The Role
This position sits within a central Risk team and focuses on providing independent oversight across business change, growth initiatives and strategic activity. The role is particularly geared towards individuals with a strong enterprise risk background, combined with solid understanding of financial risk.
You’ll be working closely with senior stakeholders across the business, acting as a trusted advisor. You will challenge assumptions, highlight potential risks and ensure that key initiatives are delivered in a controlled and sustainable way.
Rather than being purely technical, this role is about applying an enterprise wide risk lens to real business decisions and helping shape outcomes.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Acting as a second line of defence, providing independent review and challenge on business initiatives
- Applying an enterprise risk perspective to strategic decisions, projects, and operating model changes
- Assessing financial risks (market, credit, liquidity) in the context of wider business impact
- Reviewing business cases and underlying assumptions to identify potential gaps or risks
- Supporting stakeholders in understanding and managing risks throughout project delivery
- Contributing to risk reporting and insight for senior management forums
- Working across functions to ensure a consistent and practical approach to risk management
- Helping embed scalable, well-controlled processes as the business evolves
What They’re Looking For
- Experience in enterprise risk or a broad risk management role within financial services
- Strong grounding in financial risk (market, credit, liquidity)
- Comfortable operating in a second line/oversight capacity
- Experience working alongside business teams on change, projects, or strategic initiatives
- Ability to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders
- Clear communication style with the ability to simplify complex topics
Additional Experience (Helpful, not essential)
- Exposure to banking, capital markets, or trading environments
- Involvement in business change, transformation, or growth initiatives
- Experience contributing to senior-level reporting or governance forums
- Professional qualifications such as CFA charter or FRM certification