Risk Governance Senior Associate

This role is an excellent opportunity to learn and gain exposure to global financial markets and risk management by joining a team which performs an important function in support of all LCH companies in LSEG’s Post Trade Division and their numerous clearing services, facilitating and advising on risk governance and policy issues and directly supporting the Executive and Board level risk management committees. The role will require frequent face to face, email and telephone contact with LCH & LSEG staff across all business services and control functions.

The Risk Policy & Governance team sits within the Second Line Risk function and reports to the LCH Ltd Deputy Chief Risk Officer, though it is responsible for the risk policy and governance support function for both LCH Ltd and LCH SA.

Key responsibilities of the role:

·Performing a variety of committee support tasks (e.g. agenda and paper preparation, attending and minuting meetings, recording and following up actions), for the Executive and Board level risk management committees and working groups.

·Recording and monitoring the full life-cycle of risk proposals and other matters through the risk governance process, including pre- governance meeting discussions.

·Administering the New Product Approval process (document origination, handling business queries, coordinating governance paths, liaising with Compliance, etc.).

·The Risk Governance Senior Associate will also assist with the following team tasks:

o Advising first and second line risk teams on risk policy and governance matters

o Coordinating risk policy reviews

o Policy compliance assurance

o Completing control checklists and assessments

o Tracking Group Risk internal and external reviews

o Coordination of record keeping for Group Risk

o Maintenance of policy training materials and governance presentations

o Regulatory reporting, notifications and disclosures

o Liaison with Compliance and Legal teams on risk and regulatory matters

o Reviewing Rulebook changes to determine if internal risk governance is required

o Ad hoc information requests and reports

Experience in a Risk, Operations, Compliance or similar function within a wholesale financial services environment demonstrating a strong risk/control awareness is highly desirable

·Education – preferably a Bachelor degree or equivalent, ideally in Finance, Economics or similar.

·IT Skills:

oEssential: MS Office – Outlook, Word, Excel; PowerPoint, MS Teams, SharePoint

oUseful: MetricStream

·Essential Skills:

o Strong organisational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritise; ability to work to deadlines.

o Ability to work in a small team environment, building and maintaining a network of contacts and liaising with a large number of stakeholders.

o Strong writing and minuting skills

o Good attention to detail