Job Description
This job is with St. James's Place, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
What you'll be doing:
We are looking for a driven, systems-focused professional with a background in 2nd line risk and a passion for technology, data, and automation to join our Risk and Compliance Directorate. You'll play a central role in the design, delivery, and ongoing optimisation of risk systems and platforms.
You'll support the implementation of risk systems, manage vendor relationships, and ensure the technology underpinning our risk function drives insight, automation, and efficiency that supports smarter risk decisions, regulatory compliance, and enhanced operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
* Enhance and support the development of Risk and Compliance systems and platforms, to streamline risk processes.
* Support the implementation and continuous improvement of Risk and Compliance systems and platforms, ensuring alignment with business needs and regulatory expectations.
* Collaborate on the design and development of systems within the Risk Function, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
* Explore emerging technologies such as AI and intelligent automation within the risk ecosystem.
* Help maintain oversight of risk systems and platforms and associated budgets, contracts, and change pipelines.
* Manage system change requests and upgrades within systems and platform coordinating stakeholders, testing, release planning, and post-implementation support.
* Champion improvements in risk data quality, structure, and visualisation to support better decision-making.
Who we're looking for:
You'll be a proactive and collaborative systems and risk professional with strong experience in data and reporting within financial services. You're excited by innovation and digital tools and bring a problem-solving mindset to everything you do. Working with a wide range of stakeholders, you'll combine technical expertise with clear communication to drive meaningful impact through systems and data.
Skills/Experience:
Essential
* Proven experience in developing systems, data management, and reporting in a risk and compliance context.
* Strong knowledge of non-financial risk management, ideally within wealth management, asset management, banking or similar financial services.
* Understanding of risk frameworks and control processes.
* A digital-first and automation-oriented mindset.
* Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across business functions including Legal, Compliance, and Audit.
Desirable
* Experience with AI use case development or working with AI in risk contexts.
* Exposure to GRC tools, workflow platforms, or custom-built risk solutions.
* Experience with data visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau.