Senior Risk Business Partner - IT/Tech

The Team and Role:

Operating across a three lines of defence model, The 1st Line Risk Team extends across the regulated and non-regulated mortgage business activities. We are responsible for providing the 1st Line business areas with appropriate training, support, assistance and advice in order to empower effective risk management. The Team also conduct oversight of the business areas in order to determine the level of risk management maturity and if applicable, to identify more targeted areas of further support required. This oversight is predominantly focussed across operational, conduct and compliance risk types. The Team support risk reporting through established governance routes.

Typical Duties include (but not limited to):

• Support, train, challenge and oversight of business:
  • RCSAs
  • IT Incidents
  • Key risk indicators (including annual reviews)
• Support the GTS Team to maximise the utilisation and benefits of the Group ERMF toolkit in order to manage risk effectively, consistently and transparently.
• Provide risk insight to HODs in order to support/challenge prioritisation and focus on a risk basis.
• Provide consolidated GTS report to the centralised 1st Line Risk Report submission to Risk Committees.
• Build close working relationships with Heads of Department and key personnel to design controls that are effective, scalable and repeatable
• Support the teams with 'boundary risk assessments' and 'risk and control engineering' where functional changes are made.

Qualifications

Candidates with a combination of the following skills and experience will be highly regarded:

• Familiar with the Three Lines of Defence model
• IT risk/IT knowledge is desirable
• Be familiar with Risk and Control Self Assessments
• Have designed effective controls for regulated processes
• Have some knowledge of IT/Technology/Change functions and processes.
• Knowledge and experience of regulated mortgage lending / Commercial Lending
• Understanding of Operational challenges and how to support this from a first line risk perspective
• Understanding of risk management and how to effectively document and review RSCAs, incidents, risk metrics etc.
• Applied experience in business continuity management and operational resilience.
• Experience in using risk management system solutions.
• Has experience in 'transformation' programmes (preferable).

First stage MS Teams interviews will commence over the next 1-2 weeks, so please don't hesitate in your application]]>