• Job Description:

Our client, an esteemed wealth management firm, are seeking an Operational Risk Management Analyst to join their Newcastle team on a permanent basis.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the operational risk management framework by reviewing, analysing, and contributing to operational risk activities across the business. This is a great opportunity to take on a varied role in a growing firm.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Experience with operational risk, business continuity management or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of risk and control self-assessment.
• Experience with risk monitoring and reporting dashboards.
• Demonstrated experience in conflict resolution and in a role where differing points of view are common, including between yourself and more senior members of the organization.
• Proven record of strong analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience in use of GRC tool or other risk tools is a plus.

Core Responsibilities:

• Maintain and update operational risk procedural manuals, job aides, and tools.
• Review, analyse, and report on the organisation’s quality, service, and controls, to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Monitor the risk and control environment and challenge stakeholders when needed to ensure exposures are kept at acceptable levels.
• Gather and synthesise risk data; present conclusions and offer risk mitigation, remediation and process improvement solutions to management.
• Coordinate and support business continuity and recovery exercises performed by the business lines with a particular focus on operational resilience.
• Identify potential business risks, operational and regulatory process deficiencies and improvement opportunities and escalate operational risk events when appropriate.
• Work closely with and develop relationships across the organisation including those at the highest seniority levels.
• Assist Business Units in the mitigation of operational risks and advise on potential remediation’s and regulatory vulnerabilities.
• Ask probing questions and provide an effective challenge to organisational decision-makers.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Job reference: 15989

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