Risk and Control Specialist

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity

Risk & Control Specialists play a key role in providing expert guidance and oversight of non-financial risk partnering with business and functional teams to enable safe controlled and informed decision-making.

This is a highly technical role supporting key stakeholders and certified individuals to identify assess and manage emerging and crystallised risks with clear escalation where appropriate. You will translate risk and control policies into practical actionable requirements that drive understanding embedment and compliance across the business.

You will also contribute to the ongoing development of the non-financial risk framework supporting the design testing and embedding of robust risk management and governance practices.

Success in this role comes from combining strong subject matter expertise with the ability to build effective relationships across the risk and control community and all three lines of defence.

To act as an ambassador of the Banks vision to; Back more people to go for it in life and in business.

What will your day look like

• Act as a subject matter expert for non-financial risk within a designated business area providing guidance and constructive challenge to strengthen the control environment
• Partner with business and functional teams (embedded and non-embedded) to support effective risk-aware decision-making
• Identify assess and support the mitigation of emerging and crystallised risks escalating where appropriate
• Translate risk policies frameworks and standards into clear practical actions to drive understanding embedment and compliance
• Lead oversight and analysis of risk events issues and control failures ensuring timely and effective remediation
• Perform root cause and trend analysis to identify themes drive continuous improvement and enhance risk management effectiveness
• Support RCSA activity including workshops attestations control testing and ongoing maintenance of risk profiles
• Contribute to governance forums and risk committees supporting reporting insights and the continuous improvement of non-financial risk practices

What do we expect from you

• Strong understanding of the Financial Services industry
• Experience within a risk and control or similar governance function
• Solid knowledge of regulatory frameworks (e.g. MCOB CONC CCA Consumer Duty) and wider regulatory best practice
• Confident engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels including senior leadership
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy quality and compliance
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Analytical mindset with experience delivering risk reporting and tracking actions through to completion

What can you expect from us

• A hybrid working policy 2 days per week onsite in our Manchester office
• A friendly and flexible culture the same as how we work with our customers.
• 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 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.

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.