Third Party Risk Management Specialist

**Let us tell you a bit 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.

**Let us tell a bit about the opportunity**

We have a new opportunity within our Controls Centre of Excellence team in the first line, to join us as a Third Party Risk Management Specialist on a 12 month fixed term contract.

You will support the implementation of the Group’s third party risk management framework whilst developing and maintaining an appropriate level of supplier oversight and management across the Groups supplier base, ensuring supplier related risks are identified and mitigated.

You will work closely with Group functions to ensure our suppliers meet SLA and other performance measures, whilst also focusing on embedding and maturing the Group framework in line with Regulatory expectations, so that the risk of supplier failure is mitigated.

**What will your day look like?**

As a Third Party Risk Management Specialist you will;
- 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.
- Support the Group to develop and improve the Third Party Risk Management framework, providing technical support and insight.
- 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.
- Support operational stakeholders in regular supplier meetings with Management Information and insight.

**What do we expect from you?**
- Experience working within Third Party Risk Management is essential.
- Experience in banking or financial services, is desirable but not essential.
- Broad understanding of the regulatory environment and PRA and FCA requirements in relation to Third Party Risk Management essential.
- Understanding of the complete supplier lifecycle from Onboarding, through in-life Governance and Change, to Termination
- Ability to support, build and manage relationships across a wide stakeholder community
- Creative thinker with proven track record of delivering supplier-focused initiatives
- Policy and Process design / documentation, with a good attention to detail
- Adept at analysing data and comfortable with presenting with executives
- Strong understanding of Due Diligence, Compliance and Audit processes

**What can you expect from us?**
- Hybrid working policy - 2 days onsite, 3 days working from home
- A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers
- A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
- A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one
- And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential

**Still curious?**

Join us and we’ll make the same promises to you as a colleague, as we do to each of our customers. We’re committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.

**Please note that we have a thorough screening process, which includes criminal record checks**

We champion equality by supporting the exceptions to the rule and getting finance to where it’s needed.

We lend the money people save with us, to people who want to get on in life; build businesses and create employment, buy property for people to live and work in, and purchase vehicles to move families and goods around.