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M Group Graduates
Our future leaders from Highways, Rail & Aviation, and Energy gathered together for another interactive session of their Graduate Development Programme.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We are looking for a Group Assurance Trainee to join our growing team based in Stevenage.
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience across our Group Assurance function, with rotations through Group Internal Audit, Group Risk, and IT General Controls. You'll develop a broad range of skills, build valuable business knowledge, and gain real insight into how our organisation operates.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As part of this structured three-year programme, you'll work towards professional qualifications with full support from our experienced team, helping you build a successful and rewarding career in assurance and risk.
As the Group Assurance Trainee, you’ll get the opportunity to:
Enterprise Risk Management: A 12-month rotation in Enterprise Risk Management covering:
Undertaking a proactive role in supporting risk owners in the completion of risk reviews
Providing timely management information and ongoing monitoring of risk by assisting with management reporting and dashboards
Working with risk owners to enhance information on climate risks
Risk framework documentation to enhance governance
Helping deliver risk training to enhance Risk Owner engagement and the quality of outputs
IT General Controls: A 12-month rotation in IT General Controls covering:
Supporting the development and maintenance of IT Risk & Control Matrices (RACMs) across key systems and IT processes.
Assisting with the creation and maintenance of IT control procedures, standards and supporting documentation to ensure controls are consistently executed and evidenced.
Maintaining IT control schedules and supporting control owners with periodic control activities and evidence collection.
Producing dashboards, management information and reporting on control performance, testing activities and remediation progress.
Supporting the operation and continuous improvement of IT controls governance and reporting processes.
Developing training materials, guidance documents and awareness communications to promote effective control ownership across the Group.
Performing data analysis to identify trends, exceptions and opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the IT control environment.
Supporting IT control reviews and documenting testing results, observations and remediation actions.
Supporting projects that help develop a scalable, auditable and well-governed IT control environment across the Group.
Internal Audit: A 12-month rotation in Internal Audit covering:
Working as part of a team to deliver a broad range of financial and operational audits, from planning through to completion
Helping to prepare concise, high quality written reports and work papers
Following audit actions through to completion
Contributing to projects to improve processes and systems
What you’ll bring?
We are looking for a recent graduate with a 2:1 degree (or above) in any discipline, or an ambitious early-career professional looking to take the next step in their development.
Throughout the recruitment process, we'll be looking for individuals who demonstrate a strong willingness to learn, are self-motivated, organised, reliable, and committed to delivering high-quality work. Many of the technical skills required for success in this role will be developed through our structured training programme.
Our Trainee Programme is designed for people who are eager to think bigger, grow faster, and innovate for the future. We're looking for individuals with the potential to become the future leaders and changemakers of our business.
What’s in it for you?
25 days' annual leave plus statutory holidays
Discretionary annual bonus
Contributory Pension scheme
Life Assurance
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to work scheme
Access to a wide range of discounts and special offers through our online rewards platform
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Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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