Business Assurance Executive

Strong pension contribution | High-impact assurance work | Broad exposure across lending operations | Growing specialist lender

If you’re working in internal audit, quality assurance, risk, or compliance and want broader exposure within a growing lender, this Business Assurance Executive opportunity offers the chance to influence process improvement, governance, and operational quality across a varied lending portfolio. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the business and contribute to strengthening controls in a commercially focused environment.

This is a role where your analysis and findings will be valued. You’ll gain exposure across asset finance and business finance operations while supporting continuous improvement initiatives, audit activity, and policy effectiveness reviews within a collaborative and well-resourced risk function.

Package & Benefits
• Competitive salary plus performance-related bonus.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays and an additional birthday day off.
• Employer pension contribution of 10% of base salary.
• Private medical insurance, health cash plan, and employee assistance programme.
• Option to buy or sell up to five days annual leave.
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme and additional retail and gym discounts.

About the Company
You’ll be joining an established specialist lender with a strong reputation in asset-backed and business finance. The business combines entrepreneurial decision-making with experienced financial services leadership and continues to grow its UK presence and lending portfolio.

Key Responsibilities
• Conduct Business Assurance testing across lending operations to assess process adherence, controls, and data integrity.
• Identify, escalate, and support remediation of control weaknesses and operational risks.
• Support audit activity, policy effectiveness reviews, and ongoing governance improvement initiatives.
• Produce MI and analyse operational data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.

About You
• Previous experience within internal audit, business assurance, quality assurance, risk, or compliance in financial services.
• Experience reviewing operational controls, policies, or lending processes.
• Ability to analyse data and produce clear reporting and recommendations for stakeholders.

If you’d like to explore this opportunity, even if your CV isn’t fully up to date, we’d love to speak with you. Contact Fintelligent for more information or a confidential discussion.