Description
Rutherford Cross are recruiting a Risk Assurance Consultant for a high growth dynamic organisation. Working closely with subject matter experts, risk, and internal audit, the Risk Assurance Consultant will deliver a programme of work to ensure priority internal audit findings are resolved through implementation of effective control-based solutions in a timely manner. This will include, where required, documentation of control self assessments and control testing plans/evidence.
The consultant will provide hands-on support to the business in delivering the action plans and ensuring appropriate records and evidence are available for review and validation by both Risk and Internal Audit. The consultant will also submit progress reports and updates to the Head of Risk for inclusion in governance reporting.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Excellent knowledge and experience in delivery of strong, control based operational/ process improvements.
- Excellent written work including presentation of documentary evidence, including appropriate audit trail, for sign off by 1st line business leaders, and review and challenge by 2nd and 3rd lines of defence. Provide reporting on programme progress to Risk for discussion at the risk and compliance group.
- Excellent relationship skills, ensuring the assurance programme makes best value of subject matter expert time and knowledge.
- Working knowledge and experience of FCA regulatory environment including documentation/ evidence standards required by external review parties.
Maintaining operational and company standards
- Promote the best interests of the company at all times including corporate goals and values.
- Encourage and drive quality and continuous improvement of processes used across the business.
- Ensure that the output of work is in line with our values and principles of treating our customers fairly (being both our adviser partners and our external clients).
- Promoting the development of strong risk and compliance culture across the firm, embedding this within processes wherever possible.
Team working
- Team player sharing ideas to enhance across-team learning and business development.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external parties.
- Exhibit objectivity and openness to others' views whilst retaining focus on the task and ensuring quality standards are met at all times
Personal Effectiveness
- Experienced in controls and/ or assurance work to a high standard ideally with recognised professional qualification such as IOR, IRM, IIA or similar.
- Reliable, organised and with effective time management, able to take ownership for programme and is proactive in approach. Display perseverance in all aspects of work.
- Can manage several, often conflicting, priorities at once to deliver the programme of work to time and quality.
- Excellent communication skills, able to an appropriate style to engage subject matter experts and present deliverables in an appropriate way.
- Excellent MS office skills.
Please send your CV to [email protected] or call on 07539 065 007.