Technology Risk & Controls Senior Specialist

**WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.** **We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.** **We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.** **Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.** **For more information, visit [.](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwpp.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7CErica.Durr%40wpp.com%7C9bf4566a65bc46a48ac008de749116ea%7C150b5e663d884dee83f6ed149b727a00%7C0%7C0%7C639076363668176216%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q9juosud56XGLThSFZ1NpPZd6FXpJPxV74OeRZWoh%2B4%3D&reserved=0)** **Why we're hiring:** The Technology Risk & Controls Senior Specialist operates as part of the second line Technology Risk & Controls function, working under the direction of the Technology Risk & Controls Lead. The Senior Specialist is a subject matter expert within the Technology Risk & Controls function, responsible for delivering independent, risk-based assurance and providing strategic guidance across Business Platforms and Corporate environments. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy, influencing stakeholders, making risk-based decisions, and shaping the control environment to be more effective, standardised, and sustainable. **What you'll be doing:** - Act as a subject matter expert across ITGCs, SOX controls, and control design - Provide practical, risk-based guidance to stakeholders on control implementation and remediation - Challenge control design and operation where required, ensuring alignment to audit expectation - Engage senior stakeholders across Technology, Finance, and Transformation teams - Lead difficult conversations on control gaps, risk acceptance, and remediation priorities - Influence decision-making to ensure appropriate risk outcomes - Lead complex assurance reviews across systems, processes, or programmes - Define scope, approach, and testing strategy for key control areas - Ensure outputs are robust, defensible, and audit-ready - Apply strong judgement in assessing control effectiveness and residual risk - Support risk-based prioritisation of remediation activities - Provide clear, actionable insights to leadership - Drive standardisation of controls and assurance approaches - Identify opportunities to simplify the control environment while maintaining compliance - Contribute to evolving methodology, tooling, and reporting **What you'll need:** - Certifications such as CISA, CIA, CRISC advantageous. - Deep experience in SOX / ITGC / technology risk and controls - Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills - Proven ability to operate independently and lead engagements - Strong decision-making and risk judgement capability - Ability to translate complex control topics into clear business outcomes **Who you are:** **You're open*:*** We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working. **You're optimistic*:*** We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected. **You're extraordinary:** we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day. **What we'll give you:** **Passionate, inspired people** – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work. **Scale and opportunity** – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry. **Challenging and stimulating work** – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. 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