Senior Risk Business Partner

Together; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization in Greater Manchester seeks a Risk Specialist to support 1st Line Risk activities, including oversight and risk management. The ideal candidate has experience in designing effective controls for regulated processes and a strong background in stakeholder collaboration. This full-time position does not allow remote work and involves providing risk insight, conducting assessments, and supporting training initiatives.

Qualifications

• Has designed effective controls for regulated processes.
• Passion for true partnering and collaboration.
• Experience practicing risk against established frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Support train challenge and oversight of business.
• Provide risk insight to HODs.
• Conduct periodic risk assessments.
• Support in the design and delivery of risk training.

Skills

Experience within a 1st line Risk role

Strong stakeholder relationships

Designed effective controls for regulated processes

Understanding operational challenges

Risk management system solutions experience

Experience in transformation programmes

Job description

Working in a small team you will be a true trusted business partner working across your business portfolio and supporting business change activities alike as we implement a business wide Tech transformation. As part of the 1st Line Risk Team you will support both regulated and non-regulated mortgage business activities providing appropriate training support assistance and advice in order to empower effective risk management. You will offer oversight to the business areas in order to determine the level of risk management maturity and if applicable to identify more targeted areas of further support required such as operational conduct and compliance risk types.

Responsibilities

• Support train challenge and oversight of business: RCSAs
• Incidents
• Root cause analysis
• Support in maximising the utilisation and benefits of the Group ERMF toolkit in order to manage risk effectively consistently and transparently.
• Provide risk insight and divisional risk profiles to HODs in order to support / challenge prioritisation and focus on a risk basis.
• Provide consolidated reporting to the centralised 1st Line Risk Report submission to Risk Committees.
• Support the wider business transformation program in the design and development of effective risk controls
• Triage and submit through governance proposed business risk acceptances as a first line challenge and advisory support.
• Support in the review definition and execution of business area KRIs informing early indication of risk exposure for treatment.
• reviews providing control recommendations for specific areas of risk.
• Providing regular feedback and reporting of the maturity and risk profile of business areas.
• Support with the continual development of the 1st Line Risk operating model
• Support with the conducting of periodic risk assessments in order to inform assurance planning.
• Support in the design and delivery of risk training across the business.

Qualifications

• Experience within a 1st line Risk role.
• Has a passion for true partnering collaboration and developing strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Has designed effective controls for regulated processes.
• Have designed effective controls within a Financial Services business or similar regulated industry.
• Understands Operational challenges and how to support this from a first line risk perspective.
• Has worked within a three lines of defence model.
• Understanding of risk management and how to effectively document and review RSCAs incidents risk metrics etc.
• Has experience in using risk management system solutions.
• Has experience practicing risk against an established enterprise risk management framework.
• Has experience in transformation programmes (preferable).

Additional Information

If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above but not all please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.

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Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference financial and criminal record checks.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Vacancy : 1