Business Risk Manager, NatWest Markets Public

NatWest Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group is seeking a Business Risk Manager for NatWest Markets Public. You will provide real-time risk oversight and governance reporting, partnering with business leaders to ensure effective risk management and insightful decisions across the organization.

Key duties include analysing risk data, coordinating risk assessments and remediation plans, and escalating emerging risks with practical recommendations to support safe growth and strong customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise-wide risk management frameworks, governance, oversight and risk culture.
• Ability to translate policy/framework requirements into practical risk activities.
• Strong analytical mindset for MIS interpretation and risk improvements.
• Proven stakeholder management across all three lines of defence.
• Experience aligned to business areas such as Customer Distribution, Lending, Digital Banking, or Technology.

Responsibilities

• Provide real-time oversight of the end-to-end risk profile and governance reporting.
• Deliver intelligent insight through engagement with business leaders and partners across all three lines of defence.
• Analyse risk and control data to identify weaknesses and support remediation actions.
• Coordinate risk and control assessments, risk forums, governance reporting and remediation plans.
• Escalate emerging risks with actionable recommendations to support safe growth and customer outcomes.

Skills

ERM frameworks

Data analysis

Governance reporting

Stakeholder management

Three lines of defence

Job description

Join us as a Business Risk Manager, NatWest Markets Public

• Play a pivotal role by supporting the Business Risk Partner and business teams to identify, assess, monitor, and report enterprise-wide risk across the supported business area
• Use your expertise in business risk management by enabling safe growth in line with strategic goals, transformation, and consistent delivery of good customer outcomes
• Make a meaningful impact by ensuring risks are managed within appetite and that key risk controls operate effectively across the business

What you'll do

As a Business Risk Manager, you'll act as a trusted point of contact for the business, providing real-time oversight of the end-to-end risk profile and contributing to the ongoing review of Risk and Control Self-Assessments through proactive monitoring and governance reporting. You'll also deliver intelligent insight through engagement with business leaders and partners across all three lines of defence, helping to ensure effective risk management and informed decision-making.

Moreover, you'll analyse risk and control data, including events, issues, and management information, to identify control weaknesses and support the implementation of effective management actions. You'll also coordinate risk and control assessments, risk forums, governance reporting, and remediation plans, while escalating emerging risks and control issues to the Business Risk Partner with recommendations that support safe business growth and good customer outcomes.

In addition, you’ll be:

• Leading risk reporting into nominated forums to facilitate active oversight of risk exposure and control environments, including the publication of minutes and timely closure of actions
• Tracking remediation, audit, and regulatory actions through to closure, challenging evidence quality and overdue actions to ensure they contribute to a strong risk and control environment
• Leading the oversight of risk and control data in systems of record to ensure accurate real-time recording and provide an up-to-date view for the Business Risk Partner and the supported business
• Identifying and implementing simple, consistent risk practices and supporting broader continuous improvement across day-to-day risk management within the aligned business area

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with experience and a solid working knowledge of enterprise-wide risk management frameworks, including control design, governance, oversight, data analysis, and risk culture. You should also be able to translate policy and framework requirements into simple day-to-day risk and control activities, enabling business colleagues to manage risk effectively.

To succeed in this role, you must bring a strong analytical mindset, with the ability to interpret management information, identify risk and control improvement opportunities, and deliver clear recommendations and reporting that support effective management action and informed decision-making.

In addition, you’ll need:

• Effective stakeholder management skills, including a proven ability to collaborate across all three lines of defence
• Sufficient experience aligned to the business area assigned to the role, such as Customer Distribution, Product with a focus on Lending or Transaction Services, Digital Banking, or Technology
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational skills, including oversight and tracking, with a focus on evidence quality and meeting deadlines