The Vacancy
Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity:
We’re looking for a Third-party Risk Specialist to join our Procurement and Vendor Management team within the Chief Operations Office. Reporting to the Procurement Excellence Manager, you’ll play a key role in embedding and maturing our Third-party Risk Management framework, ensuring regulatory compliance (including SS2/21) while driving process improvement and value for money. You’ll develop and maintain supplier oversight, deliver insights on risk, performance and expenditure, and help optimise procurement policies, processes and systems to support safe, effective and continuously improving supplier management across the Group.
What will your day look like?
1. Work alongside operational stakeholders to govern and oversee suppliers at a proportionate and appropriate level, in accordance with the Third-party Risk Management framework and regulatory expectations
2. Support the Group to develop and improve the Third-party Risk Management framework, providing technical support and insight
3. Ensure supplier due diligence is completed in line with the Third-party Risk management framework. Any issues and risks are assessed and reported upon to business stakeholders
4. Support the evaluation of Third-party relationships through ongoing risk analysis and due-diligence activities
5. Support the Group develop and improve the Third-party Risk Management framework, providing technical support and insight.
6. Ensure Supplier records are adequately maintained in line with Regulatory expectations
What do we expect from you?
7. Proven experience in Third-party Risk Management and/or Supplier/Vendor Management (financial services and regulatory knowledge desirable).
8. Strong understanding of the supplier lifecycle, due diligence, compliance, audit processes, and risk/issue analysis.
9. Skilled in policy and process design/documentation, with high attention to detail.
10. Confident in data analysis, reporting and presenting insights to senior stakeholders.
11. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build and manage relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.
12. Proactive, self-motivated and creative, with a track record of delivering supplier-focused initiatives and continuous improvement.
What can you expect from us?
13. A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers. Hybrid working model – 2 days a week in the office
14. A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
15. A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
16. And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.
Let us tell you a bit more about us
We’re Aldermore – the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.
We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.
This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.
Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks
Behaviour Framework
Our behavioural framework underpins our purpose and strategic drivers, as it outlines the behaviours we need to demonstrate in order to succeed. Where our strategic drivers (Stay Ahead Propositions, Relationships That Last and Progressive Platform) outline what we need to do to succeed, our behaviours guide us in how. In your second interview, we’ll ask you to talk through some examples where you’ve demonstrated these behaviours in your previous roles.
The Benefits
As you would expect, we offer a competitive basic salary and reward package, and you’ll also benefit from our commitment to investing in your professional development throughout your journey with us.
Benefits vary across the business depending on the role you do, but these will give you an idea of what to expect:
17. Discretionary bonus scheme
18. Aviva Digital GP
19. Bus And Tram Benefit
20. Employee Assistance Programme
21. Eyecare Voucher & Display Screens/Desk Set-Up
22. Flu Jab Vouchers
23. Group Income Protection
24. Life Assurance
25. Metrolink Annual Pass & Clipper Ticket
26. Microsoft Discounts
27. Private Medical Insurance Shopping Discounts
28. Toothfairy
29. Your Workplace Pension
30. Hybrid Working
31. Critical Illness
32. Cycle To Work
33. Dental Insurance
34. Give As You Earn
35. Government Tax-Free Childcare Scheme
36. Octopus Electric Vehicles
37. Save Our Planet
38. Season Ticket Loan
39. Spouse Or Partner Life Assurance
40. Technology
41. Wearable Technology
42. Wellbeing App
43. Will Writing
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