The Technology Audit Recruitment Challenge

COVID 19 has had significant implications for businesses, creating a rapid change from physical to virtual ways of operating.

With a greater reliance on technology, organisations have needed to have a greater level of assurance around their IT risks. 

Heads of IT Audit need to work closely with the leadership team in order to understand how the business will use technology, the impact on the organisation and the potential risks that this will present. 

So, what are the hot topics for IT Assurance teams?:

• Cyber Security - Organisations are still struggling to deal with the increase in attacks
• Operational and IT Resilience - How resilient and adaptable a company’s approach is
• Cloud Governance & Security - Where third party providers are storing data and the safeguards in place to protect that information
• Extended Enterprise Risk Manager - Third-party risk management
• Transformation & Change Assurance - Provision of continuous assurance and reporting in an Agile delivery environment
• Digital Risk - Assessing the impact of implementing disruptive technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), robotic process automation and advanced analytics
• Data Governance - Data security, data privacy & regulation and data breach response

With this rise in demand for IT assurance, the market has become increasingly buoyant as organisations look to recruit key people for their IT audit and IT security teams.

Over the last year, businesses have found it increasingly difficult to find high-calibre talent.

It would be good to hear your experience of recruiting in the current market and the challenges faced!

With over 16 years of experience in the technology audit and governance market, Savant Recruitment has successfully recruited a number of key IT Audit and IT security positions recently for a range of organisations. Please feel free to contact Paul Clutton to discuss market conditions or any specific interim, contract or permanent recruitment needs.