Supplier AssuranceResilience Specialist

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity:

The Supplier Assurance/Resilience Specialist will report to the Procurement Excellence Manager and form part of the Procurement and Vendor Management team. This role plays a key part in enabling the organisation to procure goods and services safely and effectively with a strong emphasis on third-party risk management and process optimisation. You will support the delivery of regulatory obligations while driving continuous improvement across Procurement and Vendor Management contributing to the implementation of the Groups Third-Party Risk Management Framework strengthening supplier resilience oversight and enhancing end-to-end procurement lifecycle practices through the effective use of systems data insights and reporting.

What will your day look like

• Support with embedding the Third-party Risk Management Framework and associated business controls
• Support with gathering Supplier Resilience oversight and assurance over our third-parties especially those who support Important Business Services
• Support with the creation development and testing of Supplier exit plans
• Support the OpRes team to meet the PRA & FCA requirements on Operational Resilience specifically in relation to third-party suppliers eg. scenario testing and dependency mapping
• Provide our Procurement and Vendor Managers with detailed Supplier risk and resilience information

What do we expect from you

• Experience working within Third party Risk Management and/or Operational Resilience is essential.
• Experience in banking or financial services is desirable but not essential. Broad understanding of the regulatory environment and PRA FCA and EBA requirements in relation to Third-Party Risk Management desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the proven ability to develop internal and external business relationships
• Ability to support build and manage relationships across a wide stakeholder community
• Understanding of the complete supplier lifecycle from Onboarding through in-life Governance and Change to Termination
• Be a self-starter who is proactive and self-motivated; someone who takes responsibility and pride in their work
• Creative thinker with proven track record of delivering supplier-focused initiatives

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.