Controls Senior Manager - Risk Advisory Services - 12 month FTC in Manchester

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As a Controls Advisory Senior Manager in our Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team, you will play a key leadership role in delivering complex internal controls and risk advisory engagements and supporting the continued growth of the Controls Advisory offering. You will lead senior client relationships, oversee the delivery of high‑quality engagements, and provide technical and commercial leadership to Managers and engagement teams. Working closely with Directors and Partners, you will help shape the Controls Advisory proposition, contribute to business development activity, and support strategic initiatives across the practice. Alongside your client responsibilities, you will play an important role in developing people, embedding quality and risk management standards, and helping to build a high‑performing and sustainable Controls Advisory team.

You’ll be someone with:

• Significant experience delivering controls advisory or internal controls engagements, including complex or large‑scale assignments (e.g. SOX or internal controls frameworks).
• Strong technical expertise in internal control frameworks, including controls design, operating effectiveness, deficiency assessment and remediation planning.
• Experience with GRC tools and/or AI testing capabilities would be desirable.
• A relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, MIIA, CCAB or equivalent).
• Proven experience operating at Senior Manager or equivalent level, leading multiple engagements and senior client relationships.
• A strong commercial mindset, with experience overseeing engagement economics and contributing to business development activity.
• The ability to lead, coach and develop Managers and teams, supporting progression, quality and consistent delivery.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage credibly with senior client stakeholders and internal leadership.

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