Governance and Controls Manager

Arch; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in London seeks a Governance and Controls Support professional focused on risk management and operational resilience. This role requires overseeing various functions while ensuring compliance with policies and standards. Candidates should possess strong educational backgrounds and relevant risk management qualifications, alongside experience in operational frameworks.

Qualifications

• Experience in design, development, and delivery of scenario-based testing.
• Operational experience.
• Coaching or teaching groups.

Responsibilities

• Ensure governance and oversight of Outsourcing and Third-Party Management.
• Support the Operational Resilience Programme.
• Develop Policy, Standards and Controls for Contract Owners.

Skills

Risk management and controls frameworks

Incident Management

Documentation of policy

Education

University degree or equivalent

Risk Management Qualifications (IRM, SIRM, equivalent)

Job description

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility℠.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

COO Governance and Controls Function Support
Support and lead, deputising for the head of function where necessary, the cross disciplinary function, as it develops to included additional oversight categories and jurisdictions. Responsibilities include:
• Ensure governance and oversight of Outsourcing and Third-Party Management, Premises and Security Risk, and the firms Operational Resilience requirements.
• Document and review Policies, Standards, and Controls.
• Support each function across AIUK and AMAL to understand their risk management, legal and regulatory responsibilities.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with all functions to drive the implementation of controls.
• Manage the Fusion management platform development and support all departments in the regular capture of information and attestations.
• Complete controls testing for all in scope areas.
• Ensure controls gaps/incidents/events are reviewed and resulting issues and actions are identified and managed through to completion.
• Provide insight to AIUK Risk Department, Group Risk and wider 2LOD and 1LOD Risk, Security and Controls functions.
• Provide updates to relevant Boards and Governance Committees as requested.
• Support on relevant related Lloyds requests and regulatory responses

Operational Resilience Programme Support
• Support the ongoing governance and oversight of the AIUK And AMAL Operational Resilience programme, including design of Strategy, Policy, Standards and Controls.
• Define and run effective testing, based on plausible scenarios, to validate that the resilience controls and documentation address the potential threats.

Third Party Standards and Controls Oversight
• Develop Policy, Standards and Controls to support Contract Owners and their teams to consistently manage their third parties.
• Working with relevant partners to complete third party audits
• Support Contract Owners to create regulatory compliant Exit Plans
• Work directly with key partners across the 1LOD and 2LOD to align other risk management requirements to the Third-Party Risk Management Programme, ensuring third parties services are subject to the appropriate standards and controls.

Premises & Security Standards and Controls Oversight
• Lead the ongoing oversight of the organisations Premises and Security Risk Management, including the documentation of Policy, Standards and controls, and reporting.

Other Non-financial Risk Standards and Control support
• Support governance leads identify other non-financial risk management controls to support the status of the organisations Important Business Services
• Support and advise other international business units, regarding good practise, as agreed.

Role Requirements & Skills
Skills / Competencies • Risk management and controls frameworks
• Incident Management
• Documentation of policy, standards and procedures
Qualifications • Preferred - University degree or equivalent.
• Preferred - Risk Management Qualifications (IRM, SIRM, equivalent)
Experience • Design, development and delivery of scenario based testing
• Operations
• Coaching or teaching groups

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