Operational Risk Specialist

Operational Risk Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop the internal operational risk framework alongside policies and RCSA  
• Reviewing, investigating and reporting on operational risk events
• Propose actions to reduce risk exposures and/or improve controls where required
• Create and implement policy pertaining to operational risk and resilience and internal controls. 
• Collect group wide operational risk information for ad hoc reporting to senior internal stakeholders.
• Draft Risk documents including ICAAP, Recovery Plan
• Taking and preparing minutes of meetings/ committees
• Reviewing and monitoring action plans to fill gaps identified from either risk management activities, compliance or audit findings

Experience

• Extensive experience of operational risk frameworks  from an  FCA regulated firm
• Good knowledge of RCSA methodology
• Demonstrable practical experience in operating internal controls together with the management of operational risk within a financial services environment
• Experience in undertaking and challenging root cause analysis of risk events
• Have a good understanding and experience of embedding a range of operational risk techniques
• Experience of company secretarial and internal audit is advantageous
• Excellent reporting and presentation skills (MS Word and Excel)
• Exceptional analytical , communication and written skills