Business Controls Specialist

Jane Street; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial firm is seeking a Business Controls Specialist to oversee audit and regulatory tasks. The role involves coordinating with external auditors and regulators, assessing processes against standards, and documenting workflows. Successful candidates will have 3-5 years of relevant experience, exceptional communication skills, and a keen attention to detail. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy collaboration, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a relevant role.
• Experience with auditing processes.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate communication between internal and external parties.
• Prepare risk and control inventories and documentation.
• Assess processes against regulatory standards.

Skills

Process/controls design and implementation

Operational risk management

Documenting processes

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

Jira

Job description

We are looking for a Business Controls Specialist to manage a variety of tasks and projects across a wide range of audit and regulatory work. You’ll work alongside seasoned colleagues across the firm, helping to coordinate responses to external stakeholders—including auditors, regulators and clients—regarding our firm’s processes and controls.

As our firm continues to grow, you’ll assist with highlighting the risks inherent to specific processes arising from Jane Street’s business activities by performing gap analyses, including documenting and assessing existing and proposed processes, workflows and controls.

The right person for this role will enjoy working with people and documentation, and be able to explain processes, risks and controls clearly to external parties, tailoring information granularity to suit the audience's needs. Your previous industry expertise will be valuable to the team as we collaborate with outside auditors and advisors.

Additional responsibilities of the role will include:

• Facilitating communication between internal departments and external parties for various projects, including exchange memberships, business process and technology audits, regulatory inquiries and client due diligence requests
• Preparing risk and control inventories, process documentation, presentation materials and routine correspondence
• Clearly labelling, filing and organising document submissions for subsequent retrieval and reference
• Assessing processes and workflows to determine whether regulatory standards and industry best practices have been met
• Designing audit test procedures to independently validate documented adherence to internal policy requirements

About You

• Have 3-5 years of experience in a similar role, for example in:
• Process/controls design and implementation (e.g., in response to new regulation)
• Business process and system controls assurance (e.g., application level and general technology controls audits)
• Operational risk management and compliance
• Familiar with the auditing process and experienced with participating in audits
• Self-starter who can handle competing priorities and work effectively and efficiently in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Organised with excellent attention to detail
• Clear, comprehensive and concise communicator
• Enjoy writing and maintaining good documentation
• Able to build strong collaborative relationships across various groups within the firm
• Reliable and flexible team player with a positive attitude
• Self-motivated to share knowledge and improve processes as appropriate
• Strong analytical and critical thinker; have a “can-do” attitude when resolving issues
• Ideally familiar with Jira (but not required)

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