Technology Controls Lead - Financial Crime (12 months)

NatWest Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Manchester seeks a DigitalX & Technology Controls Lead to manage risk and enhance organizational efficiency through effective leadership. The successful candidate will ensure comprehensive governance and technology risk controls, engaging with key stakeholders to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Extensive understanding of relevant business and technology risks.
• Strong knowledge of application related risks and infrastructure interactions.
• Ability to manage high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain corporate governance and risk committees.
• Assess and implement technology controls for operational and financial risks.
• Lead risk framework execution for Financial Crime technology business.

Skills

Risk management

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Creative 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 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