Risk and Information Governance Assistant Manager
Competitive salary, negotiable depending on your experience and expertise.
Responsibilities
* Provide support across the Firm's risk management and information governance activities.
* Strengthen the Firm's risk framework while embedding good data handling, privacy, and information governance practices.
* Deliver actions from the data discovery review and act as a subject matter resource for both risk and IG matters.
* Working with Key Risk Owners to maintain and support the development of risk registers.
* Support preparation of risk reports for Partners, Committees, and the Management Board.
* Track and monitor risk action plans and follow up with stakeholders.
* Assist with resilience initiatives, including business continuity, crisis response, and incident management.
* Attend RiCo meetings, taking minutes and updating the actions register.
* Support compliance with data protection and information governance requirements.
* Implement outputs from the data discovery review (data mapping, storage and retention rules, permissions, access controls).
* Support the Data Protection Officer with subject access requests, breach response, and policy development.
* Help embed information governance awareness across the Firm.
* Providing administrative support to the Risk and Legal Team.
Qualifications
* Experience in risk management, information governance, or data protection desirable but not essential.
* Knowledge of operational risk and resilience principles, plus data protection (UK GDPR, DPA 2018).
* Strong research skills, with the ability to interpret new regulations, guidance, and industry developments.
* Evidence of being driven to learn and develop professionally, comfortable upskilling in new areas.
* Strong analytical and organisational skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to draft reports for senior stakeholders.
* Practical approach to embedding governance in day-to-day business operations.
Desirable Attributes
* Pragmatic and solutions-focused.
* Able to balance compliance requirements with commercial needs.
* Strong collaborator, comfortable working across multiple teams.
* Resilient, adaptable, and open to change.
* Self‑motivated to develop expertise.
Rewards That Resonate
* Agile Working: Core hours from 10 AM to 2 PM with two home working days.
* 33 days holiday including bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days.
* Competitive salary package
* Employee recognition awards: Outstanding Performance Award Bonus and other initiatives.
* New and improved programme for succession planning and supportive management structure.
* Employee Assistance Programme: Free confidential 24‑hour support service, unlimited counseling sessions and virtual doctors for you and your family.
* And lots more!
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