Risk Manager (Second Line of Defence)
Leeds (Hybrid – 3 days in office)

The Opportunity
A well-established, FCA-regulated financial services business is looking to appoint an experienced Risk Manager to support the ongoing development and embedding of its enterprise risk framework.

This is a hands-on second line role where you’ll play a key part in enabling informed, risk-based decision making across the business. You’ll provide oversight and constructive challenge to first line activities, while helping to strengthen risk culture and improve overall risk maturity.

It’s a great opportunity for someone looking to broaden their exposure across enterprise and operational risk within a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of risk assessments, analysis and reporting to senior leadership and risk committees
• Ensure risk and control frameworks are implemented consistently and operate effectively
• Partner with first line teams to identify, assess and manage risks
• Provide second line oversight and constructive challenge on controls and risk management practices
• Contribute to risk opinions to support business decisions, projects and change initiatives
• Maintain risk registers, incident logs and ensure data quality, identifying trends and emerging risks
• Support risk culture initiatives including training, reporting and thematic reviews

About You

• Experience in a risk management role, ideally within a second line capacity
• Exposure to a range of risk types (e.g. enterprise, operational, financial or compliance risk)
• Financial services experience preferred, particularly within a regulated environment
• Understanding of risk frameworks and the Three Lines of Defence model
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret and challenge risk information
• Pragmatic approach with an understanding of risk vs reward
• Comfortable working with risk systems and Microsoft Office tools
• Experience with data/visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) is a bonus

Applicants must be located and eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

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