Risk and Control Analyst

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BAM UK & Ireland is recruiting a Risk and Control Analyst to join us in our finance department to be based out of our London office.
The UK&I Risk & Control Analyst plays a key role in actively strengthening BAM’s ability to build, implement and embed the Risk and Control Agenda, moving a compliance-led framework to an effectively operating internal control framework. This role reports to the UK&I Risk and Control Lead (part of the Finance Leadership Team) for the UK&I Division and contributes the BAM’s long-term success by supporting a proactive, effective, insight‑driven and performance‑enabling capability aligned with Group strategy.  

The role is part of a small, high-skilled subject matter expert team working with diverse stakeholder groups across the UK&I Division and liaising with Group stakeholders. The Analyst role will proactively support the timely delivery and adoption of the new BAM Control Framework within UK&I, ensuring it becomes an enabler of performance, efficiency and consistency.

Making Possible Key activities/responsibilities Deployment of the BAM Control Framework
• Brings strong technical finance and controls expertise, acting as a trusted partner to stakeholders.
• Supports the UK&I implementation of the BAM Control Framework by participating in assigned activities and ensuring timely deployment and embedding across the division.
• Assists on training, communication and change management activities in collaboration with Delivery Assurance and Group teams.
• Helping shape and operationalise the controls framework across finance and key risk areas. Internal Control Maturity & Continuous Improvement
• Understands financial and operational processes to identify and help design suitable controls.
• Performs internal control assessments and maturity reviews specific to supporting processes, ensuring gaps are addressed in line with divisional priorities and Group expectations.
• Performs control walkthroughs, testing and self-assessments to strengthen confidence in control design, development of processes and operations.
• Identifying control gaps, prioritising remediation and supporting pragmatic, proportionate solutions.
• Translates control findings into targeted improvement actions that support better business performance, not just compliance.
• Supports automation and simplification in controls and risk processes to reduce manual effort and increase insight quality. Dynamic Internal Control activities & Forward-Looking Insight
• Comfortable with unstructured business environments on a journey to enhance maturity standards.
• Understands the feedback loops of a matrix organisation (Group, Division and Segments) to support the Risk and Control Agenda.  Business Partnering & Performance Enablement
• Proactively supports control owners in completing remediation actions.
• Uses risk & control tools to support continuous improvement and capability building across the division. Assurance & Audit Support (tactical, not operational)
• Supports shifting from reactive, after-the-fact action implementation to a more proactive mindset.
• Works with the business in addressing key assurance findings, when requested, through practical action plans aligned with risk appetite and priorities. Key activities
• Collaborates with colleagues across the organisation to…