FX Senior Risk Associate

Role profile:

This is an exciting new role in the FX Risk and Resilience team which will be used to help shape the operational risk and resilience landscape within FX. You will work alongside various FX teams to provide analysis and support in ensuring that all parts of the Operational Risk and Resilience framework are delivered in accordance with regulatory and internal policy expectations.

Reporting to the FX Risk and Resilience Manager, the FX Risk and Resilience Senior Associate will support the development of the Operational Risk and Resilience framework and standards / controls to ensure a consistent approach to execution across FX.

The role will also be open to other risk support duties as described below.  

Enter the key responsibilities of the role:

• Lead control assurance activity

  • Provide control assurance activity for all FX Key Controls

  • Provide bi-weekly management updates for assured controls

  • Provide updates to planned assurance activity every quarter

  • Provide feedback to risk / control owners following assurance activity

  • Work with business SMEs on developing remediation plans

• Compile monthly (or quarterly) MI and reporting

• Assisting the business in drafting and maintaining risk acceptances, including helping to coordinate any remediation efforts

• Managing and reporting on key risk / control indicator metrics and tracking against these

• Assisting in maintaining oversight of the FX Risk & Control Framework

• Monitor control Issues / actions to completion. Work with Issue owners to close out.

• Assist the Business Risk Officer with the annual RCA refresh (primarily around control efficiency)

Experience

• Excellent understand of control frameworks and how controls are used to limit risk exposure

• A good understanding of assurance methodology following control assessment

• Experience of advising on remediation plans in conjunction with Business SMEs

• General understanding of Operational Risk and what this means for FX

• Experience of resilience considerations across Technology, Third parties and Data

• Experience in supporting governance and reporting requirements

Skills

• Stakeholder management and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment

• Problem solving skills, with the ability to prioritise what matters

• Flexible work approach and able to work to tight deadlines

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills!

• Proficient in MS Office products!

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