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IT Controls Specialist

🏢 BT • 📍 London, England • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£40,069 - £55,647
£3,339 - £4,637 / mo

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Position Overview & Specifications

IT Controls Specialist

Job Req ID: 12205 Posting Date: 16-Mar-2023 Function: Risk, Compliance and Assurance Location: 1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom Salary: Competitive with great benefits About the role BT works in a regulated environment and sells products that require assurance. This role is to define and implement an IT Controls framework that is appropriate for Digital, that meets current needs and is adaptable for future areas of growth.
Digital has risk obligations that cover Data GDPR, Financial statement and Cyber risk. The definition, governance and lifecycle management of a framework is a Risk and assurance requirement. A breach against the above risks will result in legal action, fines, reputational and shareholder damage to BT.

You'll have the following responsibilities
  • Supporting the Senior managers in Risk and compliance team. Working as part of a small team of ICOFR controls and assurance specialists.
  • Supporting the control matrix and remediation plans.
  • Supporting Impact assessment reviews
  • Supporting application onboarding process and plan
  • Performing control design & implementation, test preparation and operations
  • Managing stakeholders across 3 Lines of Defence
  • Helping to establish horizon scanning for new emerging risk
  • Creating and maintaining a health dashboard for applications and ICOFR Controls. This to inform programme decision making.
  • Stakeholders will be senior managers responsible for ICOFR controls (MDs, Platform Directors and Senior Management Team Members)
  • Ensuring that requirements, timelines, quality of information requirements are all understood and delivered by responsible directors


You'll have the following skills & experience
  • To be able to work with business sponsors and IT technical delivery teams to drive complex IT controls. You will be able to demonstrate a track records of getting results from matrixed teams
  • To be able to manage stakeholders in a complex environment of business and audit risk demand
  • Good knowledge of risk management
  • Experience of ICOFR controls, compliance controls and frameworks to ensure assurance through the three lines of defence model is an advantage
  • A good competent grounding in IT tools, Excel, and Access. The ability to develop, present and update a dashboard of IT health status, both applications and IT controls
  • CISA, CISSP or similar
  • Experience in audit methodologies (CIA would be beneficial)

Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional days for length of service
  • 10% on target bonus
  • Life Assurance
  • Pension scheme - If you pay in a minimum of 5% of your pensionable salary every month we will pay in 10%
  • Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
  • 50% off BT and EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
  • Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
  • BT TV, including BT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids
  • 30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans
  • Shared Parental leave - maximum amount of leave you can share with your partner is 50 weeks
  • Maternity leave – generous company maternity leave
  • Paternity leave – up to 2 weeks paid
  • 3 volunteering days per year
  • Competitive employee discount on BT/EE products
  • Competitive friends and family discount on EE Mobile
  • Access to our brand new, innovative office spaces, including our new office in London which opened this year
  • Access and involvement with our incredible 11 People Networks including Able2 network, Carers network, Ethnic diversity network, Gender equality network and Pride network
Who is the BT Group
We're the leading communications provider with customers in 180 countries. Across the world we enable customer's digital transformations so they can thrive. our focus is simple: be the global provider-of-choice for managed network and IT infrastructure services.

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

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Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

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Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

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Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Telecommunications Services

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for IT Controls Specialist roles across BT's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Telecommunications Services.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £40,069 - £55,647 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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