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About the Role

This role supports the Head of Compliance in overseeing the Bank’s risk governance and compliance with regulatory requirements. It involves supporting risk activities, conducting reviews of the Risk function's work, and assessing record-keeping for regulatory expectations. The Bank aims to enhance its risk management controls and ensure compliance with prudential expectations.

Responsibilities

Review the application of the Risk Management Framework and Risk Appetite Framework, including assessment quality, reporting, ownership, and escalation.
Ensure risk appetite breaches, emerging risks, and material exceptions are identified, reported, and followed up through governance arrangements.
Conduct testing for the Compliance Monitoring Plan, providing recommendations for improvements.
Review a sample of RCSAs, control assessments, and risk reports from the Risk function to assess quality, challenge, and follow-up.
Utilize existing Risk reports and supporting records, seeking additional information only when necessary.
Clearly record findings, discuss factual matters with colleagues, and escalate unresolved issues to the Head of Compliance.
Monitor governance and controls for compliance with PRA requirements, including capital, liquidity, stress testing, ICAAP, ILAAP, recovery planning, and regulatory reporting.
Verify that key prudential obligations have clear owners, supporting evidence, and established reporting and escalation arrangements.
Deliver assigned CMP reviews, including planning, scoping, testing, evidence review, documenting findings, and tracking actions.
Produce clear monitoring reports and management information highlighting material issues and recurring weaknesses.
Track agreed remediation from risk governance and prudential compliance reviews.
Identify weaknesses in risk oversight, committee reporting, responsibilities, and escalation, recommending improvements.
Collaborate with Risk, Finance, Treasury, and other teams to promote sound risk governance and clear accountability.

Requirements

Experience in banking risk management, risk governance, prudential compliance, compliance monitoring, or a related control function.
Good understanding of UK banking regulation, Compliance Monitoring Plans, risk appetite assessments, RCSAs, internal governance, and the three lines of defence.
Ability to evaluate management information, regulatory obligations, assessments, and control evidence.
Ability to draw clear, well-supported conclusions.
Sound judgement and attention to detail.
Strong written communication skills.
Confidence to raise and pursue issues constructively.
Ability to manage a programme of reviews, meet deadlines, and maintain accurate records.
Knowledge of PRA prudential requirements, capital and liquidity governance, operational resilience, or regulatory reporting oversight (desirable).
Relevant qualification in risk, compliance, or audit in the banking sector (desirable).
Act with integrity and independence of judgement.
Maintain confidentiality.
Keep clear records of review work and findings.
Raise concerns promptly.
Build effective working relationships.
Willingness to challenge where evidence does not support conclusions.

Skills

Risk management
Risk governance
Prudential compliance
Compliance monitoring
UK banking regulation
Compliance Monitoring Plans
Risk appetite assessments
RCSAs
Internal governance
Three lines of defence
Evaluation of management information
Evaluation of regulatory obligations
Evaluation of assessments
Evaluation of control evidence
Written communication
Record keeping
PRA prudential requirements
Capital and liquidity governance
Operational resilience
Regulatory reporting oversight

Location

60-40 Hybrid working

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Competitive salary depending on experience

Education Level

Relevant qualification in risk, compliance, or audit in the banking sector (desirable)

Salary/Compensations

Competitive salary depending on experience

Benefits

25 days annual leave entitlement plus 8 bank holidays
Pension scheme, 4% employer contribution
Private Medical Insurance
Training and development
Free gym access in the building

About the Company

We are a global digital bank dually authorised and regulated by the Prudential Regulatory Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority.
Opportunities for professional growth within a dual regulated UK Bank.
Continuous learning and career progression within a growing international banking group.
Exposure to colleagues and operations across different markets.
Work alongside experienced professionals across Risk, Compliance, Operations and other business functions in a supportive, collaborative environment.
Develop knowledge across a range of banking products, regulatory requirements and risk management disciplines.
Build technical expertise and practical experience in risk management, regulatory governance and the three lines of defence.
Contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of the Bank's risk management framework, governance arrangements and compliance and risk culture.