Business Risk Partner

At M&G our purpose is to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly. As a business, we are continuing to take steps towards a sustainable future, delivering better long-term solutions for our customers and clients and identifying new opportunities to make a positive impact for our environment and communities. To help us achieve our vision we’re looking for exceptional people who live our values of care and integrity and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliver results and keep it simple.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role:
Business Risk Partners at M&G support the First Line Business Areas with operational risk management and risk reporting in line with the relevant Policies, Frameworks and Standards. They act as first point of contact for the Business, Operational Risk, Compliance and Audit in relation to risk and control matters for their respective Business Area or the Business Unit. The role is for a COO Business Risk Partner to oversee risk and controls across Operations, Client & Reg reporting, Data Management, Change and Third Party management teams, working closely with the COO of Asset Management and the senior leadership team in COO.

Key Activities / Responsibilities Include:

- Risk & Control Self-Assessment (“RCSA”) - Identify and manage top risks and mitigating actions/controls with the RCSA Owner (typically Head of the Business Area or Business Unit)
- Conflicts of Interest management - Identify and manage conflicts of interest, maintain conflicts register and mitigating actions/controls with the Conflict Owner such as the COO and Senior Leadership team
- Maintain the relevant Conflicts of Interest Register in MetricStream
- Oversee Key Control Assessments (“KCAs”) and other control testing (e.g. led by Audit), being the key point of contact around risk and controls discussions and issues
- Risk monitoring - Monitor risk and control environment, e.g. MI across conduct risk, reputational risk, oversight gaps for third-party suppliers such as external fund managers, etc.
- Identify and manage emerging risks proactively for their relevant Business Area, e.g. via trend analysis, Project/Change impact analysis, etc.
- Perform or support with thematic reviews as required with focus on key emerging risks such as third party risk oversight
- Support with the risk management of Model and User-developed Application (“MUDA”) risks, often fulfilling MUDA Coordinator role
- Support with the identification of risk appetite working closely with senior SMEs to understand risk metrics and linkage to appetite
- Risk Governance & Reporting - Review / enhance / prepare risk and control-related papers for governance forums (based on schedule approved by Operational Risk). This includes facing off to senior forums and committees representing the COO risks
- Risk and control SME advice - Support the First Line with the maintenance and roll out of their risk and control framework
- SMCR SMF24 support - Support the COO of Asset management to perform periodic review of SMCR documentation such as statement of responsibility, reasonable steps documents, etc.

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality or disability we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.