Risk & Assurance Associate - Audit & Governance

Brodies LLP; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Brodies LLP in the United Kingdom is seeking a Risk & Assurance Assistant to support the Audit & Assurance Services team across risk registers, incident management, business continuity and governance activities. Based in Edinburgh or Glasgow with occasional travel, the role focuses on data analysis, reporting and keeping documentation up to date.

You will work with stakeholders, assist with training and awareness, and help implement improvements to controls and processes in a fast-paced legal

Qualifications

• Experience in risk, compliance, audit, assurance, incident management or governance-related roles is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of risk and assurance activities across the firm
• Maintain and review risk registers, gathering information from stakeholders
• Log data incidents and breaches, escalating where needed and recording outcomes
• Support business continuity and resilience plans, testing, and action tracking
• Analyse data trends and produce management information for risk reviews
• Assist with mandatory training and awareness programmes and track completion
• Coordinate policy management and version control for intranet publications
• Liaise with stakeholders to share risk, incident and governance updates

Skills

Risk management

Data analysis

Incident management

Governance

Documentation

Stakeholder comms

Job description

Brodies LLP in the United Kingdom is seeking a Risk & Assurance Assistant to support the Audit & Assurance Services team across risk registers, incident management, business continuity and governance activities. Based in Edinburgh or Glasgow with occasional travel, the role focuses on data analysis, reporting and keeping documentation up to date.

You will work with stakeholders, assist with training and awareness, and help implement improvements to controls and processes in a fast-paced legal