as subject matter expert on IT process transformations, assess impacts and ensure changes are delivered in a controlled way

Who you are

• Experience in working on audit or advisory engagements designing and implementing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls into IT systems
• External/Internal Audit/SOX experience, familiar with IT architecture in technology and/or telecommunications
• Demonstrable experience and understanding of IT processes, policies and internal controls
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders across levels

We encourage applicants of all backgrounds. If your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, you may still be the right candidate for this role or another role. Our recruitment team can help assess how your skills fit.

What we offer

Great pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, paid time for charity work, and flexible benefits (pensions, discounts, etc.). We support career development through learning tools and parental leave policies.

Need to know

We use AI in parts of our business to boost innovation and efficiency. When requested, we’ll provide support during recruitment and ensure fair treatment for applicants.

Equal opportunities

As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. If you would like to participate in the scheme, indicate this on your application.