Director - Risk and Assurance

• Lead Line 2 assurance across high-profile regulatory and remediation programs
• Drive risk and control uplift in a complex, highly regulated environment
• Engage directly with regulators, auditors, and senior executives


Client Details


Our client is a leading organisation operating in a highly regulated environment, currently undergoing a significant compliance and risk transformation. With active regulatory engagement and large-scale remediation programs underway, they are focused on strengthening assurance capability, embedding sustainable risk practices, and restoring regulator confidence.


Description


As Director, Assurance, you will provide independent, senior-level leadership across regulatory, enforcement, and remediation initiatives. You will play a critical role in ensuring the organisation is audit-ready, regulator-confident, and operationally sustainable.

• Leading Line 2 assurance across regulatory obligations, enforcement actions, and remediation programs
• Uplifting Line 1 risk and control capability, embedding clear ownership and accountability
• Designing and governing assurance frameworks, including stage-gates and readiness criteria
• Providing independent challenge on control design, effectiveness, and evidence sufficiency
• Managing relationships with regulators, external auditors, independent experts, and legal stakeholders
• Overseeing responses to regulatory notices and investigations
• Delivering executive-level reporting on assurance outcomes, risk posture, and regulatory exposure
• Building and leading a high-performing assurance function in a complex, evolving environment

Profile


You are a senior assurance, risk, or compliance leader with deep experience in highly regulated industries such as telecommunications (preferred), banking, or financial services.

• Extensive experience in Line 2 risk, assurance, audit, or compliance leadership roles
• Strong regulatory background, including exposure to investigations, enforcement actions, or enforceable undertakings
• Deep understanding of Three Lines of Defence (3LoD), control design, testing, and assurance methodologies
• Proven ability to engage and influence at executive and board level
• Strong audit and assurance capability, ideally with external audit or regulator-facing experience
• Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure, high-scrutiny environments
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise executive reporting

Job Offer

• Opportunity to lead assurance across a high-impact regulatory transformation program
• Senior leadership role with significant exposure to executive and board stakeholders
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment with a strong focus on risk maturity and sustainability
• Initial 12-month contract with potential for extension

For a confidential discussion, please apply within.