Operational Risk Manager/Business control

Pontoon ,
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary: £350 per day

Overview

Our client has served UK customers for over 50 years with their financial needs. Their services include asset servicing, asset management, private equity and hedge fund administration, broker-dealer services, depositary receipts, corporate trust and treasury services. Team Description: (Overview of the team) This role will be part of the Legal Entity Risk Officer (LERO) team within the EMEA Risk function. The role will be responsible for assisting the LERO with the production of risk reporting and analytical data for the UK Legal Entities, implementation and maintenance of legal entity risk registers and risk appetite statements. Responsibilities: Be responsible for the design, implementation and production of ad-hoc, monthly and quarterly legal entity risk reports required by the UK legal entities, and executive committees Work collaboratively with other team members to achieve the highest level of risk reporting quality across all risk areas including Credit, Market and Operational risk Support the LERO in running the legal entity risk committees (Manage collation of the Risk Committee packs. Set up and manage committee diary's (in Outlook) and schedule meetings, manage communications; complete formal minutes and manage action points for committees Undertake from time to time the lead in ad-hoc projects and analysis and documenting of emerging risk issues A good working knowledge of excel formulas and report generation in powerpoint is essential and the ability to support the development of more advanced reporting functionality through excel, database solutions and SharePoint would also be advantageous. Requirements; The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, collaborative, a strong communicator with excellent written and verbal abilities and will have spent at least 3 years in the financial industry working in an operational risk analysis and reporting role. They should be self-motivated and organized and have demonstrable working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint database and risk platforms. Be highly self-motivated with excellent attention to detail and able to manage high volumes of workloads and priorities effectively during peak times to the standards and within the boundaries of the legal entity reporting requirements. The incumbent will also have the opportunity to participate to the ongoing development of the risk MI. They should have a good working knowledge of risk information aggregation, systems and operational risk monitoring approaches (KRI, RCSA, Loss Events) as well as risk appetite and risk registers. An awareness of current regulations in relation to risk management guidelines across the EU would also be an advantage Degree level and / or relevant practical experience in one of the following: MIS, Risk, Statistics, Information Quality. Preferred education - B.A or B.S. Minimum experience - 3 Years Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunities employer