Controls Assurance Lead (Financial Services)

Controls Assurance Lead (Financial Services)Location: Liverpool / HybridHours: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, flexible start and finish timesContract: 6-month FTCSalary: Up to 75,000 (Depending on experience)The OpportunityThis 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 workingConduct interviews and walkthroughs across multiple teamsDocument:End-to-end processes and operating modelsControl objectives, activities, and ownershipEvidence requirements for audit and assuranceRoles, responsibilities, and dependenciesEnsure documentation reflects real-world operations, not theoretical designCreate outputs that support:Operational continuityAudit readinessRegulatory 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 ComplianceExperience in the First Line of DefenceHands-on exposure to:Controls frameworks and assurance ..... full job details .....