Senior Risk Business Partner

Management Level

E

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.

EQ's vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are **TRUSTED **to deliver on our commitments, **COMMERCIAL **in building long term value, **COLLABORATIVE **in our approach and we **IMPROVE **by continually enhancing our skills and services. **There has never been a better time to join EQ.**

UKSS Risk and Control is a specialist first line risk function operating within EQ's UK Shareholder Services division. As a senior member of the UKSS Risk and Controls function the Senior Risk Business Partner will be accountable for driving effective first line risk practices within the division and ultimately accountable to the Chief Risk Officer for UKSS.
***Core Duties/Responsibilities**
- **Being accountable for leading the development, maintenance, and continued enhancement of the risk profile across several products and services offered by UK Shareholder Services.**:

- **The delivery of risk and control self-assessments, in line with risk framework requirements and advising senior stakeholders regarding potential solutions to complex risk and control issues.**:

- **The role holder will also be accountable for advising the business in its identification and management of emerging external risks through horizon scanning risk assessment exercises, where relevant.**:

- **Being accountable for guiding and advising the business throughout the risk event lifecycle, including the identification, escalation and effective remediation of incidents and breaches.**:

- **Being accountable for leading and advising the business in its definition and delivery of risk metrics, such as key risk indicators, in relation to the applicable products and services.**:

- **Being accountable for ensuring EQ's risk system(s) are kept up to date, ensuing they reflect the latest information regarding risk practices performed and any associated remediation activities.**:

- **Providing expert insight and advice to the Senior Risk Governance Manager and colleagues in Group regarding enhancements to risk management policies and how risk practices are delivered within the division.**:

- **Being accountable for guiding and advising the business in its identification of risk-based '˜extreme but plausible' scenarios, and delivering scenario capital quantification calculations.**:

- **Advising and guiding the Senior Risk Governance Manager for UKSS in the delivery and co-ordination of business continuity and operational resilience plans, and associated testing requirements.**:

- **Being a trusted and collaborative risk partner for first line senior stakeholders within relationship management, business development, product, change and operational teams.**:

- **Being a trusted and collaborative risk partner across multi-discipline risk specialist functions in the second line of defence.**:

- **Being a trusted and collaborative risk partner for internal and external assurance activities performed across the three lines of defence.**

**Skills, Capabilities and Attributes**
- **Demonstrable experience in risk management or related disciplines, with a proven track record of managing senior stakeholders.**:

- **Demonstrable strong expertise in risk frameworks and practices within the context of FCA-regulated financial services businesses.**:

- **Proven experience in leading risk and control review meetings, ensuring internal policy requirements and control standards are adhered to.**:

- **Proven experience in a line management role, with an ability to develop and lead other risk professionals.**:

- **Ability to work across multiple products and services, partnering with second line functions.**:

- **Astute problem solver; strong analytical skills and highly competent with Microsoft Office.**:

- **Strong work ethic, with an ability to self-organise and motivate, as well as an ability to manage multiple priorities and work to schedules, delivering high-quality output.**:

- **Excellent stakeholder management, with an ability to empathise and consider various points of view to drive desirable outcomes for the business.**:

- **Able to communicate and challenge in a succinct and clear manner with senior stakeholders (both internally and externally) and present advice and viable solutions clearly so that stakeholders can assess implication prior to making key decisions**

**What We Offer**

**Save For Your Future**:

- Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%**

**All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) **- Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.**

**Health and Wellbeing **- Employee Assistance Programme: counsel