Senior Manager, Risk Advisory, Projects & Framework

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager, Risk Advisory , Projects & Framework

LOCATION(S): Leeds, Bristol, Halifax or Edinburgh
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
 

About this Opportunity

As a Senior People Risk Specialist, you’ll work closely with the business to analyse, evaluate and oversight the People Risk and control environment, to support robust risk management in alignment with the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF).

You’ll develop and implement the risk and control oversight plan, performing deep dives and thematic reviews and providing advice & support during regulatory change and business projects, participating in business and functional governance forums, providing review and challenge, raising any issues where required.

What you’ll need:

• Technical Risk Knowledge - Insight & Data - adopts a data evidenced approach and uses expertise to provide leadership & insight including leading all aspects of thematic reviews

• Operational Risk Frameworks – Considered a subject matter expert, with a deep understanding of the latest Operational Risk frameworks and technology being used across financial and non-financial services. Demonstrate deep understanding of applicable employment law, regulation, industry standards, and established practices in the technical subject area. Experience of developing and owning group-level policy and setting risk-appetite, with expertise in continuous monitoring and reporting on group exposure. Able to set control objectives and performance indicators.

• Values & Behaviours – Future focused by being able to conceptualise and articulate a customer centric desired end state that has clear line of sight to our Group Strategy. Inspires others by gaining followership and commitment to future action through personal integrity and collaboration; demonstrating an inclusive approach. Demonstrates a commitment to create an environment that builds teams with skills aligned to our Group Strategy and Purpose creating new and better ways for the organisation to change at pace.

• Strategic Decision Making – Make good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward and able to balance difficult trade-offs with the ability to understand business strategy and opportunity risks. Assimilate different sources of data and complex information to effectively problem solve and make relevant conclusions and recommendations. Able to interpret new operational risk regulation, emerging risks and technology innovations with forethinking to anticipate the impact of changes on the Group and act accordingly.

• Influencing – Uses strong communication skills to build partnerships and work collaboratively with others, including Risk Owner, Control Owner and Control Office to meet shared objectives. Able to work effectively with all other lines of defence and understands the different but complimentary roles. Seen as the credible Operational Risk specialist and expert across the Group to help deliver against aligned customer, business and strategic outcomes. Builds effective, ongoing data-led Operational Risk control objectives working with others, including external regulators. Acts as a cultural ambassador across the Group, emphasising the behavioural shift from defensive to transparent to ensure fair customer outcomes.

About working for us:

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like and adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more