Finance Analyst - Assurance

Sanderson are currently engaged with a leading life and pensions business in Edinburgh seeking a Finance Assurance Analyst for a newly created position. This has come about through growth and desire to continue to provide services levels that have come to be expected of this client.

Responsibilities:

• Review documentation of business processes, risks and controls
• Arrange and conduct process updates to confirm the accuracy of the documentation and assess the design effectiveness of the controls, including through effective challenge
• Develop test plans designed to provide assurance of the effectiveness of controls, primarily those relevant to financial reporting
• Conduct testing of key controls to assess effectiveness, to identify deficiencies and related control improvements
• Liaise with process and control owners to identify solutions to control issues
• Agree remediation actions and timescales for control weaknesses and deficiencies identified
• Produce and maintain high quality documentation and other records of the testing performed
• Plan and deliver own tasks in accordance with the overall programme of risk and assurance activities
• Build relationships with 1st and 2nd line colleagues and others to support collaborative work
• Deliver reporting and management information to meet the needs of stakeholders, including the functional risk committees and external audit
• Contribute to the development of improvements to the methods and processes

Skills/Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Analytical minded and a proven ability to analyse data,
• Understanding of processes and assess related risks and controls
• Effective stakeholder management - consulting, building relationships, influencing, and challenging

Knowledge:

• Risks and controls experience relevant to finance and related divisions
• Understanding of assurance principles and techniques
• Experience of working within a finance, risk or internal audit function
• Experience of SOx, model validation and controls testing an advantage
• Financial Services experience beneficial

To submit your CV please click apply or, should you wish to discuss the position, please feel to call Mark Carrigg at Sanderson Recruitment on the details provided.