Senior Risk Oversight Manager, Funds & Investments

Join us as a Senior Risk Oversight Manager, Funds & Investments

• In this high profile role, you'll be empowered to make decisions on day-to-day matters and escalate where appropriate
• You'll have an opportunity to develop and deploy a holistic risk skill set, while acting as the primary interface for the specific teams, product portfolio, distribution and operation across all risk disciplines
• This is a fast paced and varied role which will provide an excellent platform for progression as well as a continuing focus on your own personal development

What you'll do As a Senior Risk Oversight partner for the Investment Management Centre for Excellence (CoE) you'll be responsible for risk oversight and compliance advice and challenge within Fund Management activities. You'll be guided by management to provide effective day to day Risk oversight and challenge in respect of how the Funds Management business operates to deliver good customer outcomes and in line with regulatory requirements and empowered to make decisions on day to day matters, escalating where appropriate.   You’ll also:

• Support the provision of product specific Risk oversight, control and challenge to the end to end customer journey with a pan risk lens
• Be a key contributor in the delivery of the customer journey, product or distribution and operations strategy; working with the business teams, inputting and attending respective committees and governance forums
• Support and enable product and distribution specific regulatory conduct and compliance, in their management of and exposures to risk through proactive engagement with the regulators and organisation wide policy owners
• Consult with and inform management of the relevant franchise teams, to design and deploy innovative pan risk strategies that are relevant to the respective customer journey or product and distribution
• Delivery of risk and compliance reporting to key management company boards

The skills you'll need

You'll bring a comprehensive understanding of consumer financial services sector risk management with particular knowledge of and experience in investments or asset management. You'll also need a strong understanding of relevant conduct and regulatory compliance aspects of an investments or asset management environment e.g. knowledge of COBS, COLL, UCITS and MiFID requirements. On top of this, you'll demonstrate:

• A strong understanding of the operational risk practices within an investments or asset management environment
• The ability to work collaboratively with and influence stakeholders including executive level
• Strategic thinking and the ability to simplify complex and conflicting tasks and policy positions, making sure these are effectively managed and communicated