Risk & Control Manager (12 month FTC) - Lloyds Living

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is looking for a Risk & Control Manager in Manchester. In this role, you will provide first-line risk support, ensuring compliance and improving risk reporting. You will work closely with finance teams and stakeholders to manage multiple risks and help build an effective control environment. The ideal candidate will be proactive, possess strong communication skills, and have a solid understanding of risk management frameworks. This position offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

30 days' holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of the Group's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
• Experience managing multiple risks in a control environment.
• Ability to interpret and apply laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Act as a risk champion for the LBG Risk Management Framework.
• Provide risk oversight for the residential property portfolio.
• Help build an effective control environment.

Skills

Understanding of Enterprise Risk Management Framework

Proactive self-starter

Excellent communication skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Job description

As a Risk & Control Manager and a member of the Business Risk team, you'll help provide first line risk support. Acting as a trusted partner across all primary and secondary risk types, you'll help ensure the business operates within its risk appetite. You'll strengthen risk culture, facilitate risk identification and analysis, offer advice with risk remediation and critical issues, as well as improve risk reporting. If you enjoy variety - this is the role for you. We're keen to hear from colleagues who have worked in first line risk roles or who have experience of providing risk advice and oversight, particularly where you've helped implement control frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Act as a risk champion and source of professional risk expertise to the business on the LBG Risk Management Framework - driving a positive, continuous risk and control culture across the business through embedding the Groups Risk Management Framework.
• Provide risk oversight across the residential property portfolio, including PRS, Shared Ownership/Pathways schemes, with a focus on Legal and Regulatory compliance, data and customer conduct.
• Interpret and help the business apply the Group Policy Framework, write Lloyds Living specific procedures, monitor on‑going compliance, request exceptions and report breaches where applicable.
• Help build an effective control environment and both perform, and support the business to perform, control assessments and testing in line with the One Risk and Control Self‑Assessment Process.
• Ensure Lloyds Living complies with relevant regulation and legislation, and identify, impact assess and implement regulatory/legislative change in conjunction with the business.
• Uncover emerging issues and/or needs and identify potential causes, related issues, key stakeholders and barriers.
• Provide day to day guidance to the business including acting as a subject matter expert to projects and working groups.

Qualifications

• A comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the Group's Enterprise Risk Management Framework, and experience of working in a control environment or business risk function managing multiple risks.
• Proactive self‑starter with the ability to self‑organise/deliver independently and operate under your own initiative to anticipate, manage and resolve multiple priorities.
• Experience partnering with Finance teams and/or managing technology risks (preferred but not essential).
• Comfortable and adaptable in an evolving business as it grows and matures.
• A growth mindset and a willingness to try new ways of doing things; 'We're bold' in Lloyds Living.
• The ability and skill to interpret and apply knowledge of laws, regulations and policies in your area of expertise.
• Ability to manage a range of internal and external stakeholders, including senior company executives, through excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in real estate, the private rented sector or shared ownership is highly valued.

Lloyds Living is a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Lloyds Banking Group, focused on delivering innovative property management and investment solutions. With ambitious plans to manage a material portfolio of homes by 2030, Lloyds Living leverages technology, automation, and digitisation to drive operational excellence and customer satisfaction. Our core business is offering homes for private rental and shared ownership. We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us.

You're joining a dynamic and evolving team at the heart of Lloyds Living's growth journey. With the backing of Lloyds Banking Group you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact, develop your skills, and help shape the future of Lloyds Living. We're committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to creating an inclusive work environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. If you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process, just let us know.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance‑related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies