ICFR / Control Analyst (6 Month Contract) at Pillangó Placements

• A new digital bank is moving from design into operational readiness and needs an experienced controls professional to support its internal control framework.
• This is a hands-on functional consulting role rather than a general business analyst position. You will turn control guidance into practical documentation that Finance, Risk, Technology, Data and Operations teams can use.
• The role is fully remote, with possible travel to Cairo for one week every two to three months.

Duties / Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain process narratives, control documentation and risk and control matrices.
• Document control objectives, owners, frequencies, evidence requirements and system dependencies.
• Review banking and finance processes to identify financial reporting, operational and compliance risks.
• Highlight missing, duplicated or unclear controls and track actions through to resolution.
• Support control ownership discussions across Finance, Risk, Technology, Data and Operations.
• Align business controls with IT, data, reporting and automated-control dependencies.
• Assist with control-readiness reviews before launch and during early operations.
• Cover processes such as onboarding, payments, deposits, cards, treasury, procurement, reconciliations, month-end close and regulatory reporting.
• Produce practical control documentation that supports auditability without creating unnecessary red tape.

Requirements

• Practical experience in internal audit, external audit, ICFR, SOX, financial controls, IT audit or control assurance.
• Strong working knowledge of RACMs, control testing, process controls and evidence requirements.
• Exposure to ITGCs, access controls, change management, interfaces, automated controls or data-quality controls.
• Experience in banking, financial services or another regulated environment is preferred.
• Exposure to enterprise finance systems, digital platforms or technology-enabled finance processes would be useful.
• Familiarity with COSO is important; knowledge of COBIT or data-governance frameworks would be beneficial.
• Able to work with limited supervision and produce clear, usable documentation.
• This role is not suited to a general BA with no meaningful audit or controls background.

Education

• BCom degree with strong Accounting and IT Audit exposure.
• CA(SA), ACCA, CPA, CIA, CISA or an equivalent professional qualification would be advantageous.

Soft Skills

• Clear and practical communicator.
• Comfortable working with incomplete information and changing processes.
• Confident asking challenging control questions.
• Able to influence busy delivery teams without becoming the “controls police”.
• Organised, detail-focused and willing to escalate unresolved risks or ownership gaps.