Senior Financial Risk Manager - Second Line

Revolut; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Revolut is seeking a senior Risk Manager to identify, assess, and oversee financial risk across the business. You will partner with Treasury, Finance, Credit, and Compliance to independently manage risk-taking activities and ensure regulatory alignment.

This role requires 10+ years in financial risk management, deep regulatory understanding, and hands-on stress-testing capabilities. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement are essential for driving risk governance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in financial risk management within financial services.
• In-depth knowledge of financial risk-related regulations and their application in the banking industry.
• An understanding of stress-testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Setting standards, including risk appetite, for managing financial risk types.
• Defining responses to financial risk regulation changes and funding plan requirements.
• Developing and maintaining financial risk policies, stress testing, metrics, and reporting systems.
• Engaging and challenging first-line businesses to identify, monitor, and govern emerging financial risks, including in new product risk assessments.
• Modelling financial risks under various stress scenarios, with appropriate assumptions and calibrations.
• Monitoring capital and liquidity risk exposures against internal and regulatory limits.
• Investigating risk events, producing related reports, and escalating breaches to the appropriate governance forum.
• Building relationships with senior stakeholders to support risk governance and challenge emerging risks.

Skills

Financial risk management

Regulatory knowledge

Stress testing

Model governance

Data analytics

Autonomy

Stakeholder engagement

Interpersonal skills

Analytical mindset

Education

Finance degree

CFA/FRM (nice to have)

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Revolut is seeking a senior Risk Manager to identify, assess, and oversee financial risk across the business. You will partner with Treasury, Finance, Credit, and Compliance to independently manage risk-taking activities and ensure regulatory alignment.

This role requires 10+ years in financial risk management, deep regulatory understanding, and hands-on stress-testing capabilities. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement are essential for driving risk governance.