1LoD Risk and Control Manager

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Starling Bank Full time

Hello, we’re Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.

Our recruitment process:

Interviewing is a two way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you Our interviews are conversational and we want to get the best from you, so come with questions and be curious. 

Following your application being reviewed, you can expect the below:

Stage 1 - If shortlisted, you'll have a call with a Talent Acquisition Partner

Stage 2 - Role related interviews with the 1lod Team.

Closing Date: Tuesday 15th

Hybrid working: This role will work in a hybrid manner from our London office, spending up to three days per week onsite.

About the role:

This is an additional role to join our 1LoD centralised risk team, supporting varied business areas with their risk management practices. This role will sit within 1LoD Risk & Controls and will support managers by; 

  • Driving the effective governance and management of non-financial risks in the 1LoD.
  • Providing risk and control support to specific business areas in order for Starling to operate within its risk appetite. 
  • Partnering with Risk and Control Owners to serve as trusted advisors and create a culture of effective and consistent risk management, oversight and reporting.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Risk & Control Advisory

  • Working with Risk and Control owners by providing advice, challenge and input on key decisions, ensuring Risk and Control owners are aware and accountable and enabling them to clearly articulate and manage their risk profile.
  • Key contributor to the ongoing development of a risk aware culture within the 1LoD.
  • Engaging with 2LoD, 3LoD and other key stakeholders on the development of policy, socialising within the 1LoD and overseeing embedding and adherence.
  • Scanning for emerging risks in collaboration with Business Heads 
  • Applying lesson learned for wider read across across the 1LoD risk and control environment

Risk & Control Lifecycle Management, Oversight and Reporting

  • Enabling and ensuring clear articulation of the risk and control environment.
  • Assisting key stakeholders on the identification of risk and creation of controls including development of continuous monitoring approaches.
  • Undertaking Risk and Control Self Assessments
  • Undertaking Controls effectiveness testing.
  • Identifying control deficiencies and areas for enhancement.
  • Management of action creation, agreement and monitoring 
  • Operational Event/Incident oversight, reporting and root cause analysis

Requirements

Behaviours and Competencies:

  • An understanding of risk management frameworks.
  • Experience in first line control testing is also a strong advantage.
  • Understanding of risk management lifecycle
  • Understanding of Conduct Risk and the Consumer Duty would be an advantage.
  • A natural ability to build strong stakeholder relationships. 
  • An inquisitive and analytical mind is key and will help you to really understand risks, controls, processes and whether our controls are working sufficiently to mitigate our risks, identifying control gaps & suggesting improvements.
  • A proactive approach to managing workloads and ‘can do’ attitude, along with ability to use initiative, taking ownership and seeing things through.
  • Ability to challenge the status quo, helping us shape financial crime operations to be the best in class across financial services. 

Skills:

  • Proficient in Google Suite products such as Docs and Sheets. Also Microsoft including Excel and Word
  • Exposure to working within First or Second line risk or as a risk champion within a business line.

Benefits

  • 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
  • An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
  • Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
  • 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
  • Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
  • Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
  • Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
  • Generous family-friendly policies
  • Incentives refer a friend scheme
  • Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
  • Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

About us:

You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank will collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we will process, where we will process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.



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