Senior Risk Business Partner

Company Description

• Senior Risk Business Partner – Supporting Operations
• Senior 1st Line Risk role across Mortgage business activities
• Join a growing function with great development opportunities
• Strong base salary + (up to) 20% bonus
• Health cover, free gym access, 27 days holiday
• This role is based 5 days at our Cheadle office in South Manchester

We’re Together – the market leading property finance experts with an entrepreneurial spirit. Based in Cheadle, South Manchester, we’ve been established since 1974 and have built a team of over 750 colleagues. We are passionate about supporting individuals and businesses to achieve their property ambitions by taking a common-sense approach to lending a range of mortgage and secured loan products.

We’re looking for great people like you! from diverse backgrounds and experiences who love working together and putting customers at the heart of everything we do.

Job Description

Operating across a three lines of defence model, The 1st Line Risk Team extends across the regulated and non-regulated mortgage business activities. We are responsible for providing the 1st Line business areas with appropriate training, support, assistance and advice in order to empower effective risk management. The Team also conducts oversight of the business areas to determine the level of risk management maturity and, if applicable, to identify more targeted areas of further support required. This oversight is predominantly focused across operational, conduct and compliance risk types. The Team supports risk reporting through established governance routes.

Typical Duties include (but are not limited to) :

• Support the Operations Teams to maximise the utilisation and benefits of the Group ERMF toolkit in order to manage risk effectively, consistently and transparently.
• Provide risk insight to HODs in order to support / challenge prioritisation and focus on a risk basis.
• Provide consolidated Business Area report to the centralised 1st Line Risk Report submission to Risk Committees.
• Build close working relationships with Heads of Department and key personnel to design controls that are effective, scalable and repeatable.

Qualifications

You will be familiar with the three lines of defence model and First Line Risks’ role in ensuring this model is effectively deployed within the regulated and unregulated business.

You will ideally have knowledge of Risk and Control Self Assessments, their importance and role as a key risk artefact. You will be comfortable influencing senior stakeholders to ensure that they’ve looked at their own processes with a critical eye and an appreciation of their regulatory obligations.

With a focus around risk and control, you will feel comfortable providing constructive challenge around existing ways of working and will have a healthy dissatisfaction with a mindset of ‘we’ve always done it that way’.

We would like to commence interviews ASAP, so please don’t hesitate in your application.

Additional Information

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays.
• PLUS Birthday day off.
• Buy & sell holidays.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Onsite (Subsidised) Restaurant with amazing menus!
• Life assurance.
• Critical illness cover.
• Health cash plan.
• Private medical insurance.
• Free access to company holiday homes.
• Travel season ticket loans.
• Ride to work scheme.
• Free local gym access.
• Local bar / restaurant discounts.

Together Money embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

We care that you have a great experience with us at Together; if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience easier, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.

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