Financial Risk and Controls Lead

Finance Risk & Controls Lead

Permanent | Hybrid (2-3 days per week in Edinburgh office)

Large Financial Services Organisation

Are you ready to shape the future of risk management within Finance?

We're looking for a Finance Risk & Controls Lead to play a pivotal role in strengthening the organisation's financial and operational control environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-profile function within a major financial services business, where your expertise will drive real impact, influence senior stakeholders, and help safeguard critical Finance processes.

The Opportunity

In this influential role, you will:

• Lead the risk and control agenda across end-to-end Finance processes, including financial reporting, expense management, commercial finance and other technical areas.
• Provide independent oversight, challenge, and guidance to process owners and senior leaders.
• Assess control effectiveness, identify weaknesses, and design practical, sustainable improvements.
• Support proactive risk management by aligning control activities to broader Finance and business strategy.
• Drive a culture of strong governance, robust non-financial risk awareness, and continuous improvement.

You'll work closely with Heads of Finance, senior leadership teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, giving you significant visibility and the opportunity to influence at pace.

What We're Looking For

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

• A strong understanding of accounting and finance processes, with insight into financial and operational risks - ideally gained within life insurance or financial services.
• Background in audit, risk, or financial controls, with experience improving control environments across complex processes.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities and producing high-quality outputs.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills - confident in influencing, challenging and building trust.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive mindset.
• A professional qualification in accounting, audit, or risk (or equivalent relevant experience).

If this role is of interest, please apply and I will be in touch.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.