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About the Role

Provide independent oversight, challenge, and assurance across IT and Information Security functions to ensure technology risks are effectively managed within agreed frameworks, controls, and risk appetite. Assess control effectiveness, review key initiatives, and provide constructive challenge to senior stakeholders to strengthen governance and improve risk maturity.

Responsibilities

• Providing independent oversight and challenge across IT and Information Security, ensuring risks are effectively managed and activities remain aligned to our governance frameworks and risk appetite.
• Acting as a trusted subject matter expert throughout the change lifecycle, reviewing technology and security changes to ensure risks and controls are identified, implemented and operating effectively.
• Assessing the design and effectiveness of IT and Information Security controls, identifying areas for improvement and supporting remediation activities.
• Leading risk and control assessments, control testing and scenario analysis, ensuring risks are accurately captured, monitored and reported.
• Supporting the ongoing development and enhancement of our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and IT & Information Security risk frameworks.
• Providing oversight of security incidents, operational events and control failures, ensuring robust root cause analysis and appropriate corrective actions are implemented.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, industry standards and internal policies, while supporting internal and external audit activity.
• Producing meaningful risk reporting and insights for senior leaders, committees and governance forums to support informed decision-making.
• Building strong relationships across Technology, Cyber Security, Operations, Compliance and Audit teams to drive continuous improvement and strengthen risk maturity.
• Leading and developing a team of risk professionals, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and high performance.

Requirements

• A strong background in IT, Information Security, Technology Risk, IT Audit or a related discipline.
• Practical knowledge of information security controls, cyber risk, data protection and technology risk frameworks such as ISO 27001 or NIST.
• Experience operating within a regulated environment, ideally Financial Services.
• A solid understanding of risk management, governance and control frameworks, with the ability to assess risks and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and translate it into clear, actionable insights.
• Experience reviewing technology and security controls and providing constructive challenge to drive positive outcomes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence colleagues at all levels.
• Experience producing high-quality reports and presenting findings to senior leaders, committees and governance forums.
• Previous people management or leadership experience, with a passion for developing and coaching others.
• Professional qualifications such as CISA, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, IRM or equivalent.
• Experience of IT audit, SOX controls, operational resilience, third-party risk management or technology transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of collections operations, customer data management and associated regulatory requirements.
• Experience working within financial services, banking, investments or other highly regulated industries.
• Successful candidates will have to undergo a basic credit check and criminal background check.
• Must have full right to work in the UK; sponsorship is not offered.

Skills

• Information Security
• IT Oversight
• Risk Management
• Governance
• Control Assessment
• Technology Risk
• IT Audit
• Cyber Risk
• Data Protection
• ISO 27001
• NIST
• Stakeholder Management
• Reporting
• People Management
• Coaching

Location

• Cannon Street, London

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Permanent

Experience Level

• Experienced
• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• Annual bonus scheme

About the Company

• Cabot Credit Management is an award-winning, Investors in People Gold accredited organisation.
• Our mission is to create pathways to economic freedom.
• Our vision is to make credit accessible by partnering with our consumers to restore their financial health.
• We are passionate about the ethical treatment of our customers and employees.

Equal Opportunity

• Diversity and inclusion are very important to us at Cabot, and we value a multitude of diverse talent within our business.
• We want everyone to be themselves at work and encourage a culture that includes everyone.
• Our policies ensure that every candidate and employee are treated fairly and with equal opportunities.