Technology Business Controls Partner

Join us as a Technology Business Controls Partner

• We’ll look to you to apply effective risk management and decision-making capability, anticipating and assessing the potential impacts of risk associated with technology across the relevant business area
• You’ll lead informed discussions of technology and digital related risk for relevant business areas and products
• Enjoy a great platform to build your leadership profile as you shape a high performing and vibrant team culture

What you’ll do

In this key role, you’ll make sure impacts of strategic technology and digitisation initiatives on the operational risk and control profile are evaluated, managed and mitigated. You’ll also support and regularly engage with specialist technology stakeholders including second and third line of defence, and other relevant stakeholders.

We’ll look to you to provide support on framework execution as a Technology Risk and Control Subject Matter Expert, such as Risk and Controls Assessments, Control Design and Articulation, Control Testing and Policy Compliance, in relation to technology and digital related risks for the relevant business areas. To do this, you’ll be working closely with the Control Testing team, Franchise & Function Control teams and second line Risk.

Additionally, you’ll:

• Create a culture of continuous improvement, increasing efficiency and productivity through great people leadership, coaching, engagement and development of skills
• Manage stakeholder relationships with technology and digital specialists and support them with managing their risk and control profile
• Produce corporate governance and risk committee packs for technology functions, formulating and articulating technology related risk appetite
• Be responsible for the assessment, review and implementation of controls related to relevant operational and financial risks associated with technology and digital solutions
• Manage the completion of risk and control assessments in line with the risk framework for the relevant technology or digital business areas
• Produce and review Risk Committee packs, relating to digital channels, including relevant MI and assessing the aggregated risk profile

The skills you’ll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll have an extensive understanding of the relevant businesses, specifically key products and technology risks, to enable informed discussions of risk along with knowledge of risks and controls associated with Technology, including industry frameworks such as COBIT, CRISC and risks associated with technology outsourcing.

We’re looking for a highly skilled individual with a proven ability to deliver high quality outcomes and experience of applying technology and where relevant, digital risk and control assessments in an operational and strategic context.

You’ll also have:

• Comprehensive experience in technology risk management and audit or control frameworks, working in a fast-paced technology risk or audit environment where priorities shift rapidly
• Experience of managing conduct risk associated with relevant franchise products
• Experience in producing corporate governance and risk committees including formulating and articulating technology and digital related risk profiles using an operational risk framework and material risk measures
• The ability to provide a joined up or an aggregated view of the control environment for the relevant technology and digital business areas
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and solutions to support risk management