Operational Senior Risk Manager - IT & Cyber Risk | S4 | Milton KeynesOperational Senior Risk Manager - IT & Cyber Risk | S4 | Milton Keynes
Country: United Kingdom
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This role will support the Head of Cyber and New Technology Operational Risk in developing, implementing, and embedding the operational risk framework tools and methodologies enabling Santander UK to effectively identify and report on operational risk exposures and relevant mitigating activities.
The role will maintain effective 2LoD oversight of the controls environment and ensuring the relevant regulatory requirements and expectations are met and provide in-depth understanding of the technology and risk around: IT management, Information Security and Cyber and new technologies prevailing in the retail banking digital transformation space.
The difference you'll make.
1. Delivering oversight, advisory and guidance on new technologies risk
2. Supporting as needed the digital/technology transformation of the bank from a technical risk management perspective
3. Developing effective and collaborative relationship with all 1LoD and Group key stakeholders
4. Maintaining oversight of IT and Cyber Risk Management risk across Santander UK
5. Supporting the Head of Cyber and New Technologies Operational Risk to bring together a holistic picture of the technology risk across Santander UK and to enhance the risk management framework and tools to better capture and report on technology risk
6. Maintaining up-to-date in-depth industry and technical expertise in the areas of focus.
What you'll bring:
These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:
7. Expertise and understanding of the risks arising from the deployment and use of the following technologies:
Information and Cyber Security IT and IT Change Risk Management Cloud - covering IaaS, PaaS and SaaS deployment preferably with AWS and Azure. Big Data Analytics - preferably with experience on SAS, Teradata, Hadoop Other technology underpinning the Retail Banking Digital Transformation - including exposure to edgeputing and/or blockchain
8. Demonstrates expertise required to: a) identify, assess and respond to risks inherent in new and existing activities, products, processes and systems, b)monitor risks and controls, including the use of indicators, to provide assurance that risks are managed in line with risk appetite, and OR policies, c)design and produce risk reports that support business decision making and d)report and escalate material events and incidents
Supports the Head of Cyber and New Technologies Operational Risk in the design of a risk identification strategy to analyse major change activities. Applies own judgement to assess the impact and likelihood of risks in the context of the planned business strategies. Negotiates support andmitment to restore progress where major risk actions are off-track
9. Understanding of how to leverage operational risk management processes and tools to manage risk including 1) Appetite setting, 2) KIs definition, Policies, Standards and Procedures setting and implementation and Risk and Controls assessments
10. Has good knowledge of Operational Resilience, DORA, FCA/PRA, EU and BCBS rules and their application to Financial Institutions related to Technology Risk
It would also be nice for you to have:
11. Ability to engage with senior stakeholders (C-suit/group level) on a regular basis
12. A proactive attitude and an understanding of required responses to incidents/events
13. Willingness to take ownership of risk management
What else you need to know:
14. This role is based in Milton Keynes.
15. We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best oues for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).
16. If you apply for this role in this location, it's important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.
17. We're happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.