Finance Risk & Controls Consultant in Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
London, England, United Kingdom
Job Description Job Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh, London, Birmingham with normally a minimum of 2 days a week working in the office and the rest working at home. We believe that benefits both you and our business, helping ensure that you can balance a successful career with your life outside of work while maximising the value of face-to-face stakeholder engagement.
Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
Salary and benefits: £45,000 – £60,000 plus a bonus range of 16%-32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.
The role We\’re looking for a Finance Risk & Controls Consultant who\’s ready to play a pivotal role in strengthening and continuously improving the risk and control environment across our Finance function. If you\’re motivated by variety, collaboration, and the opportunity to make a genuine difference, this could be the role for you.
In this role, you\’ll work across a diverse range of Finance processes and teams, helping us maintain a strong, effective, and well‐governed control framework. You\’ll support Senior Managers and Risk & Control Leads with key activities such as:
Carrying out assurance and control testing to assess effectiveness
Helping document and enhance controls and processes
Embedding the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Internal Controls Framework (ICF)
Monitoring control performance and supporting timely issue remediation
Contributing to action plan management
Preparing high‐quality materials for governance meetings
You\’ll have the chance to work flexibly across high‐priority areas, gaining broad exposure to Finance activities. This is a great opportunity to build both technical capability and soft skills while shaping how we manage financial and operational risks.
What we\’re looking for Experience in finance, actuarial, risk, audit or controls, ideally within insurance
A solid understanding of financial processes or End User Computing (EUC), controls, and internal standards
Strong analytical and organisational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
Clear, confident communication skills, with the ability to explain control concepts simply
A collaborative, flexible working style and the confidence to support different teams
A proactive mindset with a genuine appetite to learn, take ownership, and drive improvement
Experience with Risk Management Frameworks, control testing or risk & controls management
Ambition to grow your career in risk and controls, with a desire to progress into more senior or specialist roles
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we\’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we\’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
Please note that we reserve the right to remove adverts earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.
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Locations 30 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh, EH1 2DH, GB 10 Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2JB, GB 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN, GB

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