Risk Analyst

The Risk Analyst will play a critical role in strengthening Shawbrooks risk management capability. You will provide insightful analysis across multiple asset classes and risk types help maintain and enhance our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework and contribute to reporting forecasting and stress testing activities.

This is a hands-on analytical role that requires strong data skills the ability to recognise patterns and emerging risks and the confidence to translate complex analysis into clear insight for senior stakeholders. A key part of the role will be developing and delivering Power BI dashboards that enable self-serve analytics across the business ensuring colleagues have timely accurate information at their fingertips. Youll also explore how AI and automation can be applied to improve insight efficiency and decision-making. The role also offers scope to influence how Shawbrook manages risk with opportunities to contribute to frameworks governance and special projects.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Develop an in-depth understanding of Shawbrooks data architecture and how it can be exploited to improve risk insight.
• Produce accurate timely cyclical and ad-hoc reporting including MI for the Board Executive Management Risk Committees and regulators.
• Support the design monitoring and enhancement of credit market and operational risk models including IFRS9 impairment models.
• Perform scenario analysis sensitivity testing and stress testing to evaluate emerging risks and portfolio resilience.
• Embed refine and maintain the Enterprise Risk Management framework risk appetite metrics and risk taxonomy.
• Conduct thematic reviews and deep dives into areas of emerging concern highlighting patterns anomalies and systemic risks.
• Champion risk data quality initiatives; identify opportunities to automate reporting apply AI and streamline analysis.
• Build dashboards and visualisations in Power BI enabling self-serve analytics and ensuring risk insights are clear and actionable.
• Collaborate across Risk Finance Treasury Operations and Compliance to ensure aligned and robust risk management.
• Contribute to regulatory submissions and ensure compliance with risk-related policies and frameworks.
• Collaborate with Data teams to ingest new data or to support structuring historically manual data processes into a centralised system
• Provide mentoring and support to junior team members; help build a centre of excellence for risk analytics.
• Support or lead special projects such as model implementations process improvements or adoption of new tools and methods.

Qualifications :

Essential

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large datasets interpret results and make recommendations.
• Degree in a numerate analytical or business-related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Experience with SQL Power BI Excel and data handling in a commercial or risk environment.
• Proven experience in risk or control functions ideally within financial services.
• Good understanding of core risk concepts and emerging trends in risk management.
• Ability to present complex analysis clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong planning organisational skills accuracy and attention to detail.
• Reliable adaptable resilient and able to work under pressure.
• A collaborative team-oriented approach with a positive professional attitude.

Desirable

• Programming experience in Python.
• Experience with IFRS9 stress testing credit decisioning or impairment modelling.
• Familiarity with Enterprise Risk Management frameworks and governance processes.
• Awareness of how AI and automation can be applied to risk analytics (e.g. Microsoft Copilot GPT tools).
• Experience mentoring or coaching junior analysts.

Additional Information :

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
• Free access to Headspace a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns mental wellbeing and more general queries around family work housing and health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service

Your Lifestyle - Its important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when youre enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 27 days holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide
• Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
• Community support and charitable giving

Your Contribution - Were focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time