Job Description

Business Unit / Team: Chief Operating Office
Salary range: \xc2\xa331,600 - \xc2\xa347,400 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Flexible
Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Your next adventure starts here

Our Team
We have an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Risk & Assurance Analyst
to join the flexible and dynamic Assurance & Control (A&C) team within the Chief Operating Office.

The purpose of the role is to support the Assurance & Control Team, Chief Controls Office to deliver the Annual Risk Based Assurance & Control Plan.

The Senior Risk & Assurance Analyst will support the Assurance & Control Managers with assurance and control testing activity across the Chief Operating Office. This will involve information gathering, data and documentation analysis and the performance of testing and assessments in line with the defined frameworks, methodologies, procedures, and processes. They will also be responsible for supporting the Assurance & Control Managers embed COO Control Frameworks

What you\'ll be doing

• Information gathering, data and documentation analysis to support the scoping of assurance and control testing activities
• Performing control testing and assessments to support the A&C Manager delivery of assurance and control testing activity in line with the Annual Risk Based Assurance Plan
• Identifying any weaknesses of the control design and operation ensuring these are reported for action and remediation.
• Documenting control testing and assessment results to a high standard, evidencing the testing performed, evidence reviewed, testing results and any associated observations and recommendations
• Working effectively to support overall plan delivery across the A&C Team
• Supporting on the delivery of vital Risk & Controls related continual improvement activity.
• Supporting A&C Managers independent assurance and monitoring of control effectiveness of risk profiles and control environments to ensure risk and control frameworks are fully documented and embedded within COO

We need you to have

• Experience in Risk Management practices including the embedding of risk profiles and control frameworks
• An understanding of how to document end to end business/service process maps for risk and control identification
• The ability to perform control testing and assessments in line with best practise and defined risk frameworks, methodologies, procedures, processes
• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory requirements including consumer duty, customer outcomes, the fair treatment of customers, vulnerable customers, and conduct.

It\'s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Great analytical skills to gather, interpret and analyse data
• An inquisitive disposition
• A natural passion for continual improvement
• Strong stakeholder management experience across all levels
• Good levels of personal resilience and an ability to prioritise and manage numerous competing demands

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
• Market-leading pension and free private medical cover
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows)

And there\'s no waiting around, you\'ll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we\'re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.
We\'re all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We\'re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK\'s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. We\'re putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people\'s lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, \'Making You Happier About Money\', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We\'re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we\'ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you\'re successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years\' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we\'ll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you\'ll be subject to periodic employment checks.

Advertised: 27 Aug 2023 GMT Daylight Time
Applications close: 11 Sep 2023 GMT Daylight Time

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