Head of Risk & Control Subject Matter Experts

Why this role is important to us

As the Head of Risk & Control Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), you will oversee a team of experts dedicated to driving risk and control practices across our business. Your leadership will ensure understanding between team activities, organisational goals, and risk appetite, promoting a high-performing, collaborative environment.

This is a hybrid role reporting into Director of Risk & Control Operations

Work that matters - What you'll do

• Team Management: Mentor a team of SMEs, ensuring their professional growth and technical development. Establish performance goals and foster a collaborative culture.
• Risk Management: Oversee risk identification and mitigation efforts, ensuring understanding of strategic goals. Promote a holistic view of risk through aggregated reporting and analysis.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to internal policies and external regulatory requirements. Collaborate with senior partners to address regulatory challenges and manage associated risks.
• Customer Outcomes: Challenge the business to ensure customer outcomes are central to all propositions.
• Exposure Management: Manage complex risk-related loss events, conducting root cause analysis and developing response plans.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration: Serve as an important contact between the central control function, Business Unit partners, and the second line of defence.
• Risk-Based Decision Making: Support business partners in making informed, risk-based decisions by providing an aggregated view of risk exposures.
• Operational Oversight: Develop Key Risk and Control Indicators (KRIs and KCIs), ensuring their relevance and effectiveness.

• Leadership & People Management: ability to manage a team of technical specialists. To inspire trust and motivate team members.
• Risk Management Expertise: Experience of risk management frameworks. Proficiency in scenario analysis and developing mitigation strategies.
• Regulatory & Internal Policy Compliance: Experience with industry-specific regulatory requirements and their impact on operational risk. In-depth understanding of compliance obligations related to AML, data privacy, cybersecurity, and FCA regulations.
• Problem Solving & Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance strategic goals with practical risk management solutions. Interpret and analyse risk data and provide relevant insights.
• Communication & Collaboration: Capability to work with different teams and communicate requirements and compliance expectations to non-technical colleagues.

• Experience managing a team of technical specialists.
• Strong interpersonal skills to inspire trust and motivate team members.
• Experience of risk management frameworks and their application.
• Proficiency in scenario analysis and developing mitigation strategies.
• In-depth understanding of compliance obligations related to AML, data privacy, cybersecurity, and FCA regulations.
• To interpret risk data and provide relevant insights.
• Capability to work with different teams and communicate requirements and compliance expectations to non-technical colleagues.

• Hybrid and flexible working
• Great compensation package and discretionary bonus plan
• Core benefits include pension, bupa healthcare, sharesave scheme and more
• 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional