Overview
EC Markets is a globally recognised financial services provider offering multi-asset trading solutions to institutional and professional clients. The firm combines advanced trading technology, deep liquidity access, and a commitment to regulatory compliance to deliver high-quality trading services across global markets. EC Markets operates in a dynamic regulatory environment and places strong emphasis on governance, operational resilience, and risk management to ensure the reliability and integrity of its trading infrastructure and supporting operations.
Role Purpose
The Senior Operational Risk Analyst plays a key role in strengthening the firm’s Operational Risk Management Framework, supporting the identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of operational risks across the business. The role has a particular focus on Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Operational Resilience, ensuring that critical services, technology providers, and outsourcing arrangements are appropriately assessed, monitored, and controlled. The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, compliance, and senior management to enhance the firm’s risk culture, improve control frameworks, and support regulatory expectations relating to operational resilience.
Key Responsibilities
- Operational Risk Management: Support the implementation and ongoing enhancement of the Operational Risk Management Framework across the organisation.
- Operational Risk Management: Maintain and update the operational risk register, ensuring key risks, controls, and mitigation actions are accurately documented.
- Operational Risk Management: Facilitate Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs) across business units to identify and evaluate operational risks.
- Operational Risk Management: Analyse operational risk events and incidents, perform root cause analysis, and track remediation actions.
- Operational Risk Management: Monitor and report Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and support the development of new indicators aligned with emerging risks.
- Operational Risk Management: Prepare operational risk reports for senior management and relevant governance committees.
- Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM): Support the development and execution of the firm’s Third-Party Risk Management framework.
- TPRM: Conduct risk assessments and due diligence on critical suppliers, outsourcing providers, and technology vendors.
- TPRM: Assess third-party service providers against operational, financial, regulatory, and cybersecurity risk criteria.
- TPRM: Monitor ongoing vendor performance and risk exposure, including periodic reviews and risk re-assessments.
- TPRM: Maintain the third-party risk register and ensure key third-party relationships are appropriately classified and monitored.
- TPRM: Collaborate with procurement, IT, and compliance teams to ensure vendor relationships meet regulatory expectations.
- Operational Resilience: Support the firm’s Operational Resilience framework, including the identification and mapping of Important Business Services (IBS).
- Operational Resilience: Assist in mapping dependencies across people, processes, technology, facilities, and third parties.
- Operational Resilience: Support the identification of impact tolerances and contribute to resilience scenario testing.
- Operational Resilience: Assist in the development and maintenance of business continuity and resilience documentation.
- Operational Resilience: Support resilience testing exercises, scenario analysis, and lessons-learned reviews following disruptions.
- Governance & Reporting: Prepare risk analysis and reports for risk committees and senior management.
- Governance & Reporting: Support regulatory compliance relating to operational risk and resilience expectations.
- Governance & Reporting: Contribute to the development and maintenance of risk policies, procedures, and control frameworks.
- Governance & Reporting: Promote risk awareness and support the embedding of a strong risk culture across the organisation.
Essential Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Risk Management, Business, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience in Operational Risk, Enterprise Risk, or Risk & Control functions within financial services.
- Strong knowledge of Operational Risk frameworks and governance structures.
- Experience supporting or managing Third-Party Risk Management / Vendor Risk frameworks.
- Understanding of Operational Resilience principles and regulatory expectations.
- Experience conducting risk assessments, RCSAs, and control evaluations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable
- Professional certifications such as FRM, PRM, or Operational Risk qualifications.
- Experience within brokerage, trading, fintech, or capital markets environments.
- Knowledge of FCA operational resilience policy (Important Business Services, impact tolerances, mapping).
- Familiarity with outsourcing regulations and third-party governance requirements.
- Experience working with risk management systems, data analytics tools, or GRC platforms.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonus
- Private healthcare
- Pension scheme
- Professional development and certification support
- Opportunity to work within a growing global financial services organisation
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