Randstad UK
Risk & Controls Analyst
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Risk & Control Analyst
Are you an ambitious Risk, Controls, or Assurance professional looking to make a visible impact within a leading multinational organisation?
Our client is seeking a high-caliber Risk & Control Analyst to join their expert team in Central London. In this hands-on role, you will play a key part in transitioning the business from a traditional compliance-led approach to a proactive, performance-enabling internal control framework.
Key Responsibilities
- Framework Deployment & Operationalisation
- Support the rollout and embedding of the organisation’s new Control Framework across finance and key operational risk areas.
- Perform control assessments, walkthroughs, testing, and self-assessments
- Verify control design, operational effectiveness, and process reliability.
- Identify control gaps
- Conduct root cause analyses, propose pragmatic solutions, and track remediation actions through to completion.
- Act as a trusted advisor
- Assist control owners across a matrix structure with training, change management, and building a proactive risk awareness culture.
- Prepare robust reporting packs, dashboards, and control weakness impact analyses
- Use digital tools to give management real-time visibility into risk trends.
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- Assurance & Audit Support
- Assist in resolving internal and external audit findings by developing practical, value-adding action plans aligned with business priorities.
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Required Experience & Profile
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or a related discipline. A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) is highly desirable.
- 5 years of hands-on experience in internal controls, risk management, or assurance (internal/external), ideally combining practice and in-house roles in complex or project-driven environments.
- Prior experience in Big 4 business assurance or risk consulting is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of financial/operational control environments, governance codes (e.g., UK Provision 29 or SOX), and control reperformance (financial and non-financial).
- Tech-savvy with experience using analytics and reporting tools (such as Power BI, SAP/S4HANA, or dedicated risk platforms).
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable narratives.
- Sector Knowledge: Exposure to construction, engineering, or infrastructure environments is advantageous but not essential.
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