Controls Manager

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL

Gloucester

Hybrid

GBP 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Group Personal Pension - up to 12%

Annual bonus 7.5% - 30%

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Benefact Group in Gloucester is looking for a Controls Manager on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2027. You will provide subject-matter expertise on key and material controls, ensuring a rigorous, compliant approach that supports governance disclosures and strengthens the control environment across the Insurance Division.

You will maintain the Control Library, document design adequacy, coordinate with risk registers and the annual RCSA, and report progress to senior management while coaching

Qualifications

Solid experience in control design and operation, preferably in insurance/financial services.
Experience with control documentation and testing.
Good coaching approach for first-line control owners.
Strong attention to detail with analytical reporting abilities.
Experience developing tools using Microsoft 365 apps, especially Excel or SharePoint.

Responsibilities

Provide SME coaching to control-owners in identifying, documenting, assessing, and assuring controls.
Maintain and enhance the Control Library for design adequacy and effectiveness.
Ensure all control docs meet policy standards, are audit-ready, and reported to senior management.
Align project controls with Risk Registers and integrate into annual RCSA process.
Contribute to project group updates and stakeholder collaboration.

Skills

Control design

Control documentation

Coaching

Data analysis

M365 tools (Excel, SharePoint)

Tools

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

Controls Manager

We are looking for a Controls Manager to join Benefact Group in our Gloucester office on a fixed-term basis until 31/03/2027. Competitive salary, excellent benefits and hybrid working.

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: fixed-term until 31/03/2027

Location:Gloucester

Job Ref:204942

About the role

Benefact Groupare looking for a Controls Manager to join our Gloucester office on a fixed-term basis until 31/03/2027.

You will provide controls subject- matter expertise to the Benefact Group's Controls Project, ensuring a rigorous and compliant approach that will enable us to meet the revisions in Corporate Governance Code requirements for control disclosures. This project is also supporting enhancements to the overall maturity and effectiveness of the Group's control environment, with a key focus on the Insurance Division and the controls that are material at a Groupwide level.

Why join us?

What you'll be doing

Provide subject- matter expertise and coaching to support first- line control-owners in identifying, documenting, assessing, and assuring Key and Material Controls, including identifying gaps and defining mitigation plans.
Maintain and enhance the Control Library, ensuring control design adequacy, operational effectiveness, and robust first- line assurance activity.
Ensure all control documentation meets internal policy standards, is audit- ready, and produce clear reporting and progress updates for senior management.
Align project control expectations with business Risk Registers and integrate Key Controls work into the annual RCSA process for smooth transition into BAU.
Actively contribute to the project working group, preparing updates and collaborating with stakeholders to progress assigned activities.

What you'll need to have

Solid experience and understanding of control design and operation, preferably in an insurance / financial services environment
Experience of control documentation and testing
Good coaching approach that allows for effective consulting and advising of first- line control owners on definition, documentation, assessment and testing of key controls
Good attention to detail with strong analytical skills, and ability to analyse data to form judgements and conclusions through reporting
Good experience in the development of tools using M365 applications, especially Excel or SharePoint data

What we offer

A competitive salary - let's discuss it
Hybrid working
Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 7.5% and 30%
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
£200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
Employee Assistance Programme
Full study support to gain professional qualifications
Access to virtual GP
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Hear from the hiring manager

"This is an opportunity to be part of a team that embraces difference and welcomes people who enjoy being specialists. As a project role, this is a chance to come and make a real difference to our organisation by sharing your skills and knowledge with people who want to get it right."

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change's UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26