C&I Risk & Controls Business Controls Partner Lead

NatWest Group; Park Central; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking a Risk & Controls Business Partner in Park Central, UK. This role involves managing risk assessment, leading a team, and engaging with senior stakeholders to enhance risk culture. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in risk management and the ability to drive improvements. This position offers the opportunity to influence risk outcomes and enhance decision-making processes across the bank.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in risk and control management at Director level.
• Ability to influence and challenge at senior level.
• Experience improving risk processes with data.

Responsibilities

• Lead team for risk discovery and controls assessment.
• Partner with stakeholders for effective risk oversight.
• Drive improvements in risk and control frameworks.

Skills

Risk and control management

Influencing senior stakeholders

Team leadership

Business banking expertise

Complex business understanding

Regulatory interpretation

Innovative mindset

Job description

Join us as a Risk & Controls Business Partner

• This is an opportunity to play a key role in how we identify, assess and manage risk across the bank, helping our business take informed decisions
• You’ll lead a team of Business Control Partners, shaping a strong risk culture and acting as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders
• This role offers broad exposure across the first line of defence, with the chance to influence risk outcomes, simplify controls and drive continuous improvement

What you’ll do

You’ll have overall responsibility for risk discovery and controls assessment for your aligned business area, making sure risks are identified early and managed within risk appetite. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, providing insight, challenge and practical solutions while leading a high performing team.

You’ll also be:

• Building capability and supporting effective decision making at business risk committees
• Overseeing risk and control self-assessments, events and incidents, making sure issues are addressed and lessons are learnt
• Partnering with the business, internal audit and the second line of defence to deliver effective risk oversight and timely issue resolution
• Driving improvements in risk and control frameworks, processes and data led testing to simplify ways of working and improve insight

The skills you’ll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need strong experience in risk and control management at Director level and the ability to influence and challenge at senior level.

You’ll also need:

• Subject matter expertise in business banking and commercial mid-market either in a customer facing role, or as a risk professional supporting this area.
• A strong understanding of risk within a complex business environment, including what good control design and operation looks like
• Experience leading and developing teams, with a focus on coaching and building trusted relationships
• The ability to interpret regulation and policy and translate this into practical, integrated control solutions
• An innovative mindset, with experience improving risk processes or using data to deliver better insight and efficiency