Senior Audit and Risk Analyst in Glasgow

Our Blend of Benefits:

• 37 days holiday, plus 4 Giving More volunteer days
• Save for retirement and invest in your future - pension contributions (employee up to 8.75%, employer up to 14%)
• Share in our success with up to 10% Share Reward scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Private medical insurance that covers the cost of private healthcare and includes round the clock access to GP services and menopause health line
• 24/7 support for you and your loved ones to counselling, life coaching and information on financial, mental, and physical wellbeing
• Experience our exceptional brands with a generous annual product allowance, plus at least 20% discount in our staff shop
• Embrace work-life harmony with hybrid working, 26 weeks' paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and up to five paid carers leave days a year

Assurance & Risk sits within the Group Finance Function, and our goal is to support and challenge the business to ensure group-wide effective and optimised risk management, internal controls and assurance processes in place. The Senior Audit & Risk Analyst supports the delivery of the Group's Assurance and Risk strategy by validating the strength of the internal controls environment, enhancing governance, and providing independent assurance over key business risks. The role focuses on controls validation, audit delivery support, and ongoing monitoring activities, ensuring alignment with the internal controls framework and external best practice, including increasing emphasis on controls-based auditing.

Please note this is an 18 months FTC.

Make an Impact:

• Act as a key support and deputy to the Assurance & Risk Managers on engagements, involving onsite visits, both locally and internationally and engagement with key stakeholders.
• Provide independent testing and insight on risk and control matters, critically assessing control design and operating effectiveness, identifying weaknesses and inconsistencies, and proposing pragmatic, value-adding improvements rather than solely executing testing.
• Participate in planning, walkthroughs, and fieldwork, including documentation of processes, risks, and controls.
• Support in embedding and enhancing the internal controls framework across the business and be involved in business partnering activities, where appropriate.
• Contribute to the delivery of clear, concise and evidence-based outputs e.g. audit reports and summaries, ensuring findings are well-supported and effectively communicated.
• Ensure audit documentation meets required quality and governance standards, maintaining accuracy, completeness, and consistency across all deliverables.
• Helping to identify continuous improvement of controls, including control automation, development, implementation and promoting ongoing use of data analytics, both within the A&R function and across the business.
• Supporting the A&R team with ad-hoc projects/duties as requested driven by continuous improvement, audit and self-assessment findings, legal, policy and framework developments.

Your Talent and Skills:

• CA / CIMA / ACCA qualified or finalist (or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of internal controls, risk management, and audit methodologies.
• Experience in controls testing and audit fieldwork.
• Knowledge and exposure to enterprise risk management, including internal and external risk management, risk register and risk frameworks.
• Knowledge of business processes, including finance and operations.
• Controls and risk management advocate.
• Exposure to risk and controls / control principles, e.g. segregation of duties, sensitive data management and data access principles.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong systems skills, including advanced use of Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Power BI and SAP is desirable.