Enterprise Risk Manager (First Line)

Chetwood Bank; Stansty; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Birthday off

Pension with Royal London

Life Assurance

Private medical

Hybrid working

Free breakfast

Job summary

Chetwood Bank in Wales (Wrexham) is seeking an Enterprise Risk Manager (First Line) on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will strengthen risk management practices, champion risk ownership, and ensure material risks are identified, assessed, and managed within the Bank’s RMF framework.

You will drive risk insight and challenge, support remediation, and build robust relationships across 1st line risk, 2nd line risk, Compliance and internal audit to scale risk management across the business.

Qualifications

• Strong banking experience with exposure to treasury, securitisation, structured finance or complex financial products.
• Experience conducting thematic reviews, identifying trends and emerging risks.
• Strong knowledge of RMFs, risk appetite, RAMs, RCSA and 1st line control testing.
• Ability to turn risk insight into action, including effective challenge and MI.

Responsibilities

• Provide risk oversight and challenge across complex 1st line business units, ensuring alignment with RMF.
• Lead RCSA control testing and assurance activity, identifying weaknesses and emerging risks.
• Deliver clear risk insight and MI to support senior decision-making and governance.
• Strengthen risk culture through coaching and promotion of strong ownership and accountability.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across 1st line risk, 2nd line risk, Compliance and 3rd line internal audit.

Skills

Risk management

RCSA testing

Stakeholder management

Risk oversight

Issue remediation

Enterprise risk

Job description

Enterprise Risk Manager (First Line)

Department: 1st Line Risk

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Wrexham

Reporting To: Beth Stevens

Compensation: £59,250 / year

Description

12 Month Fixed Term Contract
As a 1st Line Enterprise Risk Manager, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening risk management across the Bank’s complex and higher-risk business areas. Acting as a trusted risk partner to the business you will champion effective risk ownership, challenge and enhance control effectiveness. You will ensure material risks are identified, assessed, managed and monitored in line with the Bank’s Risk Management Framework. You will help drive consistent risk practices, identify opportunities to strengthen the control environment and support the development of a scalable, business-led approach to risk management across the Bank.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide risk oversight and challenge across complex and higher-risk 1st line business units, ensuring alignment with the Bank’s RMF.
• Lead RCSA control testing and assurance activity, identifying weaknesses, themes and emerging risks.
• Deliver clear risk insight and MI to support senior decision-making, governance and enterprise risk initiatives.
• Strengthen risk culture and capability through coaching, challenge and promotion of strong risk ownership and accountability.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across 1st line risk, 2nd line risk, Compliance and 3rd line internal audit.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Strong banking experience, with exposure to treasury, securitisation, structured finance or complex financial products.
• Experience conducting thematic reviews, identifying trends, control weaknesses, root causes and emerging risks.
• Strong knowledge of RMFs, risk appetite, RAMs, RCSA and 1st line control testing.
• Ability to turn risk insight into action, including effective challenge, remediation and senior-level MI.
• Strong understanding of risk and control interdependencies, enterprise risk aggregation and cross-risk themes.
• Good financial services knowledge, particularly Savings/Deposits, residential and buy-to-let Mortgages, Conduct Risk and customer outcomes.

Job Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday PLUS your BIRTHDAY off
• Pension contribution with Royal London
• Life Assurance
• Private medical, dental and optical health insurance with Axa
• Hybrid working
• Free breakfast available