Back to Job Search

Senior Risk and Oversight Manager: Technology and Change Risk

  • Location: Manchester
  • Salary: Up to £65,000 pa per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted almost 3 years ago

  • Sector: Risk Management
  • Contact: Conor O'Hanlon
  • Contact Email: co'hanlon@merje.com
  • Expiry Date: 11 August 2021
  • Job Ref: CO/17722

Our client, a leading name within the Financial Services Industry, are looking for a Senior Risk and Oversight Manager: Technology and Change Risk for their financial services division.

This is a senior risk management role and requires a strong technical understanding of governance and IT risk, and the framework requirements associated with its management, backed by a sound record of practical experience and leadership.

You will formally deputise for the Head of Group Business Risk when necessary and provide risk SME at governance forums as the member accountable for tech risk advice, guidance and appetite recommendations.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Accountable for delivering the business risk assessment process for all aspects of technology risk (Including Issue Management, Loss Events, Risk event Evaluation, KRI approval and monitoring and Scenario Testing), specifically across BAU, programmes, projects and other change activity.

  • Build relationships with Exec members and other SMF Role-holders to enable effective technology risk management oversight across the organisation.

  • Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of all technology exposures and processes and be accountable for considering, challenging and signing off risk appetite recommendations.

  • Accountable for managing aggregate delivery of the Operational Risk and Control assurance plan. Ensuring that the second line evaluation of first line risk and control evaluation is of sufficient quality, whilst opining on the state of fair customer outcomes.

  • Drive the technology risk development of other second line risk managers and create an environment and processes that enables effecting engagement with allocated business areas.

  • Risk event evaluation.

  • Consider identified risks, issues and control weaknesses and determine aggregate potential risk and regulatory impact and report to appropriate stakeholders, including Exec teams, and participate in defining and agreeing remedial actions.

Previous experience and qualifications:

  • At least 5 years’ risk management experience, gained in a Financial Services environment.

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent.

  • Excellent skills and competency in: Technology Risk Management, Information security Management, project and change management – Agile methodologies, leadership, third Party engagement and risk management, principles of Business Continuity Management, policy, standards and process development and review, relationship management (At senior internal and external level)

  • In depth knowledge of: Technology Risk Management and control evaluation methodologies, Change Risk Management, Information Security frameworks, Risk and control self-assessment techniques

  • Good knowledge of: Corporate Governance requirements and strategies, Relevant UK regulation, Financial Service products, Strategic Planning and objective setting.

Please note, should feedback not be received within 28 days due to the large volume of applications, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. However, we may be in touch with similar relevant opportunities.