Overview
In this role you support the Business Risk Partner and business teams to identify, assess, monitor, and report enterprise-wide risk. You enable safe growth in line with strategic goals and transformation, helping deliver consistent customer outcomes. You provide real-time risk oversight and governance insights to inform decisions across the three lines of defence. You will help maintain effective controls, risk data integrity, and timely remediation in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted contact for the business, providing real-time oversight of the end-to-end risk profile and supporting Risk and Control Self-Assessments.
- Deliver intelligent insight through engagement with business leaders across all three lines of defence to ensure effective risk management and informed decision-making.
- Analyze risk and control data (events, issues, MI) to identify control weaknesses and support remediation actions.
- Coordinate risk and control assessments, risk forums, governance reporting, and remediation plans; escalate emerging risks with constructive recommendations.
- Lead risk reporting into nominated forums, publish minutes, and ensure timely closure of actions.
- Track remediation, audit, and regulatory actions through to closure, ensuring evidence quality and timely action.
- Oversee risk and control data in systems of record to provide an accurate, real-time view for stakeholders.
- Identify and implement simple, consistent risk practices and support continuous improvement in day-to-day risk management.
Key requirements
- Experience with enterprise-wide risk management frameworks, including control design, governance, oversight, data analysis, and risk culture.
- Ability to translate policy and framework requirements into practical day-to-day risk and control activities for colleagues.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret MI, identify improvement opportunities, and deliver clear recommendations.
- Effective stakeholder management across all three lines of defence.
- Experience aligned to the business area (e.g., Customer Distribution, Lending/Product, Digital Banking, or Technology).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organisational skills with oversight and deadline discipline.
- stakeholder management
- clear communication
- analytical mindset
- enterprise-wide risk management frameworks
- data analysis and interpretation
- governance reporting
Business Risk Manager, NatWest Markets Public in Birmingham employer: NatWest Group
As a Principal Engineer in Economic Crime Services, you will thrive in a dynamic and innovative work culture that prioritises customer experience and engineering excellence. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through opportunities for senior stakeholder engagement and leadership development, all while working in a hybrid environment that promotes flexibility and collaboration. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to tackling economic crime with cutting-edge technology and solutions.
