Risk Business Partner

Yorkshire Building Society; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days + Bank Holidays

On target bonus 7% (up to 15%)

Pension contribution up to 11%

Private medical insurance

My Benefits portal

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is recruiting for a Senior Risk Business Partner to act as the primary risk partner for one or more directorates. You’ll provide pragmatic risk advice, challenge leaders, and help strengthen risk and control ownership across the organisation.

The role requires extensive risk management expertise, sound judgement, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. A hybrid arrangement with Leeds office attendance is expected.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in risk management, risk partnering or advisory within financial services.
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders in operational or conduct risk.
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks and first-line application.
• Experience leading or advising on risk and control activities (RCSA, issues, change).
• Ability to influence senior leaders and challenge constructively.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic risk advice and challenge to senior leaders and teams.
• Lead risk and control assessments, identify key risks and improve controls.
• Support management of risk events, issues and breaches with root cause analysis.
• Advise on risk impacts of business change initiatives.
• Collaborate with Governance & Reporting to deliver risk insight across the Society.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

RCSA

Control assessments

Job description

This is a great opportunity to play a key role in shaping how risk is managed across the Society. You'll work closely with senior leaders across Operations and Customer divisions, helping them make informed decisions, strengthen risk and control environments, and manage risk within appetite while delivering good outcomes for customers and members.

This is a senior risk partnering role that requires strong risk management expertise, sound judgement and the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels.

This is a hybrid role with the expectation to work from our Leeds office at least 1 day per week.

About the role

As a Risk Business Partner, you'll act as the primary risk partner for one or more directorates, providing pragmatic advice, constructive challenge and insightful support to help leaders manage risk confidently and effectively.

• Partner with senior leaders and their teams to provide practical risk advice, challenge and support, helping them understand risk implications, identify material risks, make informed decisions and strengthen ownership of risk and controls.
• Lead and facilitate risk and control assessment activities, helping teams identify key risks, assess control effectiveness, support risk appetite reviews, consider emerging risks and prioritise improvements where needed.
• Provide advice, support and challenge on the management of risk events, issues and breaches, including root cause analysis, remediation planning, action tracking and proportionate escalation of material concerns.
• Provide risk input and challenge on business change initiatives and operational activity, ensuring key risks and control impacts are identified and managed appropriately.
• Work closely with colleagues across Governance & Reporting to develop meaningful risk insight, bringing together directorate intelligence, emerging risks, trends and control weaknesses to support informed decision-making.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, second-line Risk and Compliance teams, Internal Audit and other key stakeholders, helping to create a joined-up approach to risk management and assurance across the Society.

About you

You’ll be an experienced risk professional who is comfortable operating in complex environments and influencing senior stakeholders. You’ll bring strong technical risk management knowledge alongside the ability to provide pragmatic advice, constructive challenge and meaningful insight.

• Significant experience working in a risk management, risk partnering or risk advisory role within financial services, with experience supporting senior stakeholders in managing operational and/or conduct risk.
• Strong understanding of operational and conduct risk frameworks, with experience applying them in, or providing advice and challenge to, a first-line environment.
• Experience leading or advising on RCSA, control assessments, issue management or similar risk activities, with the confidence to challenge appropriately and drive positive outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge constructively and build credibility with senior leaders.
• Experience working with Risk, Compliance, Audit or other assurance functions.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise and actionable insight.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and apply sound judgement in a fast-paced environment.

This is a hybrid role with the expectation to work from our Leeds office at least 1 day per week.

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals we're all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up to 11% into your YBS pension.
• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Rachel Ellis at [e-mail].