Risk & Compliance Partner - Technology - Nottingham City
New role subject to consultation
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours
Location: Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)
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Are you passionate about technology and risk, and enjoy turning complex challenges into practical solutions? We’re looking for a proactive Risk and Compliance Partner to join our First Line Risk team and help drive how we manage technology-related operational and compliance risks across the business. You’ll play a key role in keeping systems, processes, and change initiatives safe, compliant, and resilient, while helping build a strong risk-aware culture.
Here’s a taste of what you will be doing as a Risk and Compliance Partner – Technology at Nottingham Building Society: -
* Risk Identification & Assessment: Partner with business teams to identify and assess operational and compliance risks, facilitate risk and control self-assessments (RCSAs), and spot enterprise-wide themes.
* Control Design & Effectiveness: Support the design, implementation, and monitoring of effective controls, challenge their effectiveness, and recommend improvements.
* Incident & Issue Management: Guide teams in escalating and investigating risk incidents, near misses, and compliance breaches, coordinating root cause analysis and remedial actions.
* Reporting & Metrics: Assist in producing accurate risk reports and KRIs, providing insights and highlighting emerging risks to senior management.
* Policy & Regulatory Compliance: Promote adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies, embed compliance into daily operations, support audits, and monitor regulatory changes (FCA, PRA, AML, GDPR) to ensure timely implementation.
* Culture & Training: Drive a strong risk culture through training and awareness sessions, acting as a trusted advisor on operational risk and compliance.
* Change & Project Risk: Assess risks for business changes, system implementations, and new initiatives.
* Collaboration: Build strong relationships across second line risk, compliance, legal, and resilience teams, acting as a liaison to ensure alignment and effective risk mitigation.
About you: -
* Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements (e.g., Operational Resilience, Business Continuity, Outsourcing & Third-Party Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Management, FCA/PRA rulebooks) and the ability to translate complex regulations into practical, effective operational controls.
* Proven experience in risk management, compliance, or governance roles, with confidence in decision-making and influencing senior leaders.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder skills, able to simplify complex information, present actionable insights, and coach teams to build risk and compliance capability.
* Analytical and detail-oriented mindset, able to identify strategic themes while keeping sight of the bigger picture.
* Proactive, pragmatic, and collaborative approach, able to drive delivery, embed a strong risk culture, and work effectively across functions.
Reward & Benefits -
1. A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, Medicash healthcare scheme, 29 days annual leave plus