Controls Assurance Lead (Financial Services)

Controls Assurance Lead (Financial Services) Location: Liverpool / Hybrid Hours: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, flexible start and finish times Contract: 6-month FTC Salary: Up to £75,000 (Depending on experience)The Opportunity This is a hands-on interim role focused on capturing how a financial services organisation's controls and assurance processes actually operate in practice. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders to extract critical, experience-based knowledge and turn it into clear, structured, audit-ready documentation. Much of this knowledge currently sits across individuals and teams - your role is to make it consistent, accessible, and sustainable. What You'll Be Doing: Engage with senior controls and operations stakeholders to capture undocumented processes and ways of working Conduct interviews and walkthroughs across multiple teams Document: End-to-end processes and operating models Control objectives, activities, and ownership Evidence requirements for audit and assurance Roles, responsibilities, and dependencies Ensure documentation reflects real-world operations, not theoretical design Create outputs that support: Operational continuity Audit readiness Regulatory assuranceWhat We're Looking For: Strong background in financial services (preferably wealth management), working in senior role within front line operations teams or Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Experience in the First Line of Defence Hands-on exposure to: Controls frameworks and assurance activities Reconciliations, data checks, or operational controls Proven ability to document complex processes clearly and accurately Strong stakeholder engagement and interviewing skillsInterested? For more information or a confidential discussion, please get in touch. Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age