Governance, Risk

7 months ago

Newport, United Kingdom Monmouthshire Building Society Full time

Governance, Risk & Compliance Associate (12-month contract)

Location: Cardiff/Newport Head Offices

Salary: £24,188 per annum

Closing Date: Tuesday 31st October 2023

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Governance, Risk and Compliance Team, working as a Governance, Risk and Compliance Associate. This is a 12-month opportunity with an estimated end date of 31/10/2024. This is a wide-ranging role and will give you a firm grounding in the Society’s Governance, Risk and Compliance practices and processes to enable further progression into the function, if desired. You will be based between our Cardiff and Newport offices (and agile working will be available once fully trained). 

Why work with us?

Are you looking to build a career and make a difference – if so, why not consider the Monmouthshire Building Society?

We are an innovative, exciting, modern mutual and we’d love for you to join us. We have an ambitious 5-year strategy with strong growth plans and your role will play a crucial part in our success. We are a community and values-based employer that puts both our people and our members at the heart of what we do.

So, if you want to make a real difference to your community and career then we’d love to hear from you...

What will we offer you?

Firstly, what will we offer you as a one of our valued colleagues?

25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays PLUS a day off on your birthday to help you celebrate Opportunity to purchase additional holidays. A commitment to your ongoing training and development including a rotational development programme. Up to 14 hours of paid Society leave to volunteer for a local community initiative. Various health and wellbeing benefits such as 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme, subsidised flu jabs and eye tests. Private healthcare (subject to selection & completion of medical disclosure form). Personal health cash plan and dental cover (subject to selection). Life Assurance – 4 times your basic salary life cover, along with critical illness cover. Generous Stakeholder Pension Scheme – where the Society contributes a massive 10% on top of your 3% contribution

What will you be doing?

Reporting initially to the Chief Risk Officer (CRO), you will provide administrative support to the Governance, Risk and Compliance Team, including organisation of Board and Committee meetings, collation of papers, policies and procedures, action management, recruitment, training, development, and other ad hoc tasks as required.

You will also provide administrative support to the CRO, such as diary management and other ad hoc tasks.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will include:

Supporting the Governance team by administering Board, Committee and other meetings (diary coordination, meeting room booking, catering, hotels, agendas, actions, collating papers/reports, record-keeping); helping with the AGM and other annual governance responsibilities; supporting the Society’s Board reporting platform; and co-ordinating the induction of new directors. Supporting the Enterprise Risk team by performing monthly reporting processes and co-ordinating the collation of papers produced by the Risk and Compliance team for Board and Committee meetings; administering records related to (outsourced), Internal Audit including action-tracking; and supporting the administration of the Risk System (SORM). Supporting the CRO and broader GRC team by administering CRO and departmental meetings, policies and procedures, training and development, holiday and business continuity arrangements as well as other ad hoc tasks.

What type of person will you need to be?

You will be a great organiser who is able to work efficiently and accurately, and is comfortable performing tasks to meet multiple overlapping deadlines. As the role will involve liaising with colleagues at all levels across the organisation, you will be a confident and effective communicator, with great verbal and written skills. 

You will have a solid educational background either to degree-level, relevant A-levels, or equivalent.

Ideally you will have good systems skills, as the role will involve working with Microsoft applications (mainly Word and Excel) and with the Society’s Risk and Board reporting systems.

Finally, although not essential, it will also be fantastic if you have experience in a similar organisation and role, helping you demonstrate your aptitude for this role.

We’re committed to diversity and equal opportunity and as an inclusive employer, we encourage applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing) and any other protected characteristic.

Just let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment processes, we’ll try to accommodate them.

We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies.

Our roles often generate a lot of interest and can close early so don't miss out this opportunity to apply

Personal data held by the Monmouthshire Building Society relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with GDPR regulations our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.

Monmouthshire Building Society values the diversity that all sections of the community can bring to our Society, we welcome applications from everyone who shares our values.

As a financial services organisation regulated by the PRA and FCA our staff must be honest, financially sound and maintain high levels of competence and capability in their role. Therefore our pre-employment checks include adverse credit checks and criminal records checks (DBS checks) for all roles. DBS checks are at a basic disclosure level for the majority of roles but at the standard level for certain roles covered by the Certification and Senior Managers Regime.

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