Senior Risk Manager

Lead Business Analyst - Risk Change Manager - Data Risk Manager

Lead Business Analyst with experience of Risk Change and Data Risk needed for top UK financial services company helping millions of consumers make better financial decisions every day. This is a delivery/hands-on position and strong experience acting as 1LOD is required.

This is a key role in the Data Risk team with responsibility for providing monitoring and reporting of the Data Risk profile, including Data Management, Data Privacy, 3rd Party Management, Model Management and Data Ethics. The Data Risk Manager will need to coordinate Risk Mitigation activities, requiring excellent stakeholder management skills, engaging members of Data Engineering, Technology and Information Security.

Some of the great things you’ll be doing:

• Ensure the accurate and timely reporting of Data’s Risk position, as well as reporting against the progress of appropriate Risk Mitigation activities, including working with 2nd Line for appropriate challenge and development.

• Maintenance and development of the Data Risk Framework to ensure that Data Risk has an effective Risk Mitigation plan in place to remain within Risk Appetite.

• Champion a culture of Risk Management across Data Management and Data Privacy.

• Working with the Data Protection Office to ensure that upcoming regulatory requirements are reflected, and that appropriate Legal opinion is sought and incorporated into Data Risk.

• Engage with other departments to scan for potential Risk items through the Data Design Authority and the Artificial Intelligence Design Authority.

• Provide support for the Data Maturity Programme Board & Executive Risk Forum.

• Represent Data Risk in Data Privacy Incidents and Customer Ops complaints and queries, providing relevant expert advice on organisational and Data’s risk appetite, to resolve incidents and complaints, and to support subsequent retrospectives/root cause analyses.

• Conduct Control Testing & Validation as per annual plans as agreed with 2nd Line.

• Conduct regular reviews of Causes, Risks, Impacts, Controls and Indicators in agreement with 2nd Line.

What we’d like to see from you:

• Experience within Financial Services or other regulated environments.

• Self motivated & works under own initiative.

• Qualification or relevant experience in Risk Management

• Awareness of Data and Data Privacy, plus relevant legislation and regulation.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent stakeholder management skills

• Good organizational and management skills

• Intellectual curiosity

• Industry recognized professional qualification; eg PIIA, IRMCert, CISM, CISSP, CISA, CIPP/E is preferred.

This position will require minimum 10 days per month on site in Peterborough HQ so please check this achievable before applying.