Assurance Analyst - Vermelo RPO : Job Details

Role: Assurance Analyst 

Location: We have multiple office offices around the UK where the role can be based, these include: Peterborough, Manchester, Chesterfield, Sunderland, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks,

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Markerstudy Group Assurance Team as an  Assurance Analyst.  The Team is the Group’s independent 2nd line assurance function with a remit to undertake compliance, control, and risk-based assurance activities across all areas of the business, and this role is a pivotal to the Team’s success as it takes day-to-day responsibility for supporting and delivering across many aspects of our annual risk assurance plan.  You’ll work closely with other members of the team including Risk Assurance Managers who will lead on review activity.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for maintaining and executing against assigned areas of the annual risk assurance plan, providing progress updates and outcomes of completed testing. 
• Responsible for reporting results and proposed actions back to operational management to agree actions for any areas where controls and processes could be improved.
• Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders to follow up on actions, supporting timely completion and escalating effectively when necessary. 
• Support with reporting by providing insight on risk metrics and risk assurance activities.
• Input into the scope areas for the annual risk assurance plan 
• Maintenance of assurance records including updating the Risk Management System with reports and action tracking evidence.

Skills, Experience and Knowledge:Must have

• Appropriate qualifications (ICA / IRM / IIA) or willingness to work towards
• Previous experience of testing approaches
• Strong maths
• Analytic and problem-solving skills
• Planning skills
• Communicating and influencing
• Continuous improvement

Desirable

• Additional qualifications or experience in the areas of:
  • IT audit / assurance
  • Data and information governance
  • Risk management
• Knowledge of audit / assurance and risk management frameworks
• Insurance industry understanding
• FCA regulatory requirements
• Experience of working closely with senior management

Why Choose Us? Markerstudy Group is an energetic and innovative company. We’re primarily known for our association with insurance and are one of the largest MGAs in the UK and with a large Retail Division across a number of sites, throughout the UK. As a business we are committed to our ethos of ‘putting the fun into insurance’ for the benefit of our customers, employees and the community.

Markerstudy Group is an exciting place to work and develop your career. We offer an excellent employee benefits package, which includes special deals on group services and products, as well as discounts from top electronics, fashion and beauty brands. Staff are invited to join the group pension scheme, and free health insurance is provided which includes a 50% discount on gym memberships.

Diversity and InclusionWe're a diverse community of dedicated, innovative, and talented professionals. Inclusive by instinct, we encourage our people to create and share ideas – supporting their growth and celebrating their uniqueness. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and stand firmly against discrimination of any kind.

Flexible, hybrid working Markerstudy Group has a hybrid approach to working. For most colleagues, this means being in the office one or two days a week and the rest of the time working from wherever’s best for them and their team. As this role covers group activity some travel across our sites may be required therefore a flexible approach to work is expected.