Group IT Risk Manager

3 days ago

UK, UK, United Kingdom Arrow Global Group Full time

Due to business growth and increased requirements to ensure robust IT risk management and business continuity, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Group IT Risk Manager to join us on a permanent basis.


About the Role:


This role involves overseeing the IT risk management framework and business continuity processes across the group, ensuring alignment with our strategic objectives and compliance requirements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT risk management and business continuity planning, along with proven experience in conducting risk assessments.


Responsibilities include


Business Continuity Management (BCM):

  • Maintain and update the Group Business Continuity Policy.
  • Conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) for the central Arrow operations, including the Fund Manager.
  • Update and maintain business continuity plans based on BIA results.
  • Coordinate annual business continuity testing.
  • Provide oversight and guidance to Arrow Group entities on BCM processes and compliance (second line support only).


IT Risk Management:

  • Develop and implement an IT risk management framework for the central Arrow IT environment (this does not include information security risks which are managed by a separate team).
  • Map out IT risks and controls relating to IT operations.
  • Perform annual IT risk assessments and ensure mitigation plans are in place.
  • Report on IT risk posture and escalate significant risks to senior management.


Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP):

  • Coordinate with the central Arrow IT team to ensure disaster recovery plans are aligned with business continuity requirements.
  • Ensure systems can be recovered within agreed Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs).
  • Through collaboration with the central IT team, ensure that regular disaster recovery tests take place and plans are updated accordingly.


Third-party IT Risk Assurance:

  • Manage supplier IT risk, ensuring compliance with BCP/DR contractual obligations.
  • Collect and review supplier BCP/DR-related artifacts annually for critical third-parties.
  • Ensure that third-party suppliers adhere to agreed-upon business continuity and disaster recovery standards.
  • Conduct regular reviews and audits of supplier IT risk management practices, ensuring alignment with the organisation's IT risk management framework.


Required Skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience within IT risk management and business continuity planning.
  • Demonstrated experience in conducting risk assessments and developing mitigation strategies.
  • Educated to degree level in Information Technology, Risk Management, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Professional certification or knowledge/understanding of one or more of: CRISC, CBCP, ISO 22301, ITIL, or other relevant risk management and business continuity credentials.
  • Strong understanding of IT operations, risk assessment methodologies, and disaster recovery best practices.
  • Excellent problem-solving, organisational, and coordination skills.
  • Self-motivated, highly proactive, with an ability to lead on the end-to-end delivery of risk management and business continuity initiatives.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate risk concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Fluency in English is mandatory; additional language skills in Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, German, or Italian are highly beneficial.


The successful candidate will be directly responsibility for the implementation of solutions that have a wide-reaching impact on business users, operational users and clients/customers. The role has scope to be involved in both short and long-term pieces of work.


Additional Information

The role will require some travel occasionally within Europe.

On occasion, there will be a requirement for some out-of-hours work, dependent on projects and or incident management requirements.


Equal Opportunity Statement: Arrow Global is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide opportunities for career growth, a competitive salary with benefits, and a collaborative work environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning.

Arrow Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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