Technology Controls Lead - Financial Crime (12 months)

NatWest Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in Birmingham is seeking a DigitalX & Technology Controls Lead to enhance risk management and decision-making capabilities. You will maintain corporate governance and implement technology controls related to operational risks, supporting interactions across the three lines of defence. Strong stakeholder management and problem-solving skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Extensive understanding of relevant businesses and technology risks.
• Strong senior stakeholder management skills are necessary.
• Ability to deliver high-quality outcomes in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain corporate governance and risk committees.
• Implement technology controls relating to operational and financial risks.
• Lead risk framework execution for Financial Crime technology.

Skills

Understanding of technology risks

Stakeholder management

Influencing skills

Problem-solving

Job description

Overview

As a DigitalX & Technology Controls Lead, you'll apply effective risk management and decision-making capability, anticipating and assessing the potential impacts of risk across the relevant business area. In addition, you'll create a culture of continuous improvement, increasing efficiency and productivity through great people leadership, coaching, engagement, and development of skills. Your role will also involve:

Responsibilities

• Maintaining corporate governance and risk committees, formulating and articulating risk appetite using the operational risk framework and material risk measures
• Assessing, reviewing, and implementing the technology controls relating to relevant operational and financial risks
• Leading on risk framework execution for the Financial Crime technology business area as Risk and Control SME
• Supporting the relevant business area in interactions with 2LOD and 3LOD to drive a joined-up view across the 3 lines of defence

Qualifications

• An extensive understanding of the relevant businesses, specifically key products, and technology risks, to enable informed discussions of risk
• Knowledge of technology risks, specifically application related risks and interactions with the infrastructure
• A high-level understanding of conduct risk
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality outcomes, in a fast paced and environment where priorities shift rapidly
• Strong senior stakeholder management skills
• Influencing and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to view the impact of issues from a wider or macro perspective
• The ability to think creatively when resolving problems and identify alternatives where established procedures may not exist