Senior Assurance Lead

Senior Assurance Lead focuses on how do you provide independent assurance and trusted insight in an organisation responsible for protecting society from some of the uk’s most significant safety and security risks?.

What the role involves

• How do you provide independent assurance and trusted insight in an organisation responsible for protecting society from some of the UK’s most significant safety and security risks?
• At the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), that challenge sits at the heart of our assurance work — and we’re looking for a Senior Assurance Lead to help drive it forward.
• Working across regulatory and corporate functions, you’ll help provide confidence that ONR is operating effectively, transparently and in line with its public mission.
• Lead end-to-end assurance and audit engagements.
• Provide insight and challenge to senior leaders, and contribute directly to organisational improvement in a complex, high-hazard regulatory environment.
• Deliver risk-based internal assurance reviews across ONR’s regulatory and corporate activities.

Skills and requirements

• Experience delivering internal audit or assurance reviews within complex organisations.
• Experience working within regulated or high-complexity environments would be advantageous.
• A relevant professional qualification (or working towards one), such as CIA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or CISA, would support your application.

Confirmed role details

• Benefit from flexible, hybrid working from our offices in Bootle, Cheltenham or London, alongside a strong focus on wellbeing, inclusion and professional development.

Candidate fit

• You’re an experienced internal audit or assurance professional who enjoys analysing complex issues, influencing stakeholders and driving improvement.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound risk-based judgements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise reports.

Additional role context

• Also contribute to developing assurance methodologies and supporting a strong culture of risk awareness and learning across ONR.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk management and internal control frameworks.
• Confidence engaging with and constructively challenging senior stakeholders.