Senior Operational Risk Manager

Company

This is a leading foreign exchange and international payments provider. They offer currency exchange services for individuals and businesses, facilitating transactions in over 60 currencies. With competitive exchange rates and efficient money transfer solutions, they enable seamless international transactions, whether for travel, business, or personal purposes.

Role Description

• Manage the Operational Risk Compliance program across FRES and FCS.
• Identify current and emerging risk issues.
• Coordinate resolution of key risk issues and develop policies and controls.
• Manage ad-hoc and regular risk reporting.
• Assist in monitoring tasks to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive Risk & Control Assessment framework.
• Support operational risk register and RCSA processes.
• Manage operational risk issue management and event management.
• Conduct internal operational risk loss reporting.
• Deliver enterprise and operational risk training.
• Produce regular reporting to Risk committees.
• Analyze and report operational risk MI.
• Maintain the Operational Risk Management Framework (ORMF).
• Provide support and guidance to the Business on all aspects of the ORMF.
• Support stakeholders regarding risk identification and analysis.
• Provide Second Line review on opening and closing of material issues.
• Conduct thematic deep-dive quality assurance.

Ideal Candidate Profile: Knowledge / Experience:

• Strong understanding and experience in Operational Risk management.
• Detailed knowledge of Payments and/or Risk related professional qualification.
• Ability to work with large amounts of data and interpret meaningfully.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands and make decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to assess Risk trends.
• Experience in Wholesale and Retail Banknote market or Global Markets foreign exchange environment.
• Understanding of Risk & Controls in banknote dealing and processing activity.

Qualifications/Education/Training required:

• Educated to A level standard.
• 4+ years’ experience of operational risk in a second line of defence capacity.
• GRC Implementation experience.
• Experience within financial services or Fintech.
• Experience in changing and building and/or operating Risk Management Frameworks.
• Ability to interface with senior stakeholders effectively.
• Ability to produce Board and Executive level risk reports.

Next Steps

• If this sounds like you or someone you know then please contact Molly Phillips with a copy of your most up to date CV and the reason why you would like to apply on mtp@barclaysimpson.com