Senior Manager, IT Compliance

Senior Manager, IT Compliance role at Bright Horizons responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the Global IT governance, risk, and compliance programs.

Requirements

• Develop and maintain the organization’s IT compliance framework, policies, and standards.
• Ensure alignment with relevant regulations and standards through direct oversight or collaboration with InfoSec and Privacy teams(e.g., SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, etc.).
• Manage annual compliance planning, goal setting, and program maturity initiatives.
• Identify, develop, and manage the implementation of recommendations to enhance IT controls and optimize business processes.
• Identify, assess, and monitor IT risks across systems, applications, and infrastructure.
• Oversee remediation plans and risk treatment strategies.
• Serve as primary liaison for internal and external IT audits.
• Coordinate audit activities, evidence collection, testing, and remediation efforts.
• Ensure timely completion of corrective actions and management responses.
• Oversee the creation, update, and enforcement of IT policies, procedures, and standards.
• Implement and monitor IT general controls (ITGCs) and automated controls.
• Ensure policies support secure and compliant technology operations
• Lead periodic IT control assessments and readiness reviews.
• Manage compliance-related tools and GRC platforms.
• Create compliance dashboards, metrics, and executive reporting.
• Ensure compliance assessments for third-party service providers.
• Review SOC reports, security questionnaires, and vendor control environments.
• Manage compliance training programs for IT teams and broader stakeholders.
• Promote a culture of risk awareness and accountability.
• Manage and mentor the IT compliance & data analytics & automation teams.
• Work closely with IT, including Infosec and Privacy leadership, Internal Audit, Legal, and business leaders.
• Provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership on compliance risks.
• Identify opportunities to streamline the Internal Audit process using existing software tools (Wdesk, Workday) and analytics tools (Alteryx, Power BI).
• Utilize data analytics tools for preparation, analysis, and visualization, employing advanced techniques to assist internal audit projects.
• Manage the design and deployment of automated control testing, robotic process automation (RPA), scripts, or dashboards to increase efficiency and coverage of compliance activities.
• Initiate efforts to improve testing efficiency, reduce manual work, and enhance overall assurance quality.

Benefits

• Flexible working and holiday entitlements
• Discounted childcare in one of our nurseries
• Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
• Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life