Finance Risk & Controls Consultant

Job Type: Permanent 

Location: Edinburgh / London / Birmingham, with normally a minimum of 2 days a week working in the office and the rest working at home. We believe that benefits both you and our business, helping ensure that you can balance a successful career with your life outside of work while maximising the value of face-to-face stakeholder engagement.

Flexible working:  All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Closing Date: 8th July 2026

Salary and benefits: £45,000 - £60,000 per annum (dependant on experience) plus an indicative bonus range of 16% to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

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Who are we? 

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

As a Risk & Controls Consultant, you will play an important role in strengthening and continuously improving the risk and control environment across Finance, with a focus on financial controls and Finance’s internal control framework.

Working across a variety of Finance processes and teams, you’ll help maintain a high‑quality financial control framework by supporting Senior Managers and Risk & Control Leads in delivering their responsibilities. This includes performing assurance and finance control testing, assisting with documentation, and helping to embed the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Internal Controls Framework (ICF).

You’ll also contribute to supporting action plan management, support the preparation of materials for key governance forums, and help track the effectiveness of controls to ensure issues are identified and resolved in a timely manner.

As a flexible resource within Finance, you’ll have the opportunity to work where demand is greatest—gaining exposure to a diverse set of activities, building both technical and people skills, and making a meaningful impact on how the function manages risk and controls.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in risk, audit, or finance controls or assurance roles. 
• Good understanding of financial processes
• Strong analytical and organisational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and adapt to change.
• Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to explain control concepts effectively and build strong relationships at all levels.
• A collaborative and adaptable approach, comfortable working across different teams and supporting a variety of initiatives.
• A proactive mindset, with a willingness to learn, take ownership, and contribute to continuous improvement across the risk and control environment.
• Familiarity with RMF and ICF is beneficial but not essential.
• A genuine interest in building a career in risk and controls, with opportunities to develop into more senior or specialist positions over time.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.

Find out more about working at Standard Life

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