Finance Risk and Control Specialist/Manager

Who you are

• If you are a detail-oriented risk professional looking to influence and elevate financial control environments, this role offers an impactful opportunity to champion a culture of high-quality compliance and accountability
• Proven experience working within a regulated environment, with a strong preference for the banking sector
• A solid background in operational controls, risk management, internal controls, internal audit, or external audit
• Experience gained within a Big 4 firm is highly preferable
• Specific experience with Finance internal controls (e.g., Internal Controls over Financial Reporting) is strongly preferred
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships and constructively challenge stakeholders across the business
• Attention to Detail: Deep analytical skills with a focus on precision, ensuring documentation and testing meet strict quality standards
• You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway

What the job involves

• The Finance Risk and Control Specialist/Manager is a pivotal first-line-of-defence role within our Finance department
• You will oversee and drive the day-to-day execution of our control testing plan to ensure robust coverage across all key Finance processes
• This role balances execution with leadership, requiring you to provide vital guidance to team testers, review detailed testing for operating effectiveness, and directly perform testing when necessary
• This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract running until the end of February 2027
• Your core focus will be the execution and oversight of our control testing framework
• Testing Execution & Oversight: Manage the day-to-day execution of the control testing plan to guarantee comprehensive coverage of critical Finance processes
• Team Guidance & Training: Provide clear training, direction, and guidance to Finance team control testers to ensure testing is completed efficiently and to a high standard
• Quality Review & Assessment: Review detailed testing performed by testers to evaluate the operating effectiveness of controls, ensuring sample sizes are appropriate and conclusions are evidence-based
• Documentation Excellence: Review GRC entries to ensure documentation is clear, accurate, and consistently reflected across control registers and testing scripts
• Feedback & Calibration: Deliver clear, constructive, and timely feedback to Finance team control testers following testing reviews
• Hands-On Testing: Directly perform operating effectiveness testing of controls as required

Benefits

• Time off: 25 days holiday, plus your birthday as an extra freebie. You can also opt out of bank holidays and take them when works for you!
• Health insurance: Private health insurance with Vitality Health, one of the UK's leading private medical insurers
• Pension scheme
• Paid volunteering leave: We encourage all our employees to give back. You can take up to 16 hours paid leave a year, specifically to help causes meaningful to you
• Gym & cycle to work schemes: We offer discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes through salary sacrifice
• Perkbox: For a wide range of retail, entertainment and leisure discounts (as well as cash back) at a huge variety of businesses