Business Risk Controls Senior Manager | London, UK

London Stock Exchange Group; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial markets infrastructure provider is seeking a Business Risk Controls Senior Manager in London. This role involves assessing technical risks, ensuring compliance with control frameworks, and enhancing the risk management processes within the LSEG Group. Ideal candidates will possess strong planning and stakeholder management skills, alongside a degree-level education.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of LSE plc control suite and risk frameworks.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills required.
• Role involves assessing technology risk and advising on controls.

Responsibilities

• Perform check-and-challenge for releases in the context of LSE controls.
• Guide control owners to enhance skills for better control performance.
• Identify gaps in technology standards and implement improvements.

Skills

Understanding of LSE plc control suite

Planning skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Documentation skills

Education

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Job description

Overview:

The Business Risk Controls Senior Manager will work alongside the existing Technology 1LoD Operational Risk Management team and report into the Director, Operational Resilience - LSE plc and FX in Markets Engineering.

They are responsible for assessing technical risks and working with control owners to ensure that the corresponding key and non-key controls are designed and operating to the LSEG Group Technology standards including risk assessments, reporting and governance into the business facing division.

The role will also ensure compliance to recognise control frameworks such as COBIT 2019, NIST and ITIL.

The technical areas will cover vulnerability management and remediations across the control landscape with focus on tactical and strategic improvements. The role may also focus on compliance with regulatory aspects of PS21/3 and DORA compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform 1st line check-and-challenge for releases in scope of the LSE plc controls and ensure the SONAR tool correctly reflects the Risk profile.
• Provide guidance to Control Owners so that, over time, the skills required by control owners are increased to produce better controls in the future.
• Identify gaps in existing technology standards/ processes/procedures resultant from enhanced/upgraded controls and work with control owners to implement those remediations/improvements.
• Assess technology risk for technology and on behalf of the Business entities with the information technology systems and track solutions/plans in line with the identified control gaps.
• Build strong partnerships with the various businesses and entities, central COO Technology function & second-line Risk teams to ensure consistency and a high calibre delivery.

Key Skills

Essential

• A strong understanding of the LSE plc control suite
• A strong understanding of the outcomes and commitments of the LSE plc s166
• Strong planning, organisational, and coaching skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the proven ability to work effectively with all organisational levels
• Excellent at managing and influencing a wide network of stakeholders, including senior management, who can influence and build relationships
• Willing and able to challenge customers and stakeholders to better understand their needs
• Excellent documentation skills; ability to create high quality governance committee materials
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable

• Risk, Audit and controls assessment background
• Knowledge of risk management methodologies
• Knowledge in COBIT Controls Framework

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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