Technology Controls Lead - Financial Crime (12 months)

NatWest Group; London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Technology Controls Lead focused on financial crime. You will manage risk and governance while ensuring effective risk management across various business areas. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in stakeholder management and technology risk. This position is remote-first and offers a 12-month contract, with responsibilities including leading discussions on technology risks and maintaining corporate governance.

Qualifications

• Experienced leader in risk and control management operationally and strategically.
• Proficient in maintaining corporate governance and risk frameworks.
• Ability to engage with diverse business areas and deliver high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead discussions on technology risk for business areas.
• Manage risk governance and committees effectively.
• Assess and implement technology controls for operational and financial risks.

Skills

Technology risk management

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Conflict resolution

Governance and risk committees

Job description

Overview

Join us as a Technology Controls Lead - Financial Crime

What you’ll do

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.

• This is a prominent role, where your ability to develop stakeholder relationships will be as important as your technology risk management skills
• You'll gain exposure to a broad range of business areas within Financial Crime, allowing you to develop a deeper understanding of how we operate and our risk profile
• Lead informed discussions of technology risk for relevant business areas and products
• We\'re offering this role for a period of 12 months

Your role will also involve:

• 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 & Skills

The skills you\'ll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be a highly skilled leader with experience of applying risk and control management in an operational and strategic context.

You’ll also have experience maintaining corporate governance and risk committees, formulating and articulating risk and controls using the operational risk framework and material risk measures.

You’ll also need:

• 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

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date: 16/09/2025

Ways of Working: Remote First