Risk & Controls Associate - Manchester, United Kingdom - NatWest Markets

NatWest Markets

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Risk & Controls Associate

If you're looking for a new challenge, where you can play your part in preventing potential risks to our customers, this could be the ideal role for you
By liaising with a range of stakeholders, you'll have the opportunity to raise your profile and enhance your personal and career development
We offer a variety of flexible working arrangements, however you will need to be in the office once or twice a week and join the rest of the UK team in the London office once every quarter

What you'll do:

The Business Governance and Strategic Risk Management team within NatWest Market's (NWM) Chief Operating Office supports the NWM macro-level risk environment to drive a forward-looking and dynamic risk management agenda with business leaders.

One of our key responsibilities is to review and assess current risks impacting NWM.

To do this, you'll support a small team to ensure we build and operate an efficient and effective process that discovers, mitigates, and communicates changes to our risk profile.

Day-to-day, you'll be:

Working with colleagues across our group and NWM to discover and agree changes to risk
Assessing processes and controls across NWM to identify and assess their impact to risk
Communicating the impact of risk discovery activities on our current processes and mitigating controls
Supporting junior members of the team to deliver risk discovery and impact analysis
Developing the interrogation and analysis of relevant management information for effective risk management on behalf of your stakeholders

The skills you'll need:

To be successful in this role, you'll demonstrate knowledge of how a large financial services organisation operates and bring experience of working in a first or second line of defence risk role.

You'll also bring:

A clear track record of achievement and delivery
Knowledge of risk assessment and scenario analysis methodologies
An understanding of operational risk management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence at all levels