Operations Risk Leader - First-Line Risk & Controls

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

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