Asset & Wealth Management - Business Risk & Controls - Associate - Richardson

Senior Risk Professional

We are looking for a senior risk professional to support our business and drive a robust risk culture within the UK Savings business.

• Strategic Risk Oversight:
  Report to the Head of UK Business Controls to support the Business Risk and Controls team, ensuring a robust business risk management framework that incorporates Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), control assurance, business resilience, business continuity, and incident management.
• Policy Compliance:
  Ensure strict adherence to established policies, procedures, and authority levels across multiple cross-functional teams and processes.
• Regulatory & Operational Strategy:
  Develop and execute strategies to manage Regulatory and Operational Risk, collaborating with 2nd and 3rd line teams to identify risks and manage issues in alignment with firm-wide policies.
• Operational Resilience:
  Lead adherence to firmwide policies and standards on Operational resilience including Business continuity and Important Business Service obligations and activities.
• Event Management and remediation:
  Support ongoing adherence to issues and events management policies and standards. Working with the business to ensure timely reporting, logging and escalation of operational events and issues.
• Risk Assessment:
  Complete ongoing risk assessments, analyzing existing, new, and emerging risks to estimate their impact on the team and the wider business.
• Global
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner with global Risk teams to ensure alignment in approach, leverage best practices.
• Reporting & Dashboards:
  Deliver monthly Risk and Compliance dashboards and control testing reports to senior management.
• Risk and Controls Frameworks:
  Strong knowledge in maintaining enterprise process inventories and operationalizing the firm's risk and control framework to ensure end-to-end governance, traceability, and control effectiveness.

• Product Expertise:
  In-depth product and regulatory knowledge across Banking and Savings within a retail banking environment.
• 1
  
  LoD
  
  Experience:
  
  Proven experience in risk management, specifically operating within the First Line of Defense.
• Analytical & Technical Acumen:
  Excellent business analytical skills with a high degree of attention to detail. Ability to understand complex digital business architecture and leverage technology for risk solutions.
• Communication & Influence:
  Strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Agility:
  Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving, start-up environment within a global institution.

• Approximately 5+ years of professional experience within a risk or control function (e.g., Compliance, Audit, or 1
  
  LoD Risk).
• In-depth understanding of Operational Risk within a regulated financial environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the UK financial services regulatory landscape, including management and legal requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field preferred.

• Direct experience in Risk Management within a retail banking or digital consumer finance environment.
• Experience leading teams in a matrixed, global organization.

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