Description Job Type : 12 month Fixed Term Contract Location: Edinburgh, London, Telford or Wythall Salary: Up to £45,000 dependent upon experience Closing Date : 13th November Who are we? We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked. We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet. The role The Line 1 Risk & Governance team form part of the Business Units Chief Operating Office, working collaboratively, the Control Testing team's scope currently covers the Retirement Solutions and Pensions and Savings internal control environment; supporting Line 1 to mature and improve their key controls and provide Group Risk Policy Sponsors with robust oversight of control operation. You will be focussing on the assessment, testing, and challenge of the Group’s internal control environment, responsible for applying the Group Control Testing Standards, and the wider Internal Risk and Control Framework, by undertaking a program of control testing. You will apply existing expertise to assess the adequacy of control design and effectiveness of control operation in a consistent, accurate and transparent manner, being responsible for identifying the outcomes and management actions from control testing. You will express risk management and internal control concepts in a straightforward way, to be understood by both wider Line 1 stakeholders and senior leadership when there are different levels of understanding. What We’re Looking For Knowledge of expert level control design and operation, with the professional competency to assess associated operational risks Analytically minded with a high attention to detail and accuracy combined with an organisational skillset that allows for task prioritisation and time-management Strong communication skills, including appropriate influencing and stakeholder engagement, with the ability to communicate in a straight-forward and unambiguous manner Ideally have a background in Audit, Compliance or Governance and Risk Management, including experience of varied assurance approaches for testing controls We want to hire the whole version of you. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best. Find out more about LifeAtPhoenix Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us LI-DS1 LI-HYBRID