Job Description

OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.


Join Close Brothers as a Risk Business Partner and help shape the way we manage non-financial risks. In this key role, you'll act as a trusted business partner by embedding smart, effective processes that support the identification, reporting, and escalation of risks. Your work will help ensure our risk practices are consistent and aligned with our strategic goals.


You'll be part of a supportive team that values fresh thinking, clear communication, and a proactive approach. If you enjoy working with others to drive operational excellence and want to be part of a business that's moving forward with purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Champion risk culture

- Embed non-financial risk appetite across the Motor business, supporting and constructively challenging leadership through strong relationship building and active participation in governance forums.

Be a trusted advisor

- Partner with teams to assess risks, strengthen controls, and ensure activities align with Group policies and defined risk appetite.

Drive smarter processes

- Continuously improve how we manage risk by challenging existing ways of working and helping shape more efficient, effective solutions.

Support key initiatives

- Provide risk oversight across business projects, new products, and change programmes, ensuring risks are identified and managed early.

Collaborate across functions

- Work closely with Audit, Compliance, and Group Risk teams to share insights, align review plans, and stay ahead of emerging risks.

Lead risk assessments

- Facilitate regular risk and control reviews, scenario workshops, and key risk indicator updates to keep our risk profile current and well-managed.

Enable informed decisions

- Deliver clear, high-quality recommendations and guidance to help the business take smart, informed risks that support our strategic goals.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU:

Bring a degree-level education (or equivalent experience) and a solid foundation in financial services risk, whether from industry or consultancy. Have hands-on experience in risk management, with a strong understanding of operational and conduct risk frameworks in a retail banking setting. Know your stuff when it comes to industry best practices and the wider regulatory landscape in financial services. Communicate clearly and confidently, whether you're writing reports or speaking with senior leaders, you know how to get your message across. Have experience running operational risk programmes in consumer credit or retail banking environments. Understand how operational risk is monitored and managed within financial services, and you're ready to bring that expertise to a fast-moving team.

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU:

Have relevant knowledge of industry process, control and risk frameworks (e.g. ISO, COCO).

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

ABOUT US

For roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.


Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.

To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page:

https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

To find out more about life at Close Brothers:

https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541

To find out more about our benefits:

https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits

To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:

Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion Close Brothers Group


At Close Brothers Group, we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients.


We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.


We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.


Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.


Our vision is to develop an open and inclusive company that ensures everyone is valued, respected and included, so that in years to come our business will represent a diverse and inclusive workforce from the top down.


We look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds. If this job is of interest to you but you do not meet every criteria then we encourage you still to apply as we are open to providing training opportunities. As an early adopter of hybrid working we are open to discussing all types of flexible working options, helping you to balance your work and home life.