Senior Manager Advanced Analytics

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The Advanced Analytics and Frameworks area, within the 2

LOD Risk function, owns, designs and enhances the Bank's central risk frameworks and advanced analytics capability including analytics modernisation across the Risk function and where appropriate, to other business functions through a service-partner model.

The Senior Manager Advanced Analytics role is a hands‑on leadership role accountable for leading the Advanced Analytics capability and reports into the Head of Advanced Analytics and Frameworks. The role combines stakeholder management, people development and technical delivery. It actively contributes to developing the advanced analytics team whilst ensuring that the wider business plan and strategic priorities of the Advanced Analytics and Frameworks area are supported.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Advanced Analytics leader who has a strong track record in stakeholder management and is passionate about developing analytics professionals.

• Lead and manage the Advanced Analytics team, with full line management responsibility for the team;
• Own the intake, prioritisation and delivery of advanced analytics work across the Risk function and agreed service‑partner engagements;
• Act as the primary advanced analytics interface with senior stakeholders, both in and out of the Risk function, and ensure that the service‑partner operating model runs smoothly by actively supporting the setting of scope, timelines and delivery expectations;
• Lead the design and delivery of advanced analytics solutions including regular reporting and dashboards with a focus on scalability and automation;
• Drive and actively support modernisation initiatives that enable high value analysis, operational resilience and structural efficiency;
• Actively support and contribute to the delivery of the wider business plan of the Advanced Analytics and Frameworks area;
• Actively promote and ensure adherence to the Bank's Risk Management framework (including sub‑frameworks) and relevant risk and compliance policies and procedures, ensuring timely and appropriate escalation of concerns to relevant senior stakeholders.

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• Have experience leading analytics teams within business functions in Banking or Financial Services;
• Be able to demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills including experience influencing senior stakeholders and building an effective cross‑functional professional network;
• Be able to demonstrate hands‑on analytics capability alongside people leadership experience;
• Possess strong communication and organisational skills, be able to maintain engagement while managing competing priorities;
• Be able to demonstrate knowledge and successful deployment of market leading analytics tools such as Power BI solutions and automation via Python tooling;
• Have a proven track record of coaching and developing analysts;
• Be familiar with regulatory expectations relevant to Risk.

Handelsbanken is a relationship bank with a decentralised way of working, a strong local presence thanks to a nationwide network of branches, and a long‑term approach to customer relations. Each Handelsbanken branch operates as a local business enabling it to make decisions at a local level and provide a bespoke service. The focus is always on the need of the individual customer and not on the sale of specific products.

The Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. This is so that we are an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work that encourages everyone to apply, regardless of socio‑economic background, age, disability, pregnancy and/or parental status, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin), veteran status, marital and civil partnership status, religion or belief, sex,…