Financial Services business, located in Manchester, are looking to appoint a Risk and Controls Manager with the roles primary focus being to ensure a robust risk and control framework is in place and to support the business by managing and reporting on incidents, risks, compliance and internal audit recommendations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain a comprehensive risk register
• Work closely with Group Risk and Compliance to ensure risk methodology is aligned
• Lead on incident management to triage, mitigate and report in a timely manner
• Partner with risk owners to design and maintain effective controls
• Support commercial teams in maintaining an updated Risk Portal
• Produce regular reporting at all levels including board to provide assurance over risk/incident management
• Lead on design of effective controls and testing to ensure risk profile is within tolerance
• Chair monthly risk forum reporting to ensure upstream reporting is effective at providing assurance
• Provide regular reports and updates on all outstanding audit actions

Candidate requirements:

• Strong understanding of FCA guidelines and regulatory environment.
• Experience working within a 1st line risk and control / operational risk position gained within a FCA regulated business.
• Full understanding of risk management and key risk indicators.
• Experience of designing control frameworks
• Ability to develop senior management reporting and present well at this level

Strong communication skills with ability to collaborate cross-function