The Role: Risk Analyst
Contract: Perm
Salary: £55000 + 15% + Benefits
Location: London, United Kingdom (Hybrid – 2 days in office)
Our client is looking for a risk analyst to support their Risk programme and help drive the advancement of their risk and control architecture globally while being responsible for helping execute their programme strategy and to embed a standardized and consistent approach to risk identification, governance, reporting and mitigation. They will be an agile member of the wider Risk Team, helping to support key Risk workstreams.
Key Responsibilities
- Using metrics and testing to provide meaningful independent oversight and challenge to drive FLOD risk and control management.
- Drive efforts to ensure capture of FLOD remediation plans, management of issues and timely reporting of threats.
- Facilitating Operational Resilience activities to ensure plans remain current, complete and aligned to regulatory expectations.
- Stewarding the FLOD to ensure all relevant risks are identified and effectively managed by a robust control environment.
- Contributing to the advancement and execution of Operational Risk activities and programs, such as RCSAs, Risk Event management and Committee reporting.
- Contribute to Risk Reporting efforts to drive risk governance and Risk Committees.
- Promoting and embedding a culture of risk management and mitigation across the organisation, by facilitating training, workshops and collaborative first line liaison.
- Engage as a key partner to the business, functional units, Group stakeholders and the Internal Audit team on all relevant projects and topics.
- Remaining current on business, industry and regulatory matters to identify new and emerging risks to which our client is exposed.
Skills and Experience
- Undergraduate degree (required)
- Post-graduate certification ideally in Risk, Audit, Finance or Law (preferable)
- 2+ years’ experience within the function of an organisation dedicated to risk and control management, audit or risk consulting.
- Experience liaising with stakeholders across the Three Lines of Defense on risk and control topics.
- Demonstrable experience applying policies, procedures and standards.
- An understanding of controls, controls testing, control attributes and ‘what good looks like’.
- Experience using risk methodologies such risk rating or classification matrices.
- Experience in business partnering, training and/ or workshop delivery to drive risk awareness and risk culture.
- Basic understanding of Operational Resilience, Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Risk Event Management.
- Experience using a GRC system.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders.
- Sharp presentational skills, able to transpose information into visually compelling formats.
- Succinct communicator who can break down complex issues and communicate confidently.
- Ability to work in a cross-functional matrix environment.
- Highly motivated and can work under pressure to meet deadlines and deliver results.
- Ability to operate in an agile organisation, and demonstrate both flexibility and versatility.
- Solution-driven, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.