Risk Associate

Flair for Recruitment; West of England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Flair for Recruitment is partnering with an established financial services business to recruit a Risk Associate for its Risk, Compliance & Oversight function. This second-line role supports the business in identifying, understanding and managing risk across areas, combining risk oversight, data analysis, control monitoring and financial crime.

You will work with stakeholders, develop risk frameworks, monitor incidents and produce MI for senior management, while developing risk systems and

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Confident working with and interrogating data.
• Strong Excel skills and data manipulation.
• Understanding of risk management within financial services.
• Exposure to financial crime processes and controls.
• Able to work independently with initiative.
• Solutions-focused and able to challenge existing processes.
• Effective stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Support development and oversight of risk and control frameworks.
• Analyse risk data and produce MI.
• Help business teams identify, assess, log and manage risks.
• Monitor incidents and assess data protection breaches.
• Coordinate control testing and monitoring activities.
• Support financial crime monitoring and reviews.
• Produce risk reporting for senior management.
• Support and develop risk management systems and processes.
• Provide risk input into wider business projects.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Data interrogation

Stakeholder communication

Independent working

Process improvement

Risk management knowledge

Financial crime exposure

Tools

Excel

Job description

We’re working with an established financial services business looking for a Risk Associate to join its Risk, Compliance & Oversight function.

This is a varied second-line role, supporting the business in effectively identifying, understanding and managing risk. You’ll work across different areas of the organisation, combining risk oversight, data analysis, control monitoring and financial crime.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Supporting the development and oversight of risk and control frameworks.
• Analysing risk data and producing meaningful management information.
• Helping business teams identify, assess, log and manage risks.
• Monitoring incidents and supporting the assessment of potential data protection breaches.
• Coordinating control testing and monitoring activities.
• Supporting financial crime monitoring and reviews.
• Producing risk reporting and MI for senior management.
• Supporting and developing risk management systems and processes.
• Providing risk input into wider business projects where required.

About you:

• Has strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Is confident working with and interrogating data.
• Has strong Excel skills and can manipulate data to identify trends and insights.
• Has an understanding of risk management within financial services.
• Has exposure to financial crime processes and controls.
• Can work independently, use their initiative and operate with minimal supervision.
• Takes a solutions-focused approach and is comfortable challenging existing processes.
• Communicates confidently with stakeholders across a business.

This could be an excellent opportunity for someone with a financial services operations background who has developed exposure to risk, controls, financial crime or assurance.