IT Audit Manager

About

The Role IT Audit Manager As a leading UK life and pensions mutual insurer with a proud history dating back to 1843, we exist to help people live financially confident lives – protecting their income while they work and maximising it when they stop. Today, over one million members and customers trust us to look after their futures, families, and finances.

Joining us means becoming part of a team that puts our members, customers, and advisers at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can thrive. We are proud to have built a workplace where our colleagues feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued – reflected in our recognition as one of the Financial Times UK’s Best Employers in 2025 and 2026.We

celebrate individuality and believe our differences make us stronger, so bring your true self and help shape the future of LV=.Within this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping and delivering risk-based assurance across IT, technology, cyber, data and digital change risks, providing your insight and leadership to support effective governance and strategic decision-making.

This is a permanent role, offered on a hybrid working basis, from our Bournemouth office. Key Accountabilities
• Shape the technology audit plan through continuous risk assessment, using your knowledge of UK financial services, LV= strategy, the technology estate and emerging risk.

• Own a portfolio of IT audits end to end, from scoping and planning through fieldwork, reporting and action follow-up, delivering to agreed quality, time and budget.

• Lead assurance across infrastructure, applications, cyber and information security, cloud services, identity and access management, data governance, technology resilience, and change programmes.

• Help deliver Internal Audit’s strategy and modernise how technology assurance is performed, including greater use of data analytics, automation and AI-enabled audit techniques where appropriate.

• Translate the Chief Audit Officer’s vision into high-quality, commercially relevant technology assurance and insight.

• Act as a trusted technology risk adviser at governance forums, providing evidence-led, constructive challenge and clearly articulating business impact, root cause and the “so what?”.

• Provide clear, concise reporting for senior management and relevant committees, highlighting significant risks, cross-cutting themes and emerging issues without waiting for the end of an audit.

• Build trusted relationships with senior technology stakeholders, including the CIO, CISO and their leadership teams, while maintaining Internal Audit’s independence and objectivity.

• Work collaboratively with business auditors, external auditors, co-source partners and subject matter experts so technology risk is integrated into wider business audits and assurance activity.

• Maintain awareness of developments in technology, cyber, AI, operational resilience and financial-services regulation, translating them into relevant assurance priorities.

• Build strong relationships with external auditors and co-sourcing partners

• Lead, coach and quality-review the work of auditors and co-source specialists, helping colleagues strengthen their technology knowledge, judgement and report writing.

• Provide timely, independent insight to strategic technology change, including system implementations, cloud adoption, data transformation, AI and supplier-led change.

About You
• A recognised technology audit or security qualification, ideally CISA, CISM or CISSP, or an equivalent relevant qualification and experience.

• Significant IT internal audit or technology risk experience within financial services or another complex, highly regulated organisation.

• A strong…