Controls Assurance Lead

Job Description:

Our client, a leading financial services firm, are seeking an experienced Controls Assurance Lead to join their team in Edinburgh on a 3-month contract.

Essential Skills/Experience: Proven track record in internal control testing, including both design and operating effectiveness. Strong understanding of control frameworks. Skilled communicator, able to present findings clearly and influence stakeholders. Collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively across teams and functions.

Core Responsibilities: Take ownership of high-quality control testing across a varied and complex control environment. Map and evaluate processes to assess the design and effectiveness of key controls. Present clear, concise reports to senior stakeholders, highlighting risks and recommended improvements. Partner with business leads to agree on remediation plans for ineffective controls. Contribute to team-wide knowledge sharing, training, and best practice development. Support wider assurance and risk initiatives.

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16208

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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