Senior Risk Manager – Fixed Term Contract

Role Overview

• Support the Group Head of Risk for Markets and Chief Risk Officer for LSE plc to identify, assess, manage and monitor their risks against the risk appetite reported to the LSE plc Board and DSM CEO.
• Responsible for the preparation of Risk Committees, Board papers and Regulatory responses to support the CRO.
• Providing input and participating in Scenario, BCM and DR Testing, including review of output for vulnerabilities and risks
• Encouraging best practice and continuous improvement and alignment with the Group Risk framework
• Demonstrate adoption of AI tools into day to day work to generate efficiencies and deeper risk insights
• Maintaining positive relationships across all three lines of defence so that the risk framework has full endorsement from leadership and appropriately addresses their risk management needs
• Supporting the First Line team in delivering and maintaining the Risk and Control Assessment (RCA), whilst providing effective and robust review and challenge, ensuring effective risk remediation actions are identified to address control vulnerabilities
• Ensuring all risks identified as being near or outside appetite have high quality remediation plans which are monitored through the relevant governance forums
• Conducting topical investigations to deliver fresh risk insights
• Providing independent Second Line assessment of emerging and change risks associated with new strategy, new products and major projects
• Review and challenge of key controls and providing recommendations to enhance, develop metrics and assess for effectiveness
• Attendance and participation in relevant risk committees, forums, project boards and workshops
• Delivery of training and workshops to key stakeholders and employees as required

Requirements

• A minimum of degree level qualification
• Background in Risk from a financial services institution
• Experience in the financial services sector and a good understanding of the financial industry
• Knowledge of financial services regulatory regime and relevant policies and controls
• Excellent communication skills
• Keen to collaborate across the Group, with a global view on problem solving
• Desire to adopt AI tooling into their work
• Strong use of Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Retirement planning
• Paid volunteering days
• Wellbeing initiatives