Senior Risk Partner — Strategic Risk & Controls

Yorkshire Building Society; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days + Bank Holidays

On target bonus 7% (up to 15%)

Pension contribution up to 11%

Private medical insurance

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Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is recruiting for a Senior Risk Business Partner to act as the primary risk partner for one or more directorates. You’ll provide pragmatic risk advice, challenge leaders, and help strengthen risk and control ownership across the organisation.

The role requires extensive risk management expertise, sound judgement, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. A hybrid arrangement with Leeds office attendance is expected.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in risk management, risk partnering or advisory within financial services.
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders in operational or conduct risk.
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks and first-line application.
• Experience leading or advising on risk and control activities (RCSA, issues, change).
• Ability to influence senior leaders and challenge constructively.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic risk advice and challenge to senior leaders and teams.
• Lead risk and control assessments, identify key risks and improve controls.
• Support management of risk events, issues and breaches with root cause analysis.
• Advise on risk impacts of business change initiatives.
• Collaborate with Governance & Reporting to deliver risk insight across the Society.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

RCSA

Control assessments

Job description

Yorkshire Building Society is recruiting for a Senior Risk Business Partner to act as the primary risk partner for one or more directorates. You’ll provide pragmatic risk advice, challenge leaders, and help strengthen risk and control ownership across the organisation.

The role requires extensive risk management expertise, sound judgement, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. A hybrid arrangement with Leeds office attendance is expected.