Technology Risk Manager

JSS Search; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an Associate Director - Audit, Risk and Compliance in Manchester. The role involves overseeing the IT Risk Management Programme, implementing risk frameworks, and requires strong knowledge of technology risk and controls, along with experience in financial services. Competitive salary of £75k-£80k plus bonus, with a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of technology risk & controls.
• Broad knowledge of technology including emerging risks.
• Demonstrated experience of technology risk profiling.

Responsibilities

• Support the IT & Ops Risk Management Programme.
• Act as the first line of defence providing risk assessments.
• Advise on issues and remediations to support the organisation.

Skills

Technology risk & controls understanding

Creating risk frameworks

Knowledge of ITIL service management processes

Understanding of GDPR and other regulations

Risk profiling and assessment

Financial services experience

Tools

Cobit

NIST

ISO27001

Job description

Overview

Associate Director - Audit, Risk and Compliance

Base pay range

75k-80k + bonus. Location: Manchester (3 days in office - 2 from home).

Responsibilities

The IT Risk Manager role serves as a best practice/quality contributor supporting the organisations’ IT & Ops Risk Management Programme. The individual will act as first line of defence providing RCG risk assessments and other risk management activities including risk identification, profiling, assessment, response, evaluation and advising on issues and remediations to support the overall IT & Ops organisation. This position supports the risk management activities in alignment with the Risk and Controls Governance framework.

Qualifications / Person requirements

• Excellent understanding and experience of technology risk & controls, including working with and creating risk frameworks.
• Broad knowledge of technology including emerging risks, (e.g. understanding of ITIL service management processes, cloud/AI)
• Understanding of principle technology related regulations e.g. Ops Res, GDPR, DORA, SOx etc
• Demonstrate experience of technology risk profiling, assessments, scenarios, metrics and reporting.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Risk Frameworks and certifications including Cobit, NIST, ISO27001
• Financial services experience 5+ (not exclusively Insurance)
• Demonstrate a level of seniority - this is a new role and will require the candidate to plan and implement the IT Risk Framework in alignment with global risk methodologies.

N.B - my client can not offer sponsorship for this role