United Kingdom · Compliance Quality Health Safety · Principal/Manager (12-16 years)

Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance

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Experience bandPrincipal/Manager (12-16 years)
Direct reports10-25 reports
Reports toDirector, CQHS Governance & Risk
UK framework levelUsually a manager, or the deepest specialist in a team

Also advertised as Principal Systems Auditor · Head of Systems Audit (CQHS) · Compliance Systems Manager

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about ticking boxes; it's about leading the team that keeps our entire operation safe, compliant, and running smoothly. You'll be the one building and guiding the audit function, making sure our systems actually do what they're supposed to. Think of yourself as the architect and conductor of our internal assurance orchestra.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

EHS/GRC Platforms (e.g., Intelex, Enablon, Cority)Strategic

Leads the selection, implementation, and strategic integration of these platforms across the enterprise. Designs data governance and reporting structures within the system to ensure comprehensive CQHS oversight. You're defining how we use these tools, not just using them.

Audit Management Systems (e.g., AuditBoard, Workiva, TeamMate)Architect

Owns the enterprise strategy for integrated assurance and reporting within these platforms. You'll manage vendor relationships, define how the system supports SOX, ESG, and CQHS modules, and ensure it meets the needs of the entire audit function.

Data Analysis & Visualisation (e.g., Power BI Premium, Tableau Server, SQL)Strategic

Directs the data analytics strategy for the audit function. Defines KPIs for the control environment and oversees the development of executive-level dashboards that provide real-time insights for the board. You'll still understand SQL, but you're directing its use, not writing daily queries.

Document & Process Management (e.g., SharePoint, Confluence, Visio)Strategic

Designs the information architecture for the entire GRC knowledge management system. Sets policies for document retention, version control, and access across the enterprise, ensuring audit evidence is always secure and retrievable.

Enterprise Systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Oracle ERP)Advanced

Advises on control design for new ERP implementations or major upgrades, ensuring CQHS requirements are built in from the start. You'll understand the integration points between the ERP and specialist CQHS systems, identifying potential control gaps.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Audit Programme Scope & Prioritisation	No input beyond assigned tasks.	Proposes scope for individual audits, but final decision rests with manager.	Recommends audit priorities for specific domains; consults with Lead Auditor/Manager.
Budget Allocation for Audit Function	No budget authority.	Requests resources for specific audit projects.	Manages small project budgets (e.g., £5K for specific tool licences).
Hiring & Performance Management	No hiring or performance management authority.	Provides peer feedback for performance reviews.	Interviews junior candidates, provides input on performance reviews for mentees.
Audit Methodology & Tool Selection	Follows established methodology; uses assigned tools.	Suggests minor improvements to existing methodologies.	Proposes and tests new audit techniques or software within their domain.
Executive Reporting & Strategic Recommendations	Documents findings for manager review.	Drafts audit reports for review.	Presents findings to process owners; contributes to executive summaries.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Control Environment Maturity Score

Improvement in our overall GRC maturity level, as assessed by an independent framework.

Target · Increase maturity from Level 2 ('Managed') to Level 3 ('Defined') within 24 months.

Moving from ad-hoc, reactive controls to documented, consistently applied, and monitored processes across 80% of critical CQHS systems.

Aggregate Critical CQHS Risk Reduction

A measurable decrease in the overall risk score for the top 10 critical CQHS risks identified in our enterprise risk register.

Target · Achieve a 15% reduction in the aggregate risk score for critical CQHS risks year-over-year.

If the initial aggregate risk score for the top 10 risks was 150, we'd aim for it to be 127.5 or lower by the end of the year, showing our controls are working.

Audit Programme Return on Investment (ROI)

Demonstrating the value the audit function brings by quantifying identified cost savings, avoided fines, or risk mitigation directly attributable to audit findings and recommendations.

Target · Show that the audit function identifies at least 3x its operating budget in value (cost savings, avoided fines, risk mitigation) annually.

If the department's budget is £1M, you'd need to show £3M in quantifiable value, perhaps by identifying a process flaw that prevented a £2M regulatory fine and a system gap that saved £1M in potential incident costs.

Team Audit Cycle Time & Efficiency

The average time taken for your team to complete an audit from planning to final report, alongside the number of audits completed per auditor.

Target · Reduce average audit cycle time by 20% while maintaining quality, and increase audits completed per auditor by 10% through process optimisation.

If audits typically take 8 weeks, you'd aim for 6.4 weeks. If an auditor usually completes 4 audits a year, they'd now aim for 4.4, meaning better coverage without sacrificing depth.

Executive Committee Trust & Engagement

How much the Executive Committee relies on your team's insights for strategic decisions related to risk and compliance.

You'll be regularly invited to present at Executive Committee meetings, your opinions will be actively sought on major system changes or new regulatory challenges, and your recommendations will be consistently acted upon. They'll see you as a proactive partner, not just a reactive checker.

Proactive Risk Identification & Mitigation

Your team's ability to identify emerging risks and control weaknesses *before* they become major issues, influencing business decisions.

Your audit plan will show a clear focus on future risks, not just past problems. Business units will consult your team early in project lifecycles to design controls, rather than waiting for an audit. You'll regularly present 'early warning' insights to leadership that lead to preventative action.

Team Development & Morale

The growth and engagement of your direct reports, ensuring a high-performing and motivated audit team.

High retention rates within your team, positive feedback in internal engagement surveys, and clear progression paths for your team members (e.g., promotions, increased responsibilities). You'll be known as a manager who genuinely invests in their people's careers.

Influence on Control Design & Implementation

The extent to which your team's expertise shapes the design of new systems and processes to be compliant and secure from the outset.

Your team will be embedded in major project steering committees, providing input on control design during the requirements gathering phase. You'll see fewer 'retrospective fixes' and more 'built-in quality' in new system rollouts, directly attributable to your team's early involvement.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Building a High-Performing Team

You'll spend time mentoring your senior auditors, helping them develop their leadership skills. You'll celebrate team wins, big or small, and actively work to remove roadblocks for your direct reports. Seeing your team grow and deliver exceptional work genuinely energises you.

One of your junior auditors gets promoted to Senior, and you know you played a significant part in their development, from coaching them on difficult conversations to helping them master complex data analysis.

Driving Strategic Impact & Organisational Protection

You're motivated by the knowledge that your team's work directly prevents major risks and shapes the company's control environment. You'll enjoy seeing your recommendations implemented at an executive level, knowing you've made a tangible difference to safety and compliance.

Your team identifies a critical vulnerability in a new manufacturing process, and your executive presentation leads to a £500K investment in new controls, preventing a potential £5M regulatory fine and serious safety incident.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

You're always looking for better ways to do things – whether it's optimising audit methodologies, exploring new GRC technologies, or finding more efficient ways to report findings. You'll champion the use of AI to make your team more effective and push for a more proactive audit approach.

You successfully implement a new AI-driven tool that reduces the time spent on routine data extraction by 30% for your team, freeing them up for more complex analysis and strategic work.

What frustrates people

Dealing with executive-level pushback on significant findings, even when the risk is clearly articulated.
The slow pace of change and implementation of corrective actions across large organisations.
Managing team dynamics and individual performance challenges, which can be time-consuming.
Trying to secure budget and resources for audit technology or training when other departments are also vying for funds.
The 'pre-audit scramble' where business units try to fix things last minute, making it harder to assess true control effectiveness.

What this role does not give you

A purely individual contributor role with no people management responsibilities.
A role where you're always popular; sometimes you'll be seen as the 'bad guy' for pointing out issues.
A completely predictable day-to-day; urgent issues or new regulatory requirements will often derail your plans.
A role where every single recommendation you make is immediately adopted without question.

6Who you work with

You're directly responsible for the health and effectiveness of our internal control environment across all CQHS systems. Your work helps us proactively identify and mitigate systemic risks, ensuring we meet our regulatory obligations and maintain our operational licence. Essentially, you're building the bedrock of trust and safety for the entire organisation.

Inside the business

Executive Committee (especially COO, CISO, General Counsel)
Heads of Operations, Manufacturing, and Product Development
IT Leadership (for system access and data integrity)
Legal and Regulatory Affairs
Finance (for budget and risk reporting)

Outside the business

External Auditors (e.g., for ISO certifications)
Regulatory Bodies (e.g., HSE, Environment Agency)
Certification Bodies (e.g., BSI, LRQA)
Key Technology Vendors

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

At least 10 years of progressive experience in systems auditing, internal audit, or GRC roles, with a significant portion in a senior or lead capacity.
Demonstrable experience managing and developing a team of auditors or compliance professionals.
Proven track record of designing and implementing audit programmes and methodologies.
Experience presenting complex audit findings and risk assessments to senior management and executive committees.
Deep practical knowledge of ISO standards (9001, 45001, 14001) and their application in a commercial setting.
A solid understanding of enterprise-level GRC platforms and audit management systems.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Cloud Security & Compliance Auditing

More and more of our critical systems and data are moving to the cloud. You need to understand the unique security and compliance challenges of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) to ensure your team can audit them effectively.

Shared Responsibility Model · Cloud Native Controls · Data Residency & Sovereignty · DevSecOps Integration

This month: Read up on the AWS Well-Architected Framework (Security Pillar) or Azure Security Benchmark.
Next 3 months: Attend a webinar or introductory course on cloud security fundamentals.
Next 6 months: Work with our IT Security team to understand our current cloud architecture and control implementation.
Next 12 months: Develop a specific audit programme for cloud-based CQHS systems.

Quick win: Ask our IT team for a high-level overview of our cloud footprint and the key security controls in place. Just get familiar with the terminology.

Cyber-Physical System (CPS) & IoT Auditing

As our manufacturing, operational, and safety systems become increasingly connected (IoT, Industry 4.0), the audit scope expands to include these cyber-physical systems. A breach or failure here can have real-world safety consequences.

Operational Technology (OT) Security · IoT Device Security · Supply Chain Security (IoT) · Safety-Critical System Assurance

This quarter: Research common vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) and IoT devices.
Next 3 months: Engage with our Operations and IT teams to understand our current IoT/OT footprint and associated risks.
Next 6 months: Develop a high-level audit plan for a critical cyber-physical system within our operations.
Next 12 months: Consider a certification like the GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) for relevant team members.

Quick win: Talk to our Head of Operations about the most critical connected devices or automated systems in our factories. What keeps them up at night regarding these systems?

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Regularly attend industry conferences and workshops on GRC, internal audit, and information security.
Actively participate in professional networks (e.g., ISACA, IIA, CQI) to stay current with best practices and emerging trends.
Pursue continuous learning through online courses or executive education programmes in areas like AI governance, cloud security, or advanced analytics.
Mentor junior auditors and share your knowledge, which is a great way to solidify your own understanding and contribute to the profession.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: AI Governance & Ethical Audit

As more of our business processes and systems become AI-driven, auditing them for fairness, bias, transparency, and data integrity becomes critical. Regulators are already looking at this, and we need to be prepared.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

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What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI Governance & Ethical Audit

As more of our business processes and systems become AI-driven, auditing them for fairness, bias, transparency, and data integrity becomes critical. Regulators are already looking at this, and we need to be prepared.

Explainable AI (XAI)
AI Risk Frameworks
Data Provenance & Integrity
Algorithmic Bias Detection

Advanced Data Storytelling for Executives

It's not enough to just present data; you need to tell a compelling story that resonates with busy executives and drives action. With more data available, the ability to distil it into clear, actionable insights is paramount.

Narrative Structure in Reporting
Visualisation Best Practices
Audience-Centric Communication
Impact-Oriented Language

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

International Standards Auditing (Strategic Application)
Control Framework Design & Implementation
Advanced Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Leadership
Enterprise Risk Assessment Methodologies
Process Optimisation & BPMN Standards

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
Senior Systems Auditor (Internal)
3-5 years as a Senior/Lead Systems Auditor (L3/L4)
Skills to master
- Leading complex audits, mentoring junior staff, presenting findings to senior management, developing audit programmes, and managing stakeholder relationships.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently delivers high-quality, impactful audit reports without significant rework.
- Successfully led multiple multi-system audits, demonstrating strong project management skills.
- Recognised as a go-to expert for a specific CQHS domain or system.
- Has a track record of effectively coaching and developing junior team members.
2
External Audit Manager / Senior Consultant (GRC)
5-8 years in a management role at a Big Four or specialist GRC consulting firm.
Skills to master
- Managing client engagements, leading audit teams, developing risk-based audit approaches, and advising clients on control design and compliance strategy.
You're ready to move on when
- Managed audit engagements for complex organisations, demonstrating strong client relationship skills.
- Proven ability to lead and develop audit teams in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
- Deep expertise in applying various control frameworks and regulatory requirements.
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to articulate value.
3
Compliance or Quality Manager (from another industry)
8-12 years in a compliance or quality management role, ideally in a regulated industry.
Skills to master
- Managing compliance programmes, interpreting regulations, implementing quality management systems, and leading teams. You'd need to quickly get up to speed on our specific systems and industry risks.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully managed a compliance or quality function in a complex organisation.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply complex regulatory requirements.
- Proven leadership skills in a highly regulated environment.
- A quick learner who can rapidly adapt their knowledge to our specific industry and systems.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here isn't just a job; it's a chance to build a significant career in a critical function. We're looking for someone who wants to grow, lead, and make a real difference to the safety and integrity of our operations. If you're up for the challenge, there's a clear path to the top.

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The ten Future Fluencies

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The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

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Applied to your work in Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance

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How the thinking builds

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No two people run this the same way

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Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
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Evidenced on your work in Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Control Environment Maturity ScoreImprovement in our overall GRC maturity level, as assessed by an independent framework.Moving from ad-hoc, reactive controls to documented, consistently applied, and monitored processes across 80% of critical CQHS systems.Increase maturity from Level 2 ('Managed') to Level 3 ('Defined') within 24 months.
Aggregate Critical CQHS Risk ReductionA measurable decrease in the overall risk score for the top 10 critical CQHS risks identified in our enterprise risk register.If the initial aggregate risk score for the top 10 risks was 150, we'd aim for it to be 127.5 or lower by the end of the year, showing our controls are working.Achieve a 15% reduction in the aggregate risk score for critical CQHS risks year-over-year.
Audit Programme Return on Investment (ROI)Demonstrating the value the audit function brings by quantifying identified cost savings, avoided fines, or risk mitigation directly attributable to audit findings and recommendations.If the department's budget is £1M, you'd need to show £3M in quantifiable value, perhaps by identifying a process flaw that prevented a £2M regulatory fine and a system gap that saved £1M in potential incident costs.Show that the audit function identifies at least 3x its operating budget in value (cost savings, avoided fines, risk mitigation) annually.
Team Audit Cycle Time & EfficiencyThe average time taken for your team to complete an audit from planning to final report, alongside the number of audits completed per auditor.If audits typically take 8 weeks, you'd aim for 6.4 weeks. If an auditor usually completes 4 audits a year, they'd now aim for 4.4, meaning better coverage without sacrificing depth.Reduce average audit cycle time by 20% while maintaining quality, and increase audits completed per auditor by 10% through process optimisation.

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

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Level 5 · in progressAI Fluency→ Director, CQHS Governance & Risk→ your design

Where this takes you

Your journey here isn't just a job; it's a chance to build a significant career in a critical function. We're looking for someone who wants to grow, lead, and make a real difference to the safety and integrity of our operations. If you're up for the challenge, there's a clear path to the top.

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Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance

International Standards Auditing (Strategic Application)
Control Framework Design & Implementation
Advanced Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Leadership
Enterprise Risk Assessment Methodologies
Process Optimisation & BPMN Standards

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Director, CQHS Governance & Risk
3-5 years in the Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance role.
Level 6 (Director/VP)
- GRC technology strategy and vendor management at an enterprise level.
- M&A due diligence and integration from a CQHS perspective.
- Developing and managing multi-year strategic roadmaps for the entire CQHS function.
- Influencing corporate policy and culture at the highest levels.

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

As a Systems Assurance Manager, you're always looking for ways to make your team more effective and give them more time for the really complex, strategic work. Good news: AI isn't just a buzzword; it's a game-changer for audit teams. We're embracing it to supercharge our capabilities.

Imagine your team spending less time on tedious data extraction and report drafting, and more time on deep analysis, risk identification, and strategic recommendations. That's the promise of AI in systems assurance. We're building an environment where you and your team can use these tools to deliver higher quality audits, faster, and with deeper insights.

Automated Control Monitoring

Empower your team to use AI scripts that continuously monitor system logs for high-risk events – think unauthorised access changes, disabled safety controls, or out-of-spec quality readings. This shifts us from annual snapshots to real-time assurance, letting your auditors focus on exceptions.

Thematic Risk Analysis

Guide your team to use Natural Language Processing (NLP) to analyse thousands of unstructured incident reports, near-miss logs, and safety observations. This helps them identify systemic root causes and emerging risk trends that are virtually impossible to spot with manual review, giving you better insights for executive reporting.

Regulatory Change Summariser

Give your team an AI assistant to ingest new regulations or updates to ISO standards. It'll automatically summarise key changes and cross-reference them against our existing control library, instantly flagging potential compliance gaps for your review. No more slogging through hundreds of pages of legalese.

First-Draft Finding Generator

Leverage generative AI to help your auditors create structured, well-written first drafts of audit findings. They provide the evidence and key points, and the AI formats it into a standard report structure (Condition, Criteria, Cause, Consequence, Recommendation), saving hours on report writing and ensuring consistency.

Common questions

How do you become a Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance?

Common routes in include Senior Systems Auditor (Internal) (3-5 years as a Senior/Lead Systems Auditor (L3/L4)), External Audit Manager / Senior Consultant (GRC) (5-8 years in a management role at a Big Four or specialist GRC consulting firm.) and Compliance or Quality Manager (from another industry) (8-12 years in a compliance or quality management role, ideally in a regulated industry.). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance progress to?

This role can lead on to Director, CQHS Governance & Risk (3-5 years in the Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance role.), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 5 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance?

Increasingly, AI Governance & Ethical Audit and Advanced Data Storytelling for Executives. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 5

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Compliance Quality Health Safety

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll develop here – leading audit teams, managing complex compliance programmes, and influencing executive decisions – are highly transferable. You could move into similar leadership roles in other highly regulated industries (e.g., finance, pharmaceuticals, energy) or even into GRC consulting at a senior level.

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Manager, CQHS Systems Assurance

What's rising in its place

AI Governance & Ethical Audit

Advanced Data Storytelling for Executives

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

Senior Systems Auditor (Internal)

External Audit Manager / Senior Consultant (GRC)

Compliance or Quality Manager (from another industry)

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Your journey here isn't just a job; it's a chance to build a significant career in a critical function. We're looking for someone who wants to grow, lead, and make a real difference to the safety and integrity of our operations. If you're up for the challenge, there's a clear path to the top.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Director, CQHS Governance & Risk

Where AI is starting to help

Automated Control Monitoring

Thematic Risk Analysis

Regulatory Change Summariser

First-Draft Finding Generator

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.