Risk and Controls Analyst/Associate (Monitoring & Testing)
On site
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Freelance
25-03-2025
Job Specifications
Contract Role: Risk and Controls Analyst/Associate (Monitoring & Testing)
Contract Duration: 6 months + possible extension, plus potential permanent role
Contract Location: Birmingham, onsite Monday to Friday, 08:30 – 18:30hrs
Contract Start: ASAP (PAYE inside IR35)
This is an exciting opportunity to join Deloitte Operation for an engagement with one of our premiere Asset & Wealth Management clients
Our Impact
We are looking for an Analyst/Associate to serve as a member of the Monitoring & Testing function in Birmingham, a critical role within the Asset & Wealth Management Strategic Transformation Office. By executing monitoring and testing processes and identifying potential risks and control weaknesses, this position contributes directly to the firm’s success by ensuring regulatory compliance, protecting client assets, and improving operational efficiency.
The Monitoring & Testing function will implement an evaluation framework to continuously monitor the efficacy of our clients processes, systems, and controls, and ensure their performance and compliance through robust testing methods, positioning itself as a critical function in mitigating risk within Asset & Wealth Management and the business as a whole. This partnership with strategic efforts across the firm allows for close collaboration with the other three functions of the Asset & Wealth Management Strategic Transformation Office, providing opportunities for experience and influence in other areas.
Risk & Control Responsibilities
Develop an in-depth knowledge of the operational risk and control profile across Asset & Wealth Management
Advise, challenges, informs the businesses on recommended ways to mitigate risk; reviews actions items to ensure that risk is being sufficiently addressed
Sets the tone from the top : Acts as a culture carrier by embedding & propagating a risk mindset and awareness within the team, region & globally
Identifies ways to share risk best practice across teams and functions, and with other business lines where like processes exist/there is exposure to similar risk
Partner with the business lines to understand the residual risks that exist after issues are resolved and engage across the front to back to apply lessons learned to improve our risk and control framework
Risk analysis : Work with the stakeholders to develop KRI’s / KPI’s which can be used to monitor operational health of our framework. Use these to drive the risk agenda with the leadership group, highlight areas of concerns and partner with line managers to develop, execute and monitor progress on remediation plans
QA & Technical Responsibilities
Develop Control QA & Monitoring framework. Identify continuous improvement mechanisms to strengthen the framework based on ever-evolving changes in process, regulations & platforms
Work with our QA team to design tests for data quality, lineage, and controls across a range of products, business lines and processes, including both manually and systematically created data
Develop methodologies to define test scripts, execute tests, including frequency, sampling, evidencing, and follow-up actions which integrate with the broader Divisional risk management framework and datasets
Partner with developers and low-code specialists to develop tooling to support test execution, record keeping, and reporting
Work with our BI team in building data models / data visualization for generating multidimensional reporting
Maintain strong relationships and connectivity with the broader control and data organizations to enable maintenance of the test suites as the operating and control environment changes
Execute test suites using manual and automated techniques, and integrate results into the broader risk management framework, including control enhancements and risk assessments
Coordinate end-to-end risk management delivery with other Divisions, such Compliance, Legal, Risk and Internal Audit as well as support regulatory interactions
Skills & Qualifications
Solid understanding of the Asset & Wealth Management franchise and experience within a risk management context are required
An energetic self-starter with strong control mindset with a passion for risk management
Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate issues and ideas with different levels across Asset & Wealth Management stakeholders
Strong analytical skills with an ability to understand complex workflows, and excellent attention to details
Innovative, including a keen eye for identifying areas of control enhancements and automation which have practical value. Good influencing skills to challenging the status quo and continuously enhance the control environment
Ability to perform data analytics using metrics to identify trends and themes
Sound time management skills to be able to effectively prioritize and multi-task.
A mentor / coach to the juniors in the team
Drive and motivation to improve personal performance, broaden knowledge, work intensely towards extremely challenging goals, and persist in the face of obstacles or setbacks
Good interpersonal and teamwork skills to collaborate as a global team and build strong relationship with key stakeholders across Divisions
Keeps current with emerging business, economic and market trends
Aptitude handling large data sets, synthesizing a variety of information to summarise a profile
Track record of delivering and enhancing measurable, impactful business outcomes and products
About the Company
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