Business Control Advisor

Royal London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading asset management firm is seeking a Business Controls Advisor to support the COO team with risk management and control assurance. In this hybrid role, you will identify and resolve risks, improve reporting capabilities, and work collaboratively across different business functions. The ideal candidate should possess strong communication skills, a basic understanding of risk management, and a willingness to learn new tools like Power BI. Competitive workplace benefits are included.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of risk management.
• Experience working in a regulated environment.
• Strong communication abilities in both written and oral formats.
• Good analytical skills including trend analysis.
• Willingness to learn new data visualization software.
• Ability to work effectively within a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Implement RL's Risk Management Framework across the COO function.
• Identify, resolve and escalate new risks or issues.
• Lead on improving the team's MI and reporting capabilities.
• Support senior stakeholders with risk and controls data requests.
• Help incorporate business resilience activity into risk-related reporting.

Skills

Understanding of risk management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Basic understanding of Excel

Problem-solving skills

Upselling

Business Management

Regulatory Reporting

SAP Supply Chain Management

Economic Development

Product Development

Tools

Power BI

Power Platform

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Business Controls Advisor

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: London

Working style: Hybrid 50% home / office based

Join us at Royal London Asset Management as our Business Controls Advisor where you will support our COO team and wider business with risk and control assurance.

Youll assist Senior Control Advisors to manage risk events and make sure risk best practice is embedded across key areas such as Operations Data Technology Projects and Business Consultancy.

Youll also work closely with other parts of the business shadowing experienced colleagues and collaborating with teams in the Front Office Client Group Finance and other support functions when cross-functional tasks need COO input.

This is a development role designed to grow into a position where you work independently as a trusted business partner helping to improve processes and strengthen the firms capabilities. Curiosity problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn are essential.

About the role

Responsibilities

• Help implement and embed RLs Risk Management Framework across the COO function.
• Identify resolve and escalate any new risks or issues.
• Lead on improving the Teams current MI and reporting capability with the purpose of ensuring risk or control related issues are being appropriately monitored.
• Support the Head of COO Business Services and other senior stakeholders with ad-hoc risk and controls data related requests.
• Support the Team in managing controls assurance and oversight and other oversight activity as required throughout the year.
• Help incorporate business resilience related activity into risk related MI and reporting as directed by the Teams Resilience Lead.

About you

• Basic understanding of risk management
• Experience of working within a regulated controls-focussed environment.
• Enthusiastic about working in an asset manager and gaining broad exposure across the business particularly RLAMs COO Function.
• Strong communication skills both written and oral.
• Good analytical skills including analysing trends and an interest in how to best visualise / present data.
• Basic understanding of Excel and willingness to learn about and work with new data visualisation software is essential (e.g. Power BI Power Platform / Apps etc).
• Drive and resilience a calm professional approach with the flexibility needed to juggle multiple responsibilities at once.
• Able to work effectively both as part of a team or individually both performing and reviewing work.
• Adaptive to change / positive attitude towards organisational change and the confidence to suggest new ideas.
• Good approach to problem solving and ability to work to tight deadlines is a must.

About Royal London Asset Management

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) part of the Royal London Group is one of the UKs leading fund management companies working with a wide range of clients across the globe to achieve their investment goals. Our long-term client-driven focus means that we have a long-standing commitment to responsible investment. We act as responsible stewards of our clients capital exercising their rights and influencing positive change.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive responsible enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered Trustworthy Collaborate Achieve.

Weve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

Were an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected whatever their background.

Required Experience : Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

• Business Intelligence
• Sales Experience
• Compliance Management
• Risk Management
• Lean Six Sigma
• Upselling
• Business Management
• Regulatory Reporting
• SAP Supply Chain Management
• Economic Development
• Product Development

Employment Type : Advisor

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1