Audit/Controls/Assurance – Manager

Remote (with up to 20% travel)

£60,000–£70,000 per annum + 30 days holiday

Permanent or Contract

Our client is a growing organisation with a strong foundation and an open, collaborative culture. Working closely with their branches offering financial services, they’re committed to delivering robust controls and assurance frameworks that support their operations.

The Role:

We’re seeking an experienced Audit/Controls/Assurance Manager to build and manage our clients controls framework, ensuring key risks are identified, assessed, and addressed. Reporting directly to the Head of Risk, you’ll play a critical role in developing systems and processes and working closely with third-party specialists on larger regulatory reviews.

This is a home-based role with up to 20% travel, including visits to established branches and those in build phases.

Responsibilities:

• Controls Framework Development: Design and implement a controls framework to address key risk areas, 
  including:
• Processes
• Records management
• Training
• First-line insurance activities
• Supply chain management
• HSE
• Construction, Property and Building risk
• Branch audits

• Branch Audits: Conduct reviews to assess risks across operational, IT, and data activities, 
  ensuring adherence to high standards and compliance (e.g., DISP SOP rules).

• Collaborative Reviews: Partner with third-party providers on major 
  compliance and controls reviews.

• Reporting Systems: Build and enhance controls reporting systems to
  ensure actionable insights and oversight for key stakeholders.

• Health & Safety and Operations Resilience: Oversee audits and 
  controls related to health and safety, supplier management, and procurement.

• Complaint Audits: Monitor compliance with reporting, 
  i.e DISP SOP rules and other regulatory requirements.

About You:

To thrive in this role, you’ll need:

• A breadth of experience (and therefore familiarity with the governance risk and controls) in businesses
   that operate across multiple regional branches in a regulated client environment, with key risks including
  financial services, supplier management, property and construction, 
  and health and safety. 
• Strong expertise in building and managing control frameworks from the ground up.
• Experience conducting branch audits, ideally across diverse and evolving environments.
• Excellent knowledge of controls, operational risk, data management, and supplier assurance.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to work closely with internal teams and third-party providers.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of your time, including branch visits and site assessments.

What’s On Offer:

• A flexible, home-based role with limited travel.
• A friendly and supportive company culture.
• Opportunities to shape a rapidly evolving function in a growing organisation.
• Competitive salary and benefits, including 30 days of holiday.

Next Steps:

We’re looking to appoint this role as soon as possible. If you’re ready to bring your expertise to a dynamic team and 
help us build a best-in-class controls framework, we’d love to hear from you!

How to Apply:

Please submit your CV here or apply to Paul Stanbridge at Fleet Search.

Good work life balance with a family orientated consultancy firm offering Internal Audit and SOX assurance services (any corporate sector)

MUST HAVE – SOX –  RISK ASSURANCE / INTERNAL AUDIT – CORPORATE BLUE CHIP EXP. – TEAM LEADERSHIP

This is an excellent role for a Risk Assurance or Internal Audit professional with a Big 4 background, looking for a more reasonable work / life balance. You’ll enjoy a supportive environment at a firm with an excellent retention record and offer good promotion prospects if you seek career advancement.

You will manage a team and also your own corporate client work, and be involved in management of the division. The successful candidate will:

• enjoy audit testing and managing audit staff
• have good client facing skills
• have many years large corporate experience as a consultant or as an employee
• have many years risk assurance / internal audit / or controls experience
• have excellent knowledge of SOX controls
• have managed a small team in a consultancy environment

The firm may be open to sponsoring a VISA if you meet the above criteria and are UK based. Work from Home and Flexible Working is offered.

Please forward your details before 04 Nov 2022 to Paul Stanbridge at Fleet Search + Selection Ltd

Are you a Risk Assurance or Audit professional with wholesale capital markets Banking experience?

If you are seeking a Banking role where you can apply your knowledge of capital markets products in a function where you will gain professional development and senior level exposure, apply with your CV and a covering note to Paul Stanbridge.

You will be rewarded with a Banking Salary & Bonus, industry leading career mentor scheme and excellent future career opportunities within the group.

Applicants must have ILR or a EU / UK visa.

Exclusive banking role offering:

• Excellent rewards
• Real work / life balance
• 10 weeks international travel maximum
• Excellent salary
• Career development
• Autonomy

This is a rare opportunity for a 2+ PQE accountant with experience in an Internal Audit role (or Risk Assurance role at Manager level in Practice), covering Investment Banking and / or Capital Markets products. You will work unsupervised in a small team in London covering wholesale trading (fx, fixed income, some equities), corporate banking, compliance, regulatory risk and functions.

Personality and team fit are just as important to the group as experience.

Candidates that join this team tend to stay in the department or group for many years. Excellent salary and benefits are awarded to those that can perform.

Apply today with a copy of your CV.

£60-70,000 plus Excellent Banking bonus and benefits.

If you are a Risk Assurance or Internal Audit professional with 1-4 years ACA / ACCA post qualified experience (or equivalent) within a Capital Markets / Wholesale Banking environment and are looking to expand your career within a tight, dynamic and highly professional small team of an International Banking group, read on.

You must have;

• 1-4 years Risk Assurance / Internal Audit experience within banking sales and trading, ideally of Fixed Income / Rates products but Equities, FX and Commodities are also highly desirable
• Have a keen interest in expanding your career with a highly successful team environment with very good internal mobility and promotion prospects
• Are keen to learn from highly experienced peers and wish to further your career within Banking long term.

Please apply to Paul Stanbridge with your CV. You must have a UK / European Visa to be considered.