Controls Effectiveness Specialist

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About the role

We’re looking for a Controls Effectiveness Specialist to support the delivery of our control effectiveness programme across the Retail business. You’ll carry out control reviews and testing, providing an objective assessment of whether key controls are operating as intended

Working collaboratively with stakeholders across Retail, you’ll gather and evaluate evidence, identify potential weaknesses and support practical improvements that strengthen the control environment and help deliver positive customer outcomes

The work

What you’ll be doing

• Delivering control effectiveness reviews in line with agreed methodologies, standards and review plans
• Undertaking walkthroughs, sampling, validation, testing and reperformance activities
• Reviewing control design and operating evidence to assess whether controls are performing as intended
• Identifying potential control weaknesses, gaps and failures requiring further investigation
• Preparing clear working papers, testing documentation and evidence-based findings
• Monitoring and validating remediation activity arising from control reviews
• Identifying opportunities to improve review quality, efficiency and overall value
• Collaborating with stakeholders to obtain evidence, facilitate reviews and provide constructive challenge

Who they want

What we’re looking for

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.

• A good understanding of risk and control frameworks
• Experience supporting controls testing, assurance, risk, compliance, audit or governance activity
• Knowledge of control effectiveness and testing methodologies
• Experience gathering, analysing and evaluating evidence
• The ability to document findings, recommendations and review outcomes clearly
• Experience identifying control weaknesses, process gaps or improvement opportunities
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a considered approach to constructive challenge
• A relevant professional qualification in risk, audit, compliance or accounting would be beneficial but is not essential