Quality Assurance Analyst

Idex Consulting; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in London seeks a Quality Assurance Analyst to join its Governance Oversight team. This newly created role focuses on identifying and addressing emerging investment risks through data analysis and collaboration with investment professionals. Candidates should possess strong Excel skills, an understanding of investment operations, and experience in a QA or risk role. Join this small, dynamic team to contribute to enhancing investment practices and governance.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills are ideal.
• Solid understanding of investment operations and governance is required.
• Previous QA or risk experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Analyse front-office data for risk trends and breaches.
• Conduct exception-based monitoring and thematic reviews.
• Engage with investment professionals to resolve issues.
• Recommend process and control improvements.
• Contribute to a proactive risk culture.

Skills

Strong Excel/data skills

Understanding of investment operations

Experience in QA or investment risk

Detail-oriented mindset

Tools

Power BI

Job description

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We're looking for a sharp, data-driven professional to join our Governance Oversight team as a Quality Assurance Analyst.

The Role
This is a newly created role within the investment oversight function, reflecting increased demand and focus on first-line controls. You'll work closely with our Investment and Portfolio Managers to identify, flag, and help remediate emerging risks before they become issues.
Rather than compliance monitoring in the traditional sense, this role is rooted in data. Think of it as compliance testing through insight, using metrics and controls to improve investment practices and outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Analyse front-office data to identify risk trends and breaches of tolerance.
• Conduct exception-based monitoring and deep-dive thematic reviews.
• Engage directly with investment professionals to understand and resolve issues.
• Recommend improvements to processes, controls, and governance.
• Contribute to a proactive risk culture across the investment business.

What You Bring

• Strong Excel/data skills (advanced Excel ideal; Power BI a bonus).
• A solid understanding of investment operations and/or governance.
• Previous experience in QA, investment risk, surveillance, or a similar first-line control role.
• A detail-oriented mindset with a knack for spotting outliers and patterns.

The Team
You'll be joining a small and focused Investment Governance team, working alongside a highly experienced manager in a collaborative, non-hierarchical setup. While distinct from the Financial Planning team, there are opportunities to move between both areas as your career progresses.