Senior Risk Manager, Data Platforms | London, UK

London Stock Exchange Group; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global financial markets infrastructure provider as a Risk Management Specialist. This role involves supporting the Group Head in improving risk culture, managing risk data, and ensuring compliance with risk policies. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in risk management, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively across teams. Be part of a dynamic organization committed to driving financial stability and sustainable growth.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement Planning

Paid Volunteering Days

Wellbeing Initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years risk management experience, preferably in financial services.
• Strong understanding of risk management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to improve risk culture across Data Platforms.
• Supervise and report on remediation plans for risks.
• Ensure risks are governed as per processes and policies.

Skills

Risk Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree or Equivalent

Job description

Role profile:

Data Platforms is an exciting collective of teams spanning product and engineering teams. This unique role is integral to cultivating a truly back to front risk culture, driving leadership and teams to collaboratively and consciously assume positive risk positions in pursuit of an ambitious strategy.

Role summary:

The role supports the Group Head, Data Platforms Product & Engineering in identifying, understanding, measuring and handling risks and remediation plans.

Providing subject matter expert guidance on risk management methodology, as well as coordination of risk and control initiatives across Data Platforms.

Driving improvements in risk culture, ensuring teams understand LSEG's risk requirements and the benefits of effective risk management.

Coordinating and organising key risk data, driving ownership across our leaders and teams, and supporting the mitigation of risk by leading plans!

What you'll be doing:

Collaborate with a range of teams to improve risk culture across Data Platforms and ensuring business decisions align with risk appetite and strategy.

Understand, consolidate and present key data to Data Platform leaders, ensuring they are accurately briefed and lead the improvement from the current to the desired risk position.

Supervise and report on remediation plans for "outside appetite" risks.

Ensure risks are accurately governed as per LSEG's processes and policies and contribute in the relevant risk communities and committees, including taking ownership of committed activities.

What you'll bring:

Extensive (5+ years) risk management experience and SME knowledge, preferably in an enterprise and/or financial services environment.

Positive and proactive approach to risk management, who ensures high quality controls enables thoughtful ambition.

A responsible owner, keeping commitments, and getting involved in detailed and strategic work.

A strong and demonstrable understanding of risk management methodologies and control frameworks.

Ability to analyse and evaluate facts and information in order to form a good judgement and resolve course of action.

A logical and methodical mentality, who can take sophisticated and abstract concepts and communicate and present them with transparency and precision.

The ability to think strategically and understand the broader impacts of decision making and actions for the organisation.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and the willingness and ability to challenge and influence effectively across a variety of personalities.

Strong written and verbal presentation skills.

Educated to degree level or equivalent.

What you'll get in return:

We recognize that to attract the best talent, we need to be flexible, and we are open to discussing work arrangements with you.

LSEG Purpose and Values

Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Underpinning our purpose, our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change set the standard for everything we do, every day. They guide the way we get along with each other, the partners we work with and our customers. Delivering on our purpose and living up to our values is a responsibility that we all share.

To achieve our ambitions through a strong culture, People Leaders need to role model our Values and build the culture for everyone at LSEG to be at their best.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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