1st Line Risk Analyst

Posted:
8/12/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom ⋅ Bristol, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Scotland, United Kingdom ⋅ Salisbury, England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Operations & Logistics

Role Description 

This role has been created to support the delivery of risk event reporting and ensure that any event is delivered timely and accurately with appropriate actions to mitigate future risk.

The 1st Line Risk Analyst will also support the Operational Risk Senior Analysts as well as the Operational Risk Managers as required.

Specific Role Responsibilities  

  • Ensuring delivery of quality, accurate Risk Events to clients in a timely manner, with appropriate assessment of regulatory impact.

  • Partnering with our client base to ensure Risk Events and causal themes are challenged to reduce the likelihood of reoccurrence. 

  • Responding to client enquiries in a prompt and professional manner.

  • Production of Risk Event Management Information as required. 

  • Identifying efficiencies and improvements in the processes related to quality and timeliness.

  • Partnering with the business to facilitate, improve, and maintain the risk framework.

  • Assisting in driving quality action plans (events and audits), with appropriate ownership and oversight to ensure completion on schedule.

  • Supporting first line of defence with any Risk related enquiries.

  • Delivering Risk focussed training to the business.  

Functional Area Responsibilities 

  • Be proactive, organised and actively provide ideas of innovation and process improvement.

  • Build and maintain excellent relationships with internal stakeholders and clients to ensure engagement with our strategy.   

  • Be informed of sector-wide developments - and those beyond the business sector - and how this relates to the business and framework.

  • Undertake any other reasonable duties, as determined by the Manager and Operational Risk Director.

  • Ensure all mandatory training is completed in a timely fashion.

Experience required 

It is incumbent upon the 1st Line Risk Analyst to ensure they are competent and have high performance in the following areas:  

  • Be able to understand complex edicts, regulation guidelines, insurance products, and financial legislation. Some prior experience with the UK financial regulation market is desirable.

  • Written and verbal communication should be of a high standard, along with the ability to influence and challenge. 

  • Ability to communicate effectively at a variety of levels within a regulated environment, both internally and externally, written and oral. 

  • Numeracy and literacy skills.

  • Punctual and deadline driven.

  • Analytical skills.

  • An ability to work within tight and dynamic time constraints.

  • Conducting meetings and presentations skilfully.

  • Strong attention to detail.

  • Execution focussed.

  • Strong negotiation skills.

  • Ability to be objective.

  • Professionalism and diplomacy.

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About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.

FNZ

Website: https://fnz.com/

Headquarter Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Employee Count: 5001-10000

Year Founded: 2004

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Private Equity

Industries: Finance ⋅ Financial Services ⋅ FinTech ⋅ InsurTech ⋅ Wealth Management