Industry: bankingWork model: full-time, hybrid - ideally 6 days/month on-site from Krakow, but we’re flexible in this matter
Project language: English
Business trips: n/a
Project length: 12 months contracts + prolongations.
Start: ASAP
Assignment type: B2B
The Subject Matter Expert will support tactical remediation efforts designed to maintain cyber risk within tolerance and oversee the embedding of the Financial Crime/Internal Fraud prevention process. The role will coordinate activity across stakeholders, drive timely completion of actions and help ensure that remediation outcomes are sustainable.
Key responsibilities
- Support the planning and delivery of tactical remediation activities.
- Help maintain relevant risk exposure within agreed tolerance.
- Coordinate activities and deliverables across business, risk, procurement, technology, compliance and control stakeholders.
- Track actions, dependencies, risks, issues and decisions.
- Support the embedding of the new process into relevant business and control activities.
- Assess the effectiveness and sustainability of remediation actions.
- Identify gaps in processes, controls, ownership or governance.
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions.
- Prepare status updates, options papers and decision materials.
- Follow up proactively to ensure actions are completed on time.
- Escalate delays, blockers and emerging risks through the appropriate governance channels.
- Maintain clear records of decisions, evidence and remediation outcomes.
- Support the transition of tactical solutions into sustainable business-as-usual arrangements where appropriate.
Experience and qualifications
- 4–5 years of relevant professional experience in third-party risk, procurement, supplier/vendor management, cyber risk, financial crime risk, internal fraud risk, operational risk, control remediation or related change delivery.
- Experience supporting third-party risk management engagements is preferred.
- Basic to intermediate understanding of cyber risk.
- Basic to intermediate understanding of financial crime and internal fraud risk.
- Experience coordinating remediation activities across multiple stakeholders.
- Experience working in a regulated, risk-controlled or governance-focused environment.
- Experience supporting process embedding, control implementation or operational change.
- Experience in banking, financial services or another regulated industry would be advantageous.
- Relevant qualifications in risk, compliance, procurement, audit, project management or a related discipline would be beneficial.
Key skills and behaviours
- Strong critical-thinking and structured problem-solving capability.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- High level of proactivity and independent judgement.
- Ability to coordinate contributions from diverse stakeholder groups.
- Strong follow-up and delivery discipline, with a focus on getting actions completed promptly.
- Effective interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work at pace.
- An Agile mindset, with the ability to adapt and iterate quickly.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence in challenging constructively.
- Ability to identify control weaknesses, risks and potential unintended consequences.
- Ability to explain cyber, financial crime and internal fraud risks clearly to relevant audiences.
- Broad knowledge of banking and financial services, supported by relevant functional expertise.
Indicative success measures
- Tactical remediation actions are delivered within agreed timelines.
- Risk exposure remains within the required tolerance.
- Stakeholder responsibilities, dependencies and deadlines are clearly understood.
- The new process is embedded consistently and supported by appropriate evidence.
- Blockers and emerging risks are identified early and escalated appropriately.
- Remediation outcomes are sustainable and supported by clear ownership and governance.