Trading Controls & Audit Remediation Consultants -...

Timeline: Late June to end of 2026
Seniority Level: Experienced consultants, 5 to 9 years’ experience
Location: London hybrid, minimum two days onsite per week

Role Overview

Vantage Point is partnering with a leading consultancy to appoint experienced consultants to support a major UK banking group with a significant trading controls remediation programme.

The programme is strengthening the bank’s first-line trading control environment across its corporate and institutional banking, treasury, and commercial banking businesses. The consultants will join established client teams and deliver defined work packages across controls design, remediation, audit validation and regulatory closure activity.

These roles require senior, hands-on practitioners with direct experience of trading controls, audit remediation or second-line validation within a global investment bank. General project management, governance or advisory experience without strong controls expertise will not be sufficient.

Key Responsibilities

Depending on your experience, you will support either controls remediation or audit and validation activity.

Controls Design and Remediation

• Identify gaps and weaknesses within existing trading control frameworks

• Design, document and implement controls to address identified gaps

• Support the uplift of first-line control frameworks across banking, markets and treasury environments

• Deliver defined remediation work packages against critical programme milestones

• Assess trading risks and ensure controls provide appropriate coverage

• Apply relevant peer-bank experience and industry good practice

• Produce clear control documentation, process maps and supporting evidence

• Work closely with business, risk, compliance and programme stakeholders

• Support regulatory remediation and skilled-person review activity, including Section 166 programmes

• Contribute to evidence packs required for internal and regulatory attestation

Audit and Validation

• Support audit and second-line testing of remediated controls

• Review control design and operating effectiveness

• Gather, assess and organise evidence from business and control owners

• Conduct control walkthroughs with relevant stakeholders

• Identify evidence gaps and coordinate actions required for closure

• Prepare high-quality audit and regulatory closure packs

• Support the resolution and closure of audit, assurance and regulatory findings

• Coordinate activity across first-line, second-line and internal audit teams

• Maintain accurate records of testing, findings, actions and supporting evidence

• Escalate delivery risks, evidence gaps and potential control weaknesses promptly
  

You Should Have

• 5 - 9 years’ relevant professional experience

• Significant experience within a global UK or US investment bank

• Direct experience within a markets, trading or treasury control environment

• Strong knowledge of banking control frameworks and associated trading risks

• Experience delivering controls remediation, audit remediation or regulatory transformation

• Practical experience of first-line controls, second-line oversight or internal audit

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

• The ability to review complex processes and translate risks into effective controls

• Clear written communication and strong control-documentation skills

• Confidence working with senior stakeholders across business, risk, compliance and audit

• A delivery-focused approach and the ability to operate effectively within a time-sensitive remediation programme

Qualifications & Experience

We are recruiting the following profiles:

Senior Trading Controls Consultants:

• Six to nine years’ relevant experience

• Strong controls design, implementation or remediation experience

• Direct experience within markets or trading control environments

• Experience delivering first-line or second-line control uplift

• Previous involvement in Section 166, regulatory remediation or audit remediation programmes

• Detailed understanding of trading risks and control frameworks

Senior Audit and Validation Consultants:

• 6 - 9 years’ relevant experience

• Strong internal audit or second-line testing and validation background

• Experience delivering audit or regulatory closure activity

• Previous involvement in Section 166 or comparable regulatory remediation

• Experience in preparing closure packs and coordinating with audit and second-line teams

• Strong understanding of control design and operating effectiveness testing

Audit and Validation Consultants

• 5 - 6 years’ relevant experience

• Experience supporting internal audit or second-line testing and validation

• Experience contributing to audit, assurance or regulatory closure activity

• Ability to collate, review and organise evidence for closure packs

• Experience coordinating actions across audit, risk and business stakeholders

• Strong documentation, organisation and stakeholder-management skills

Experience within corporate and institutional banking, markets, treasury or commercial banking would be highly advantageous. Relevant professional qualifications in audit, accounting, risk or compliance are desirable but not essential where candidates can demonstrate substantial practical experience.

Vantage Point Global is a fully committed Equal Opportunities, inclusive employer. We are passionate about attracting diverse talent, and welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, culture, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

Things you need to know:

• To apply, you’ll need to provide us with a CV and answer a few questions.

• We’d like to make you aware that if you have not heard back from us within three weeks of the date of application, we will not be progressing your application.