Senior Associate - Operational Risk and Resilience

Arthur; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in the City of London seeks a Senior Associate to enhance operational risk and resilience. The role includes leading risk reviews, creating detailed reports, and maintaining risk dashboards. The ideal candidate will have a background in operational resilience and a collaborative mindset to work with various stakeholders. This position offers growth opportunities within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Operational resilience experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to thematic risk reviews.
• Develop and deliver high-quality risk reporting.
• Design and maintain risk management dashboards.

Job description

Senior Associate - Operational Risk and Resilience

We are looking for someone with operational resilience experience who is keen to get into a risk role with lots of exposure to different areas such as data and IT.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to thematic risk reviews across critical operational areas, assessing how effectively risks are being managed and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and deliver high-quality risk reporting -both regular and ad hoc to senior management and risk committees, enabling informed oversight and decision-making.
• Design and maintain risk management dashboards and reporting tools, ensuring data integrity and timeliness, whether sourced from internal systems or third-party platforms.
• Foster strong working relationships with stakeholders across departments and senior leadership, acting as a trusted advisor on operational risk issues.
• Respond proactively to ad hoc requests and projects from the Operational Risk leadership team, supporting emerging priorities and strategic initiatives.
• Provide risk oversight across transformation programs, corporate governance frameworks, resilience initiatives, data management strategies, and technology developments, including AI - ensuring that risk considerations are embedded into business processes and decisions.

Apply here if you are interested!