Third Party Risk Specialist

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity:

Reporting to the Procurement Excellence Manager and sitting within the Procurement and Vendor Management team in the Chief Operations Office the Third Party Risk Specialist plays a key role in supporting the organisation to buy safely effectively and in line with regulatory expectations.

The role focuses on embedding and maturing the Groups Third Party Risk Management framework (including SS2/21) developing and improving procurement processes and policy and ensuring appropriate and proportionate supplier oversight across the supplier base. Through close collaboration with internal stakeholders and Group functions the role provides timely accurate and valued insights on supplier risk performance expenditure and compliance leveraging systems data analysis and reporting to identify and mitigate supplier-related risks drive continuous improvement and deliver a collaborative value-for-money approach to procurement and vendor management.

What will your day look like

• Work alongside operational stakeholders to govern and oversee suppliers at a proportionate and appropriate level in accordance with the Third Party Risk Management framework and regulatory expectations.
• Support the Group to develop and improve the Third Party Risk Management framework providing technical support and insight.
• Ensure supplier due diligence is completed in line with the Third Party Risk management framework. Any issues and risks are assessed and reported upon to business stakeholders.
• Support the Group develop and improve the Third Party Risk Management framework providing technical support and insight.
• Keep abreast of Regulatory developments and industry best practice to ensure the Group remains compliant.
• Ensure Supplier records are adequately maintained in line with Regulatory expectations.

What do we expect from you

• Strong Team player with great influencing skills
• Strong communication skills which can be tailored to a variety of audiences (IT Operations peers and Senior Management within the Group)
• To work across the Aldermore Group to cultivate the appropriate risk culture and governance within the team
• Ability to work independently and manage issues through to successful conclusion
• Able to identify and own improvement opportunities
• Problem solving to determine why issues are occurring and driving the desired improvement activities
• Comfortable with understanding and managing multiple sources of information related to supplier spend risk performance
• Strong customer service ethic seeking to give a high quality experience for stakeholders.

What can you expect from us

• A friendly and flexible culture the same as how we work with our customers. Hybrid working model 2 days a week in the office
• A growing organisation that means theres lots of opportunities to progress
• A drive for continuous improvement which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• And of course you will be rewarded competitively with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Let us tell you a bit more about us

Were Aldermore the award-winning bank trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages savings accounts and business finance solutions were backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying yes to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Still curious

Join us and well make the same promises to you as a colleague as we do to each of our customers. Were committed to building a working environment that values respect diversity and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age disability gender identity marital status race faith or belief sexual orientation socioeconomic background and whether youre pregnant or on family leave.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process which includes criminal record checks.

We champion equality by supporting the exceptions to the rule and getting finance to where its needed.

We lend the money people save with us to people who want to get on in life; build businesses and create employment buy property for people to live and work in and purchase vehicles to move families and goods around.