Role Profile Group Risk function is responsible for ensuring the development and maintenance of a risk framework that enables management to deliver its strategy by balancing risk and rewards within the appetite approved by the Board. It is also responsible for ensuring governance arrangements are adequate to effectively manage the strategic, financial, regulatory, and operational risks of the LSEG. This includes the development of risk strategies to manage across the risk taxonomy, including business transformation, operational resiliency, financial crime, technology, cyber, third party and all other risk types.
This is a role in Group Risk (2nd line) supporting the CRO for DSM, as part of the Markets Risk Team. Based in London, the role covers all aspects of the risk management for LSE plc, Turquoise and DMI and includes significant Board and Regulatory reporting. The role requires close liaison with the business, in particular Business Control Officers to ensure the risk management framework is fully embedded and supports the 1st line business heads to manage strategy and transformation risks. It requires a high degree of personal interaction, collaboration alongside risk management expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Group Head of Risk for Markets and Chief Risk Officer for LSE plc to identify, assess, manage and monitor their risks against the risk appetite reported to the LSE plc Board and the DSM CEO.
- Prepare Risk Committees, Board papers and Regulatory responses to support the CRO.
- Participate in scenario, BCM and DR testing, including review of output for vulnerabilities and risks.
- Encourage best practice and continuous improvement and alignment with the Group Risk framework.
- Demonstrate adoption of AI tools into day-to-day work to generate efficiencies and deeper risk insights.
- Maintain positive relationships across all three lines of defence so that the risk framework has full endorsement from leadership and appropriately addresses their risk management needs.
- Support the First Line team in delivering and maintaining the Risk and Control Assessment (RCA), whilst providing effective and robust review and challenge, ensuring effective risk remediation actions are identified to address control vulnerabilities.
- Ensure all risks identified as being near or outside appetite have high quality remediation plans that are monitored through the relevant governance forums.
- Conduct topical investigations to deliver fresh risk insights.
- Provide independent Second Line assessment of emerging and change risks associated with new strategy, new products and major projects.
- Review and challenge key controls and provide recommendations to enhance, develop metrics and assess for effectiveness.
- Attend and participate in relevant risk committees, forums, project boards and workshops.
- Deliver training and workshops to key stakeholders and employees as required.
Candidate Profile / Key Skills
- Minimum of degree level qualification.
- Background in risk from a financial services institution.
- Experience working in the financial services sector with a good understanding of the financial industry.
- Knowledge of the financial services regulatory regime and relevant policies and controls.
- Excellent communication skills and keen to collaborate across the Group, with a global view on problem solving.
- Desire to adopt AI tooling into their work and strong use of Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
Integrity
- Has sustained drive and energy to deliver support service to time and quality.
Partnership
- Puts project management methodologies in place (e.g., schedules of work; progress reports, etc.).
- Manages internal partners effectively and deals with challenge and conflict successfully.
Innovation
- Open to and willingly adopts new processes, approaches, and ways of working.
- Seeks information and inputs from colleagues and clients.
Excellence
- Oral and written communications are tailored to their audience’s needs.
- Willingly puts in the effort to ensure activities are completed on time and to the required quality.
- Pro‑active and demonstrates initiative.
- Prioritises activities according to business and operational need.
- Analysis and problem solving.
- Analyses issues to identify the most appropriate solutions.
- Utilises all available resources and toolsets to investigate and resolve problems.
Benefits
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
Equal Opportunities
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
Career Stage
Manager
