Operational Resilience & Technology Risk Business Partner

Leeds Building Society; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual bonus up to 12%

Matched pension contributions up to 10

26 days holiday + bank holidays + HOL

Colleague Mortgage and Saver products

2 days volunteering per year

Job summary

Leeds Building Society is seeking an Operational Resilience & Technology Risk Business Partner to provide robust oversight across operational resilience, technology resilience and resilience assurance. The role shapes resilience governance, challenges first-line teams and collaborates with I.T., Internal Audit and risk colleagues to ensure timely remediation.

You’ll strengthen assurance coverage, improve management information and governance reporting as part of our CORE transformation

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of operational resilience and technology resilience controls and their design/effectiveness.
• Experience assessing regulatory expectations for operational resilience, technology and information security risk, and third-party management.
• Experience planning/delivering risk-based assurance or thematic reviews with clear senior management reports.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development, embedding and effectiveness of the Operational Resilience framework and align with regulatory expectations.
• Lead assurance reviews across operational resilience, technology resilience, IT risk and information security; assess design/effectiveness of controls.
• Translate findings into clear risk reporting for governance forums and provide independent challenge to first-line teams.

Skills

Operational resilience controls

Regulatory expectations

Assurance reviews

Independent challenge

Resilience scenarios

Communication & reporting

InfoSec risk management

Education

CISA / ISO27001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer advantageous

Job description

Operational Resilience & Technology Risk Business Partner

We've been helping our members save for their future and buy their own home since 1875. Join us and you'll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

It's a purpose that drives everything we do. And you can play your part too - we're looking for an Information Security and Resilience Business Partner to provide robust oversight and independent challenge across operational resilience, technology resilience and resilience assurance, helping Leeds Building Society protect our members, colleagues and services.

How you'll make a difference

In this role, you'll oversee the development, embedding and ongoing effectiveness of our Operational Resilience framework, assessing whether our approach is practical, evidence-based and aligned with regulatory expectations and the needs of the business.

You’ll lead thematic and targeted assurance reviews across operational resilience, technology resilience, IT risk and information security. You’ll assess the design and effectiveness of controls, test the quality of resilience evidence and translate your findings into clear, meaningful risk reporting for governance forums.

A key part of the role will be providing independent oversight and constructive challenge to first-line teams. You’ll evaluate resilience risks, scenarios, testing, remediation plans and risk acceptances, ensuring decisions are well supported and that weaknesses are addressed in a timely and proportionate way.

You’ll also oversee technology resilience and third-party resilience activity, including due diligence and information security reviews where needed. By building effective relationships with operational and technology teams, Internal Audit, risk colleagues and wider stakeholders, you’ll provide credible assurance while maintaining appropriate independence.

This role offers the chance to shape resilience oversight at the heart of important business and technology change. You’ll strengthen assurance coverage, improve the quality of management information and governance reporting, and independently challenge how resilience is designed, tested and evidenced, while contributing to our CORE transformation programme.

What will you bring to the role?

• Strong knowledge of operational resilience and technology resilience controls, with experience assessing their design and effectiveness.
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory expectations for operational resilience, technology and information security risk, and third-party management, ideally within financial services.
• Experience planning and delivering risk-based assurance or thematic reviews, evaluating evidence and controls, and producing clear reports for senior management and governance forums.
• An independent mindset and the credibility to provide constructive, professional challenge at senior management level, while maintaining effective stakeholder relationships.
• The ability to assess resilience scenarios, testing outcomes, vulnerabilities, remediation plans and risk acceptances, identifying gaps and tracking actions through to effective closure.
• Strong communication, report-writing, data-analysis and facilitation skills, with the curiosity to deepen your expertise across operational resilience, technology resilience and assurance.
• A relevant qualification such as CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer would be advantageous but not essential.

And in return, you’ll get the best from us:

• Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the office
• Annual bonus of up to 12%
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%
• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme
• Colleague Mortgage and Saver products
• 2 days' volunteering per year

We'll give you a place to belong with the support to learn, develop and shape a meaningful career.

Why choose us?

Our business is centred around our people. Our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do, as shown by our Inclusive Employers Gold accreditation in 2023 and 2025. We're committed to equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

You’ll be joining a truly purpose-focused culture which helped us win the Leading with Purpose award at the 2023Business Culture Awards. This recognises how we've embedded our purpose with our colleagues, and the actions we've taken to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

We'd love to hear from you. But don't wait around - we may close the advert early and we'd hate for you to miss out.

We're devoted to creating a culture and workplace that is representative of the communities we serve. If you'd like to work with us but are unsure if you meet the full criteria for a role, please contact the recruiter so we can find out more about your skills and experience. We're committed to supporting you to be at your best - to discuss any reasonable adjustments we could make, please contact us on [e-mail].