Controls Advisory Consultant / Senior Consultant (IT) FS

DELOITTE LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm seeks a skilled professional to deliver technology control projects within their Financial Services sector. Key responsibilities include assessing and implementing technology controls, managing risks, and developing client relationships. Ideal candidates will have experience in audit and controls environments, strong communication skills, and proven project management abilities. Join a team dedicated to enhancing client compliance and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing, designing, and implementing technology controls.
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Familiarity with SOX requirements.
• Proven project management and delivery skills.
• Strong communicator with stakeholder management experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technology control projects independently or within broader transformations.
• Design and implement technology controls across various domains.
• Support clients in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Manage risks and issues effectively.
• Develop client relationships and foster business growth.

Skills

Assessment of technology controls

Internal and external auditing

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Team leadership

Communication skills

Tools

S/4 Hana

Oracle ERP

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

Job description

Overview

The Controls Advisory team supports those accountable for Financial Service organisations technology risks, regulatory expectations and compliance requirements through driving efficiency, effectiveness and modernisation of their control environment to achieve better business outcomes. We focus on increasing our client’s confidence in their risk and control environment whilst reducing cost and effort.

Our team works across the Financial Services sector helping senior client leaders with some of their most important and reputationally impactful challenges.

If you have practical delivery experience of assessing, designing and implementing technology controls and are looking to develop your career in a market-leading technology controls advisory team, then this could be the role for you.

Responsibilities

• Delivering technology control projects as a standalone project or part of a wider controls transformation including other controls specialists.
• Assessing, designing and implementing technology controls across areas including: IT general controls, business process controls, programme management controls etc.
• Applying your risk and controls experience to support clients in meeting specific requirements e.g. SOX, UK corporate reform.
• Understanding of the key regulators and their expectations and supporting our clients in most efficiently and effectively meeting these mandates.
• Providing understanding how peer organisations across the Financial Services sector operate.
• Guiding, managing and leading team members within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
• Actively managing key risks and issues.
• Developing client relationships and managing key stakeholders.
• Developing and growing the practice including business development.
• Leading and shaping the strategy and team.

Skills and Professional Experience

• Background assessing, designing and/or implementing controls in an external audit, internal audit, internal controls or equivalent role.
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team e.g. alongside business process specialists to identify automated controls.
• Experience working in organisations subject to SOX requirements.
• Clear understanding of audit requirements and expectations, with the ability to use this experience when performing advisory services to our clients.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to articulate complex ideas, and effectively manage key stakeholders.
• Proven ability to understand, mitigate and manage risk.
• Proven ability to structure and deliver projects.
• Proven ability to lead and direct teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent people management and development skills with a strong focus on team development.
• Knowledge of common application technologies e.g. S/4 Hana, Oracle ERP, MS Dynamics, Blackline, Workday,
• Knowledge of common infrastructure technologies e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, SQL Database, Oracle database.
• Experience of assessing AI risks and how AI can be responsibly used to improve control environments.
• Industry specific risk and controls expertise e.g. Financial Services.
• Experience with specific Financial Services regulators and regulation e.g. PRA, MAS, HKMA, DORA.
• Experience implementing controls as part of a system implementation e.g. implementing automated business process controls.