Internal Controls Specialist

2 months ago

Cirencester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom St. James's Place Full time

**About St. James's Place**

We are a leading financial services company that works in partnership to plan, grow, and protect our clients' financial futures. Our team of qualified, expert advisors deliver personalized, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals.

**Our Culture**

We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem solve and innovate for clients. Our culture is based around long-term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.

**Job Summary**

We are seeking a highly skilled Internal Controls Specialist to join our Group Risk function. As a key member of our team, you will drive enhancements to our internal control approach to meet evolving regulatory expectations, including the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code reforms.

**Key Responsibilities**

  • Evolving, documenting, and embedding methodologies to support an uplifted Internal Control Framework, including 1st and 2nd line of defence control testing methodologies, and ensuring these meet industry good practice and fulfill relevant regulatory requirements.
  • Leading, guiding, and supporting the business to deliver activities that strengthen the identification of key controls and the design/operation of controls as part of risk and control self-assessments (RCSAs).
  • Improving internal controls awareness and adoption of the Controls Framework throughout the business, ensuring sufficient knowledge and understanding of the importance of the process and our reporting responsibilities.
  • Developing and guiding the risk management system and reporting functionality, ensuring that it accurately and efficiently facilitates regulatory/financial reporting requirements.
  • Providing controls specialist input and progress updates for various governance fora, including the Internal Control Project and Group Risk and Audit Committees.

**Requirements**

  • Experience of designing and applying risk and control management frameworks, including RCSAs.
  • Practical knowledge of implementing or operating internal control frameworks, including control assessment and testing methodologies.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to build influential relationships and strong negotiation skills to monitor and challenge key risk and control assessments and mitigating activity.
  • Highly organized with a flexible approach, ability to handle a range of tasks and adapt to changing priorities with ease.

**What's in it for you?**

  • Non-Contributory Pension – 10% (increasing with length of service up to 15%) with further pension matching.
  • Parental leave – 6 months full pay.
  • 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on full-time equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday.

**Flexible Working**

We know that everyone works best in different ways, at different times, and in different environments. We have introduced a hybrid working policy to provide greater flexibility for part-time work, job-sharing, remote working, and flexibility on hours. Our people are encouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle.

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