Business Risk Manager recruitment
Join Santander and you''ll become a vital part of a business built on the outstanding service provided to our customers, as well as the award-winning products we offer. We''re one of the fastest growing banks in the UK and that is down to our people. And we recognise that as we help you develop your career you''ll be doing the same for our business.
We are currently looking to recruit a Business Risk Manager to join our Operational Risk Team.
Your role will be to ensure Risk Oversight has knowledge of the operational risks and of the risk management activities of the nominated business unit and is able to supervise the business''s risks and risk management activities, and take appropriate action where there is evidence that Group policies and risk tolerance are at risk of being breached.
Santander UK
The Santander Group has more than 150 years'' experience in global banking and more branches worldwide than any other international bank. We are well on the way to repeating this success in the UK, having been named ''Best UK Bank'' by Euromoney for the third year running and ''Best UK Bank'' by The Banker for the second successive year in 2010.
As a Business Risk Manager your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
- Proven and significant track record of success in risk management or corporate development in a commercial / corporate banking environment.
- Management experience in relevant fields of business or operations.
- Good experience of sound practice in operational risk management frameworks in banks
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements.
- Good relationship building skills to gain the confidence of the Business to be able to understand its activities and be able to make constructive contributions.
- Influencing skills to achieve any necessary improvements in the business''s risk exposures or processes.
- Industry knowledge covering all aspects of the banking industry including that ability to foresee the effects of risk events and future economic, political, societal and technological environments.
- Ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders from Retail, Wholesale, Corporate banking etc. as well as specialist functions such as Finance, Marketing IT etc.
- Ability to understand the impact of potential future risk events across the bank.
- Well-connected externally to monitor new developments.
- Presentation and facilitation skills.
- Degree in business, economic or quantitative disciplines would be an advantage.
As a Business Risk Manager you will:
- Supervise the implementation and operations of the Operational risk Framework in the Business.
- Oversee the roll-out of Risk standards, strategies policy.
- Ensure risk control policies are effectively established understood within the Risk teams, for implementation within the business, working with Operational Risk Unit.
- Experience in internal audit, control assessment, process effectiveness
- Ensure Operational Risk Management performance standards meet with regulatory and Group requirements.
- Use intelligence from external arena (e.g. competitor / industry practice, regulator etc.), internal information to have an independent view of the risks.
- Working with the business unit with Operational Risk Unit support ensure major risks are well controlled and emerging risks are recognised and being prepared for.
- Identify situations when risk exposures may be approaching exposure limits and ensure with Operational Risk Unit the business is taking action.
- Produce present special Papers for CRO, CRO Committee, Board Risk Committee, Board etc. on significant risks or unresolved concerns about the effectiveness of the implementation of Risk policies, strategies and processes.
- Ensure key issues are dealt with where there is an actual or threatened breach of risk tolerance or policy, procedure and framework.
- Actively manage relationships with Senior, Executive Board level Managers in connection with the Business as well as Operational Risk Unit and other risk control functions.
- As required, maintain a working relationship with key external bodies, institutions regulators.
