Business Controls Partner, Digital X - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - NatWest

NatWest

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

1st Line Controls,
Control, Oversight & Assurance:

Business Controls Partner, Digital X (12 months):
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Fixed Term Contract

Full Time

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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.

Job description:

Join us as a Business Controls Partner, Digital X

If you have a risk management or regulatory background and are looking for a new challenge, this could be the ideal role for you
You'll partner with the business and Risk function to identify, assess and manage the risks within the agreed risk appetite, using our risk framework to inspire a team of business and customer control partners, and make sure that the team objectives are achieved
Every day, you'll have the opportunity to solve new problems and use your skills to contribute to our Digital X controls and Shared Services Operational strategy
This role is available for a period of 12 months

What you'll do:

You'll have an opportunity to make a vital contribution to driving a generative culture of risk awareness and recommend solutions to operations' risk issues within the businesses.

You'll strengthen the level of ownership within the business, identifying and calling out areas of weakness and sharing best practices.

We'll look to you to drive a robust risk governance framework in line with the operational risk handbook, as well as delivering relevant risk activity to build credible and realistic plans to move and sustain a control environment certification rating within risk appetite.

Day-to-day, you'll be:

Escalating emerging risks in a timely manner, making sure actions are quickly defined and owned
Driving a strong risk awareness across the business, contributing to the prioritisation, design and implementation of the operational risk principles into the business,
Implementing a robust governance framework that engages all relevant stakeholders to enable effective decision making and make sure that all aspects of risk management are delivered
Managing the interface between the business, internal audit, second line of defence and other critical functions, as well as the wider risk and controls teams
Making sure that all aspects of risk management are delivered within the requirements of the policy framework and in accordance with the conduct risk requirements

The skills you'll need:

On top of this, you'll bring:

Strong senior stakeholder management skills
A well developed network of contacts
A clear track record of delivery
Influencing and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to view the impact of issues from a wider or macro perspective
The ability to think creatively when resolving problems and identify alternatives where established procedures may not exist
Knowledge of risk assessment and scenario analysis methodologies