Analyst, UK Chief Risk Officer, Testing & Monitoring

Overview

In this role you support second-line assurance by shaping and executing a risk-based testing program across UK entities. You will help strengthen testing, governance, and reporting to senior management while ensuring alignment with enterprise risk assessments. The position sits within GRC’s UK CRO function, contributing to integrated assurance and remediation monitoring. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance risk controls and reporting with a focus on responsible growth and risk-informed decision making.

Responsibilities

• Maintain annual risk assessments for market entities
• Develop multi-year testing plan across risk pillars (Credit, Operational, Compliance)
• Prioritise testing activities using risk-based methods
• Align testing with enterprise risk assessments
• Support second-line control reviews and prepare testing reports for senior management and governance
• Define remediation monitoring and oversee corrective actions
• Enhance tools, metrics, and reporting for risk identification and management
• Develop testing methodologies, policies, standards, and governance for testing processes
• Coordinate integrated assurance across first, second, and third lines of defence
• Align enterprise testing methodologies and reporting approaches
• Develop testing reporting frameworks and track remediation activities
• Identify thematic risks and control weaknesses

Key requirements

• 3-5 years in risk management or similar
• Strong business acumen with risk-reward perspective
• Experience interacting with regulators and UK regulatory landscape
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
• Fluency in English (verbal and written)
• Advanced degree in business, economics, engineering, or related field is preferred

• excellent relationship-building and influencing skills
• integrity and readiness to challenge
• proactive issue identification and escalation
• second-line testing programmes design and implementation
• assurance and control testing methodologies
• integrated assurance frameworks

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