Business Risk and Controls Advisor supporting Technology Risk Governance Team at USAA. Advising on control environment, performing risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
About the role
- Finance Risk and Control Manager within 1LoD at Starling Bank, responsible for embedding risk management culture and strengthening controls in Finance.
Responsibilities
- Lead and facilitate the RCSA process for all Finance teams.
- Proactively identify risks and ensure they are documented, assessed for impact and likelihood, and have clearly defined mitigating controls.
- Maintain the Finance department’s risk register and Risk and Control Matrix.
- Work closely with Finance process and control owners to design and implement new controls.
- Review periodic control testing on the design and operating effectiveness of key controls to provide assurance to Finance senior management.
- Identify control weaknesses, document findings, and manage the remediation plans through to completion.
- Oversee the management of operational events and issues within Finance, ensuring timely escalation, root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Monitor the status of actions raised by Internal Audit, External Audit or second line functions and work with the teams in Finance to ensure timely action closure.
- Assist team in preparing the monthly risk and control reporting to the Finance Committee, providing a clear view of the function’s risk profile, control effectiveness and issue status.
- Support the team in the annual declaration process in the Annual report and accounts on the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting.
Requirements
- Qualified Accountant with experience working in a regulated environment (Banking sector preferable but not required).
- Experience in risk management, internal controls, internal audit, or external audit, preferably from Big 4.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with ability to challenge constructively.
- Attention to detail.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships
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