Responsibilities
- Advise 1LOD functions on the application of operational risk management practices and changes to their day-to-day activities
- Monitor compliance to the firm’s risk management policies and processes as well as support the implementation and embedding of operational risk change initiatives across the 1LOD functions
- Consolidate and review key risk information so that the team can meet its reporting commitments to appropriate governance forums, key stakeholders and 2LOD functions
- Provide risk advice to 1LOD functions by leveraging understanding of the firm’s management policies and processes as well as applicable industry best practices
- Support the development and/or implementation of applicable procedures to enable effective 1LOD adoption of the firm’s risk management policies and processes
- Support risk assurance activities conducted on the 1LOD through the provision of required information and explanation
- Support the senior members of the team to conduct ad hoc risk assessments and deep dive root cause analysis on priority risk areas or areas of material control deficiencies
- Support the effective running of formal risk governance committees and informal forums and working groups
- Promote collaborative working relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisational hierarchy (function, entity and group)
Qualifications
- Experience of working in any of the following disciplines, not necessarily in a financial services environment: Technology (e.g. incident/change/problem management), Cyber Security (e.g SOC, vulnerability mgmt. etc), or Operational Resilience (e.g. Third party management, scenario analysis etc)
- Experience in delivering presentations and engaging with a wide group of stakeholders
- Experience of implementing recognised industry standards such as security (e.g. CRI, ISO27001) and operational resilience / BCM (e.g. ISO 22301) and IT (e.g. ITIL).
- [Preferred]Experience of working in 1st or 2nd line risk teams or within 3rd line Internal Audit functions within a financial services environment.
- [Preferred]Experience of applying operational risk frameworks and using of GRC solution
- Experience of managing or partaking in the RCSA process ideally in a financial services, IT or payments context.
- [Preferred]Experience of working on complex cross-functional strategic initiatives, projects and teams
- Experience of working on cross-functional initiatives to design and implement best practice risk management practices
- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
- Basic understanding of database management and SQL
- Ability to self-start, problem solve and work under pressure
- Attention to detail with strong reporting and presentation skills
- Adept use of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Basic use of PowerBI, Tableau, Domo, Access database or other reporting tools
