Job Description

Senior Manager Assurance, Group Support Units - 12-month secondment/Max-Term Agreement Opportunity

Do work that matters:

Risk Management (RM) is responsible for developing the risk frameworks to allow the Group to take conscious exposures to credit, market, operational, compliance and insurance risks within the approved appetite.

The Group Support Units Line 2 Risk team provide independent review and challenge of Non-Financial Risk Management activity within the Support Unit (SU) businesses (Marketing & Corporate Affairs, Financial Services, Group Strategy, Legal & Group Secretariat, Human Resources and Risk Management). The team includes a diverse group of Line 2 Operational Risk, Compliance and Assurance professionals.

See yourself in the team:

As a Senior Manager Assurance you will be responsible for providing targeted assurance oversight of SUs including the completeness and effectiveness of the control and compliance arrangement environment, the sustained embedment of business and regulatory change as well as adherence with the Operational and Compliance Risk Management frameworks (ORMF and CRMF).

Key responsibilities for this role includes:

• Designing a Quarterly Assurance Plan through identifying and prioritising potential assurance reviews. This includes monitoring the internal and external environment and being responsive to changes to identify when reviews are required.
• Planning, leading and execute assurance reviews over SU processes, Controls, Compliance Arrangements and the embedment of key changes. This could include measuring adherence (Group-wide where required) with key Frameworks and Policies owned by the SUs.
• Communicating and discussing review findings with key stakeholders throughout the review process, and presenting insights in a clear and compelling written format.
• Sharing assurance best practice across the team to improve general assurance capability.
• Contributing to simplification and improvement initiatives within the L2 GSU team.

We're interested in hearing from people who have:

• Relevant experience in roles which provide risk assurance in the Financial Services industry (eg L1 Risk, L2 Operational Risk & Compliance, L3 Internal Audit, External Audit);
• Effective communicator with proven experience in drafting reports for senior leaders reporting. Able to adapt verbal and written communications for different stakeholders;
• Demonstrated critical thinking and investigative capabilities, with the ability to draw insights from data and apply judgment to achieve pragmatic outcomes;
• Track record of influencing and building trusted relationships with multiple stakeholders;
• A proactive self-starter with strong planning capability and ability to drive excellence in a fast paced environment.

If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today!

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