Advisory — Internal Controls Readiness for Provision 29
United Kingdom·Financial Services·Posted 28 August 2026
UK-listed specialist financial services group
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The problem this seat exists to solve
The board must make its first declaration on the effectiveness of material controls for the financial year beginning in 2026, and does not yet have an assurance map that would support it.
The remit
- Assess readiness for the Provision 29 declaration across financial, operational, reporting and compliance controls
- Build the assurance map and identify where evidence does not currently exist
- Advise the audit committee on what it must see, and when, to make the declaration
- Recommend the reporting rhythm for the year of first application
What the sponsor will not compromise on
- Deep experience of internal control frameworks in a regulated business
- Prior audit-committee chair or chief audit executive background
- Familiarity with the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code and FRC guidance
- Independence from the company's external auditor
Terms
- Engagement
- Four months, approximately five days a month.
- Compensation
- GBP 1,600 – 2,200 a day.
- Cross-border
- Advisory work can be delivered largely remotely, with attendance at audit-committee meetings in London.
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- On this brief
- Advisory work can be delivered largely remotely, with attendance at audit-committee meetings in London.
- Independence
- Where the engagement specifies independence from any search that follows, that is a requirement of the engagement rather than a courtesy — an adviser to a board is not a candidate for it.
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