Technology Risk & Controls Manager, 1st Line Controls

Join us as a Technology Risk & Controls Manager, 1st Line Controls

• We’ll look to you to apply effective risk management and decision-making capability, anticipating and assessing the potential impacts of risk associated with Financial Crime systems or Wealth Franchise technology
• You’ll lead informed discussions with our stakeholders to help them understand how to manage technology related risk, design adequate and effective controls, and manage remediation of control failures effectively and in a timely manner
• You’ll enjoy a varied, fast-paced and work environment, and you’ll gain valuable exposure across a broad range of senior level stakeholders

What you'll do

As a Technology Risk & Controls Manager, 1st Line Controls, you’ll support the risk framework execution and apply effective risk management within our risk appetite, predominantly for the Financial Crime Technology or Wealth Franchise Technology teams, providing support and oversight as a technology risk and control SME. This includes strengthening the level of ownership, identifying, and calling out areas of weakness and sharing best practices.

In this key role, you’ll be a trusted advisor to our Technology stakeholders, influencing them to make risk-based decisions and helping them assess the materiality of their operational risks and issues. 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 risk 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
• Pro-actively collaborate with senior stakeholders across the organisation to drive forward the development and delivery of remedial action plans where identified risks are considered out of appetite
• Escalating emerging risks in a timely manner, making sure actions are quickly defined and owned and delivering all aspects of risk management within the policy framework and operational risk requirements
• Developing risk awareness, contributing to the prioritisation, design, and implementation of controls in line with the operational risk principles
• Support with design of control automation
• Liaising with the business, internal audit, second line of defence and other functions, as well as the wider risk and controls teams
• Supporting business in developing a cost-effective and automated controls environment that meets regulatory and policy expectations and brings risks within appetite

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll have some understanding of financial crime risks or our wealth franchise, , to enable informed discussions of risk. Knowledge of 1st line risk frameworks, IT General controls, outsourcing risks, including industry frameworks such as COBIT, CRISC, SOX are key.

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.

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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 and a strong understanding of IT General and Automated Controls
• 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
• The ability to think creatively when resolving problems to identify alternatives where established procedures may not exist
• An understanding of how to design IT general and automated controls to mitigate risks

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

21/02/2025

Ways of Working:Remote First