Controls Partner, Senior Manager

Best Egg is a market-leading, tech-enabled financial platform helping people build financial confidence through a variety of installment lending solutions and financial health tools. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them.

We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values:

 

Put People First – We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace.

Create Clarity – Open communication drives trust and results.

Get Things Done – We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence.

Deliver with Heart – We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork.

Listen to Our Customers – Their needs drive our innovation.

 

Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg with closing expected to take place in Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture, lower cost of funds, and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand, we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella.

We are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If you're inspired by growth and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you.

 

 We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team.

Purpose of the role - 

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the

mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.

 

Join Best Egg as a Controls Partner, Senior Manager and help strengthen the bank’s risk and control framework. In this role, you’ll assess adherence to Organizational standards, evaluate the integrity of internal existing controls, and identify gaps that could impact operational, financial, or reputational risk. You’ll collaborate with business partners to understand existing remediation plans and design and implement remediation plans for —making a direct impact on safeguarding the organization and supporting its long term resilience. In addition, your role will assist with the documentation of existing “end to end” processes, controls, reporting, and governance with integration into Best Egg and Barclays control systems.

o To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for

operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.

o Influence a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to

deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in

pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of

reward outcomes

o Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members

through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to

complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying

a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.

o Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated

issues.

o Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and

governance agenda.

o Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.

o Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas

coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.

o Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with

business activity and the business strategy.

o Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external

sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems

creatively and effectively.

o Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or

information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.

o Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

o A background in financial services with experience in risk oversight and control activities, including

issue resolution, documentation of safeguards, and Risk and Control Self-Assessment

o The ability to review processes, recognize potential risks, and establish the safeguards needed to

reduce those risks. This includes evaluating requirements within Barclays Standards and ensuring

existing documented safeguards meet expectations

o Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders and subject matter experts

to successfully complete assignments

o Prior gap assessment experience (preferred)

o FinTech experience (preferred)

o Prior Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) experience

 

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls,

change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-

specific technical skills.