Business Risk Manager, Operations Lead

Schroders UK; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Schroders, a world‑leading investment manager, is seeking a Business Risk Manager, Operations Lead to strengthen first‑line risk, control activities, and regulatory compliance within Wealth Management. Based in Horsham with periodic travel to London, you’ll partner with leadership to embed a robust risk culture and resilient operations.

You will drive risk identification, reporting, RCA facilitation, and remediation, coordinating with auditors and senior stakeholders to uphold governance

Qualifications

• Experience in banking or financial services risk management, compliance, internal audit.
• Demonstrated experience in first-line risk management roles or equivalent operational control environment.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (FINMA, MiFID II, AML/KYC, operational risk, risk governance frameworks).

Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and enhance the first-line risk and control framework in line with the Risk Management Framework and governance standards.
• Ensure consistency and robustness of controls across key front office and client lifecycle processes.
• Prepare risk reporting and insights for senior management forums.
• Facilitate Risk and Control Assessments (RCA) and ensure identified risks are captured in relevant systems.
• Ensure proactive identification, escalation, and remediation of risk issues and control gaps.
• Lead root cause analysis following risk events and define remedial actions.
• Act as key contact for internal/external auditors on first-line control matters.
• Ensure timely regulatory reporting, responses, and remediation plans.
• Monitor evolving regulatory expectations and industry standards to stay aligned.
• Promote risk awareness culture and accountability across the business.
• Provide coaching to management on risk responsibilities and accountability.
• Produce executive dashboards, insights, and analyses to inform decisions.
• Track risk remediation portfolios and key control initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance processes, automation, and data quality in risk management.
• Support transformation initiatives to improve the Wealth risk operating model.

Skills

Risk Management

First-Line Risk

Regulatory Knowledge

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Root Cause Analysis

Job description

Who we’re looking for

The Business Risk Manager, Operations Lead plays a critical role in supporting the effective management of non-financial risk within Schroders Wealth Management by providing oversight of first-line risk and control activities and ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory and internal policy/framework requirements.

The Business Risk Manager, Operations Lead acts as a trusted advisor to the business, driving a strong risk culture and operational resilience by ensuring risks are proactively identified, assessed, and managed in line with the Group Risk Management Framework.

This role reports to the Head of Business Risk and Control, is based in Horsham with occasional travel to London, and works closely with the Global Head of Wealth Operations.

About Schroders

We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

The base

At Schroders, we're known for doing things differently. That's why we’re building a home for the ambitious in Horsham, West Sussex. You’ll get the all the benefits of being part of a world-leading FTSE 100 company. But you’ll also get the support of being part of a genuine local community. If you’re looking for opportunities that match your ambitions, you’ll find them right here in Horsham.

What you'll do

• Establish, maintain, and continuously enhance the first-line risk and control frameworkin alignment with the Risk Management Framework and corporate governance standards
• Ensure consistency and robustness of controls across key front office and client lifecycle processes
• Prepare risk reporting and insights for senior management forums
• Facilitate Risk and Control Assessments (RCA) and ensure identified risks are accurately captured in relevant systems
• Ensure proactive identification, transparent escalation, and timely remediation of risk issues and control gaps
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) following risk events and support definition of remedial actions
• Act as the key point of contactfor internal/external auditors on first-line control matters
• Ensure timely and high-quality regulatory reporting, responses, and remediation plans
• Contribute to monitoring evolving regulatory expectations and industry standards to maintain alignment and readiness
• Promote a strong risk awareness cultureand accountability across the business
• Provide coaching and guidance to management and business teams on risk responsibilities, ownership, and accountability.
• Produce executive-level dashboards, risk insights, and thematic analysisto inform decision-making.
• Track and oversee risk remediation portfolios and key control initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance processes, automation, and data quality within risk management
• Support transformation initiatives to improve the Wealth risk operating model
• Contribute to strengthening the overall control environment, moving from reactive to more proactive risk management

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

• Relevant experience in banking or financial services risk management, compliance, internal audit
• Demonstrated experience in first-line risk management rolesor equivalent operational control environment
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (FINMA, MiFID II, AML/KYC, operational risk, risk governance frameworks)

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that’ll help

• Experience in private banking, wealth management, or a comparable regulatory environment with specific expertise in wealth operations and associated risk, controls, and governance frameworks
• Professional certifications in Operational Risk and/or Risk Management
• Motivated to shape this position due to new requirements
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to interpret risk data and translate into actionable insights.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge constructively
• High integrity, independence of thought, and sound judgment.
• Ability to influence organizational culture and drive accountability
• Flexible and able to cope with a changing environment

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.