Governance and Control Analyst

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

Job summary

A leading mutual life, pensions, and investment company in the UK is seeking a Governance & Controls Analyst. The successful candidate will evaluate and enhance risk management processes, collaborate closely with stakeholders, and conduct controls testing. This role, based in a hybrid working environment, offers a competitive benefits package including annual leave and a substantial employer pension contribution.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in controls testing and reporting is required.
• Familiarity with FCA/PRA regulations.
• Strong analytical ability and excellent report writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess control effectiveness, report findings, and manage stakeholder communications.
• Maintain risk management processes and collate operational risk reports.
• Facilitate workshops for risk and control activities.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Ability

Communication Skills

Report Writing

Influencing Skills

Tools

Archer Risk Management

Job description

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Governance and Control Analyst

Date: 2 Jul 2025

Company: Royal London Group

Job Title: Governance & Controls Analyst

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Park (Wilmslow) or Edinburgh

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Overview:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Governance & Controls Analyst to join the Business Control Function at Royal London. The role holder will work with the 1st line executive and management teams within functions to deliver controls testing and risk and control activities. You will be working with the Governance and Controls Managers to deliver controls testing and risk and control activities as agreed in the annual plan. This will include the gathering of evidence, running workshops, carrying out control walkthroughs, required to assess controls and help produce reports based on the outcome.

About the role:

• Assess the effectiveness of control design and performance, identify weaknesses, determine the materiality of findings.and report back results.
• Reporting the results to local management and agreeing actions
• Carrying our agreed assignments including reviewing risks and controls already in risk registers, gathering evidence for the operation of controls
• Collate monthly/quarterly operational risk MI and report for Functions, e.g. root cause analysis of risk events.
• Maintain processes for controls and risk management within functions, e.g. risk acceptance, risk events, escalations.
• Provide secretariat for functional risk committees (collation of papers, taking minutes and maintaining action log)
• Support management to report and investigate risk events in accordance with the Risk Event & Escalation process
• For risk and control activities arrangement and facilitation workshops (assisting Governance and Controls Managers) and carrying out walkthrough tests of controls – reporting the results to local management and agreeing actions
• Attending functional risk committees to discuss reports and activities
• Helping risk and control owners the update of Archer Risk Registers on the conclusion of controls testing and risk and control activities

About you:

• Experience of carrying out controls testing and reporting.
• Able to effectively manage stakeholders, including senior stakeholders
• Experience of using risk management systems such as Archer
• Good knowledge of relevant FCA/PRA regulations and applicable rules
• Understanding of the risk framework and procedures
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Excellent analytical ability
• Strong business report writing and presentation skills

If you think you would be a great fit for our team at Royal London but don’t meet all the requirements of the role, please get in touch as your application will still be considered.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

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.

We've 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

We’re 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.