First Line Risk & Control Analyst

Job Description Summary

First Line Risk & Control Analyst

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)

Salary: A competitive salary from £33,040 - £49,560 depending on the experience you can bring

Closing date:29th April 2025

We’re Aegon - a company of ambitious, collaborative, problem-solvers who get things done. We strive to make sure everyone that works for us feel seen, heard, and valued – so we’re looking for like-minded people to join us. We have three behaviours that are central to how we operate as a team and a business: we step up, we tune in and we’re a force for good.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

The Job

Reporting to the Head of First Line Risk & Control (FLRC) you will play a vital role in delivering initiatives designed to transform and elevate Technology first line risk and control in Aegon.

In this role you will work to embed first line risk & control responsibilities and accountability across Technology, ensuring adherence to all risk and control frameworks and policies. This includes ensuring regulatory compliance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOx) and the Audit and Assurance Faculty (AAF) programme, as well as local control assurance and general risk management activities.

The role will also be required to execute various control activities in a timely manner and in-line with agreed schedules.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execution of the Technology Control Assurance programmes to ensure local and regulatory controls are designed and operating effectively.
• Supporting the Technology teams to ensure risks and controls are recorded and managed appropriately across our Technology environments.
• Tracking and progressing all Technology risk related actions, including risk assessments, Internal Audit, External Audit, Business Continuity and SOx actions. Working with action owners across Technology to ensure agreed targets are met and the Aegon risk management system is maintained.
• Developing and delivering effective risk reporting and management information.
• Overseeing Technology risk events ensuring that first line responsibilities are being met and collating information required for reporting.
• Maintain a view of key dates for risk reporting; providing awareness to key stakeholders so that dates are met.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Experience across controls testing/assurance or internal/external audit.
• Experience working in an oversight function across Finance, Technology, Risk or Operations.
• Experience in the production and presentation of management information.
• Strong relationship building and communication skills, with the ability to develop effective relationships with key stakeholders, up to and including senior level.
• Experience within a financial service or regulated industry setting would be desirable, but not essential.
• Additionally, experience with SOC reports would be a plus, but not a requirement to be considered for this role.

What’s in it for you?

• A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.

The legal bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.