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Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Leadenhall, Leeds City, Head Office - Glasgow, Head Office - Newcastle, Hybrid
Categories: Risk
Business Unit: Business Control
Salary range: £84,000 - £105,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Hybrid – Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds or London
Contract type : Permanent, Full Time
Take control of your career. Live a life more Virgin.
Our Team
Our Business Control Team is here to enable safe and sustainable growth. We are committed to driving risk excellence and are passionate about proactive risk management in the first line of defence. We are starting an exciting journey to grow our team, and this brand-new role has been created to lead our team who support Controls management alongside our Business Banking colleagues.
What you’ll be doing
* Leading a team to develop and embed efficient, evidence-based control management and testing frameworks to demonstrate adherence to the Risk Management Framework (RMF), Group policies, and minimum control standards.
* Manage the Business Banking reporting and governance processes, including but not limited to, Business Risk Board and relevant onward governance (such as Enterprise Risk Committee (ERC)).
* Lead the teams to manage and embed Risk Transformation and other risk-related projects in the first line of defence.
* Develop and execute an effective and dynamic annual plan of key controls testing that is aligned to the Business Banking risk profile, adopting a pragmatic approach to risk management.
* Provide support, guidance, and SME controls advice to support the timely completion of actions arising from Audit and Risk Assurance activities.
* Manage the relationship with the 2nd and 3rd Line Of Defence (LOD) stakeholders, ensuring a coordinated, proportionate, and efficient approach is applied to the management of risk and controls.
We need you to have
* Experience in Business Banking - understanding of the key risks to the Business Lending environment.
* Risk Management experience in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd line of defence - proven track record on understanding risk, controls, and application and judgement of materiality.
* Ability to reach independent and balanced decisions - with effective attention to detail and well-considered rationale.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills – ability to create best-in-class, efficient, and succinct reporting.
* Ability to influence senior stakeholders – including in formal/committee settings.
It’s a bonus if you have but not essential
* Testing and Assurance skills.
* Business/risk or legal degree or significant industry-level equivalent.
Red Hot Rewards
* Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more.
* Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
* 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
* Free private medical cover, income protection, and life assurance.
* Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.
And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.
Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.
We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.
Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.
Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team at careers@virginmoney.com.
It’s important to note that there may be occasions where it’s not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants.
Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.
If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks –we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Advertised: 07 Mar 2025 GMT Standard Time
Applications close: 24 Mar 2025 GMT Standard Time
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