Senior Stress Testing Lead — ICAAP & Climate Risk

Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave

Holiday trading scheme

Pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Volunteer days

Job summary

Skipton Building Society is recruiting a Stress Testing Senior Lead in the GFP&A team. The role focuses on driving the group’s stress testing framework across ICAAP, Recovery Planning, Reverse Stress Testing and climate risk scenarios, delivering governance-ready papers and actionable insights for senior management.

You will lead design, execution and governance of stress testing activities, coordinating across Finance, Risk, Treasury and business leaders while ensuring regulatory alignment and

Qualifications

• Strong stress testing knowledge including PRA and Bank of England requirements relating to ICAAP, Reverse Stress Testing, Recovery Planning and Climate Risk Scenario Analysis.
• Experience coordinating end-to-end stress testing exercises including scenario design, model execution, review and governance.
• Ability to translate complex outputs into actionable insights for senior management and governance committees.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development and enhancement of the Group's stress testing framework and operating model.
• Produce ICAAP, Recovery Plan and climate scenario analysis papers for boards and regulators.
• Lead governance forums with clear agendas, robust challenge and decisive stakeholder engagement.
• Provide expert challenge of assumptions, methodologies and results across Finance, Risk and Treasury.

Skills

Stress testing

Regulatory understanding

Stakeholder management

Analytical modelling

Scenario design

Communication

Job description

Skipton Building Society is recruiting a Stress Testing Senior Lead in the GFP&A team. The role focuses on driving the group’s stress testing framework across ICAAP, Recovery Planning, Reverse Stress Testing and climate risk scenarios, delivering governance-ready papers and actionable insights for senior management.

You will lead design, execution and governance of stress testing activities, coordinating across Finance, Risk, Treasury and business leaders while ensuring regulatory alignment and