Risk and Controls Tester

Webvoordeel.nu; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic financial services company in Nottingham seeks a Risk Manager. This role focuses on testing and improving business controls while facilitating collaboration across various teams. Ideal candidates will possess experience in risk management or project management and have strong stakeholder skills. The company offers a flexible hybrid work model and a diverse, supportive workplace with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Bonus

Generous holiday entitlement

Private medical insurance

On-site gym

Subsidised restaurant

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Ability to self-identify improvements to improve efficiency.
• Experience in a highly-regulated industry.
• Strong ability to influence and collaborate with a wide range of people.

Responsibilities

• Test the design and effectiveness of the business controls.
• Support the redesign and improvement of controls.
• Manage projects to implement broadscale control enhancements.

Skills

Risk management experience

Project management experience

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Risk and Controls Tester

About This Role

As a Risk Manager in the UK Risk Office, you will be responsible for developing a strong suite of controls across the UK business. In this role, not only will you lean into your analytical and problem solving skills by developing and deploying innovative solutions to the business, but you will also grow your influencing skills as you set the standards for the business. You will create order and sense out of complexity and uncertainty and enable confident, data-inspired decision making.

In this role, you will thrive in a cross-functional and collaborative environment that values unique perspectives, rewards innovation, and challenges the status quo. As an integral member of the team, you will have a high level of exposure across the business partnering closely with senior business and risk office leaders, Marketing & Analytics, compliance, legal, and Operational Risk Management.

What Youll Do

• Test the design and effectiveness of the business controls
• Support the redesign and improvement of controls
• Make recommendations to various senior stakeholders across the UK business
• Manage projects to implement broadscale control enhancements
• Facilitate workshops identify risks and controls
• Produce regular process health reporting for internal stakeholders
• Build, establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business, including 2nd Line Testing and Compliance Advisors

What Were Looking For

• Risk management experience and/or project management experience, or a desire to learn and grow your career in this field.
• An ability to self-identify improvements to improve efficiency, and then execute them
• Previous experience of working in a highly-regulated industry and/or corporate environment
• Workshop facilitation
• Great stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence and collaborate with a wide range of different people
• Able to partner within and beyond the team, building productive, cross business relationships
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to remain focused and flexible in a changing environment

Where And How You'll Work

This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham offices.

We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home.

Were big on collaboration and connection, so youll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we're open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

Whats In It For You

• Bring us all this - and youll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation
• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)
• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace. We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact us.