Risk Manager - Finance Platform

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JOB TITLE: Risk Manager - Finance Platform

SALARY: £65,385 - £72,650

HOURS: Full time

LOCATION(S): Bristol

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our office site.

About this opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Risk Manager to join our Strategy, Investment & Business Management Team and be part of shaping the future of our Finance Platform.

As a Risk Manager you'll be a key player in supporting the Lead Risk Manager, working with the Finance Platform to coordinate the testing and monitoring of the risk and control environment. You'll work collaboratively with the wider risk community and control specialist teams to support the continuous risk management framework that supports safe delivery of change within the business.

Day to day you'll:

• Lead risk reporting, risk administration and support platform leadership with risk management activities inc. Audit, Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) supporting the Business Resilience and Security Office.

• Lead the timely and accurate production of high-quality documentation, reporting and analysis to support development of the control environment by collecting risk & control data from a variety of sources and inputting data into standardised formats to aid compelling storytelling.

• Build and maintain strong and lasting relationships with internal customers acting as a business partner.

• Support development and implementation of control strategy to monitor the design and operating effectiveness of the control environment across business processes.

• Assist in the management of actions on operational risks & control self-assessment and business partnering the annual SOX cycle

About us

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you'll need

• A person proficient in both risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) and Financial Controls Management (FCM) systems.

• SOX: Have experience in the annual SOX lifecycle and understands the requirements that underpins the process.

• Action Orientated - Takes action and leads by example, communicating with clarity. Possesses a strong sense of immediacy, effectively delegates and experiments with new technologies/practices to bring pace and efficiency where possible.

• Change Delivery: Have experience in working in a change management environment as you support colleagues in achieving their outcomes and associated benefits.

• Effective Communicator: Have the ability to convey ideas through compelling storytelling is essential. Translate sophisticated concepts into clear messages for senior stakeholders.

• Stakeholder management: Develops and improves stakeholder relationships to build consensus and improve delivery of change outcomes. Uses experience to manage conflicting priorities by facilitating discussion and resolution, persuading stakeholders to consider alternative views.

• Data Analytics: Ability to review and perform good quality analysis, including resourcefulness in sourcing and validating data, to present recommendations.

• Curious and Bold: You thrive on challenges and enjoy storytelling. Your ability to challenge norms will be key.

• Clarity from Ambiguity: Uncover insights, identify gaps, and ask the questions others may not. Your attention to detail will drive business outcomes.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch! We'd love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.