Enterprise Risk Business Partner / Banking

Your new company
Are you passionate about risk management and seeking a new challenge? I am seeking an Enterprise Risk Business Partner to join a financial services organisation based in South Wales! In this role, you'll play a pivotal part in ensuring operational risks are managed effectively within our risk appetite framework.
Why work for them? They are an innovative, exciting, and modern, mature company with an ambitious five-year strategy and strong growth plans. Your role will play a crucial part in their success. The firm is a community and values-based employer that puts both its people and members at the heart of what it does.

Your new role

• Leading second-line oversight for operational risk, ensuring the validity, completeness, and appropriateness of operational risks within risk registers.
• Enhancing operational risk awareness amongst senior management and the Board, supported by the Enterprise Risk Manager.
• Driving improvement in risk competency and capability, focusing on our Risk Champion community.
• Enhancing the quality of second-line risk reporting and supporting the development of operational risk reporting and metrics.
• Improving the quality of departmental risk registers through workshops, detailed reviews, and one-to-one support for Risk Champions.
• Providing training and presentations on operational risk at all levels.
• Supporting oversight of operational risk matters arising from business change, including project and program meetings.
• Leading thematic risk reviews in partnership with other second-line members.

What you'll need to succeed

• Significant experience in enterprise risk management within the financial services sector.
• Proven track record of working with operational risk frameworks, risk registers, and risk reporting.
• Exposure to agile methodologies and the ability to adapt to risk management practices in an agile environment.
• Analytical mindset: Ability to assess risks, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels.

What you'll get in return

• 28 days' holiday, plus bank holidays PLUS a day off on your birthday to help you celebrate!
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays.
• A commitment to your ongoing training and development, including a rotational development programme.
• Dress for your day approaching when at the office.
• Various health and wellbeing benefits, such as the 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme, subsidised flu jabs, and eye tests.
• Private healthcare (subject to selection & completion of medical disclosure form).
• Personal health cash plan and dental cover (subject to selection).
• Life Assurance - 4 times your basic salary life cover, along with critical illness cover.
• Generous Stakeholder Pension Scheme

What you need to do now

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