IT Risk & Control Analyst

Permanent

Location:  Edinburgh or Witham (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 £32,400 - £48,600 depending on the experience you can bring

Closing date: 18th of February 2025

Our team are focused on providing retirement, investment and workplace savings to over 3.8 million customers. To do that we work with financial advisers and employers, to help improve peoples' financial wellbeing.  

An opportunity has arisen for a Risk & Control Analyst to join our 1st line IT Risk & Control Team.  Reporting to the IT Risk & Control Manager, in this role you will play a vital role in delivering initiatives designed to transform and elevate IT Risk and Control in Aegon.

You will work to embed first line risk & control responsibilities and accountability across IT, ensuring adherence to all Risk and Control frameworks and policies. This includes the IT SOX programme, Risk Incident management, Breach management and the Risk Assessment process.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Supporting the IT teams to ensure risks and controls are recorded and managed appropriately.

  • Developing and delivering effective risk reporting and management information.

  • Overseeing IT 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.

  • Complete control testing activities to ensure active controls remain appropriate and robust

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

  • Extensive experience using Power BI to aid in analysis

  • Experience in building effective relationships with key stakeholders

  • A proven track record of strong interpersonal skills including challenging and influencing others where appropriate

  • Prior experience in risk identification and management and its application within technology.

  • Prior experience of establishing and embedding robust and effective controls and completing controls testing

  • Strong IT skills including Advanced Excel

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.