Business Case Assurance Specialist
Description✓AWE are currently going through a period of growth within our Commercial Assurance team and are therefore looking to hire experienced Assurance professionals at multiple levels.
✓Salary negotiable depending on experience
✓As part of our People Promise, AWE [one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK] has a range of benefits to suit you
✓These include:
✓Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave [plus every other Friday off work]
✓Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle
✓Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
✓Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
✓Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
✓A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension [we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution]
✓Life Assurance
✓Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
✓Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service [including reserve forces] and caring for your family
✓A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site
✓What You Will Do:
✓Maintain and administer the business case assurance and approval process and ensure it is held appropriately under configuration control.
✓Maintain and administer the business case assurance pipeline and document all advice and guidance provided to stakeholders on the assurance and approval process.
✓Administer and, where required, help deliver a training and Learning from Experience [LFE] programme for all AWE staff and stakeholders involved in the production assurance and governance of business cases.
✓Maintain and administer the self-assessment checklist for the business case assurance and approval process in support of both internal and external audit activities.
✓Help support the provision of advice and guidance to the business for the drafting of Integrated Approvals and Assurance Plans [IAAP] and administer the configuration control and audit.
✓Maintain and administer business case assurance and approval data, reporting tool[s] and a management information dashboard to meet line management requirement.
✓Administer the status and completion of actions, requirements or conditions emanating from formal approval boards, Information Notes, Review Notes, and ensure that any lessons learned are documented appropriately.
✓Maintain and administer the integration between the Change Control Team in handling Change Requests and the business case pipeline utilising effective communications across the business and key functions to ensure approvals are accurately documented.
✓Where requested, provide a Secretariat for assurance boards
✓What You Will Need:
✓Through experience you will be able to demonstrate:
✓Effective organisational and administrative skills
✓Ability to identify, investigate, evaluate and implement improved ways of working
✓Excellent written and verbal communication skills
✓Strong focus on creating and maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues and customers alike
✓Ability to manage yourself and work on your own initiativeThe following experience would be desirable but not essential:
✓Some level of involvement in writing or reviewing business cases, assurance, review, or scrutiny
✓Qualifications:
✓Business or Technical qualification or equivalent as a minimum Show more →
✓Salary negotiable depending on experience
✓As part of our People Promise, AWE [one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK] has a range of benefits to suit you
✓These include:
✓Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave [plus every other Friday off work]
✓Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle
✓Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
✓Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
✓Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
✓A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension [we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution]
✓Life Assurance
✓Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
✓Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service [including reserve forces] and caring for your family
✓A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site
✓What You Will Do:
✓Maintain and administer the business case assurance and approval process and ensure it is held appropriately under configuration control.
✓Maintain and administer the business case assurance pipeline and document all advice and guidance provided to stakeholders on the assurance and approval process.
✓Administer and, where required, help deliver a training and Learning from Experience [LFE] programme for all AWE staff and stakeholders involved in the production assurance and governance of business cases.
✓Maintain and administer the self-assessment checklist for the business case assurance and approval process in support of both internal and external audit activities.
✓Help support the provision of advice and guidance to the business for the drafting of Integrated Approvals and Assurance Plans [IAAP] and administer the configuration control and audit.
✓Maintain and administer business case assurance and approval data, reporting tool[s] and a management information dashboard to meet line management requirement.
✓Administer the status and completion of actions, requirements or conditions emanating from formal approval boards, Information Notes, Review Notes, and ensure that any lessons learned are documented appropriately.
✓Maintain and administer the integration between the Change Control Team in handling Change Requests and the business case pipeline utilising effective communications across the business and key functions to ensure approvals are accurately documented.
✓Where requested, provide a Secretariat for assurance boards
✓What You Will Need:
✓Through experience you will be able to demonstrate:
✓Effective organisational and administrative skills
✓Ability to identify, investigate, evaluate and implement improved ways of working
✓Excellent written and verbal communication skills
✓Strong focus on creating and maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues and customers alike
✓Ability to manage yourself and work on your own initiativeThe following experience would be desirable but not essential:
✓Some level of involvement in writing or reviewing business cases, assurance, review, or scrutiny
✓Qualifications:
✓Business or Technical qualification or equivalent as a minimum Show more →