Risk Assurance Analyst

📍 Watford (Hybrid, 3 Days Onsite)
💷 Inside IR35
📅 Contract Opportunity

We're seeking a Risk Assurance Analyst to support the delivery and continuous improvement of an enterprise-wide vendor and technology intake process within a global organisation.

This role will see you acting as the central point of coordination between business stakeholders, Procurement, Legal, IT, Compliance and Information Security teams, ensuring vendor due diligence activities are completed efficiently and in line with agreed governance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end vendor and technology intake activities.
• Validate and triage intake submissions.
• Manage stakeholder engagement and drive actions to completion.
• Monitor SLAs and escalate issues where required.
• Support vendor due diligence and risk assessment activities.
• Produce reporting and management information to support governance and decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and stakeholder engagement.

Experience Required

• Experience in Vendor Risk, Third Party Risk, Supplier Governance, Risk Assurance, Compliance, or Risk Governance environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional processes involving multiple business teams.
• Exposure to vendor onboarding, due diligence, governance, or risk management activities.
• Strong reporting and analytical skills.
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar workflow/ITSM/GRC platforms is desirable.

If you're a proactive, organised professional who enjoys working across multiple stakeholders and driving process improvements, we'd love to hear from you.