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Form of workBusiness Unit / Team: Chief Operating Office
Salary range: £74,400 - £90,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Contract Type: Permanent
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Our Team
Within this fast-paced area of the business, we are passionate about installing sustainable disciplines so that things are done in a controlled manner and risk is minimized. This directly helps ensure safe delivery that protects our customers and shareholders.
The Senior Technology Control Manager role is a key role that provides essential oversight and analysis of critical processes within the function. This role will specifically support Risk, Controls & Governance and the role offers the opportunity to work closely with Technology practitioners and stakeholders to provide insight and analysis, enabling the role holder to enhance their personal profile across a wide network. In such a role, it is necessary to be a person who can adapt to a varied workload. The successful candidate will join an exciting, motivated team who really make a difference to Making our Customers Happier about Money.
What you'll be doing
• Lead and direct the adoption and maintenance of risk & control best practises within Technology function(s)
• Drive and oversees the delivery of monthly risk committee(s), ensuring accurate insights are elevated to other committees (e.g. COO Risk committee)
• Own key engagement with Technology, 2LOD and 3LOD stakeholders and acts as risk & control counsel to senior Technology colleagues
• Drive the strategy for mapping and evolving Technology risk profile(s), including identification, design and embedment of new or enhanced controls
• Lead the action planning for thematic customer risks or issues (e.g., resulting from Potential Customer Harms (PCH) or Consumer Duty (CD) assessments)
• Accountable for ensuring Technology functions are adherent to VM Policy Standards
• Lead the preparation of Technology risk & control requirements for external Regulator engagement
• Lead the delivery of SMF and MRT responsibilities within the function including the maintenance and traceavility of evidence proving the execution of SMF / MRT responsibilities and associated risks/controls ownership
• Drive the culture of continuous improvement within risk & control best practises / disciplines
• Lead the relationship/partnership with Controls Office teams and actively contributes to ‘1A' risk & control peer group forums and shared aims
• People Leader of Technology Control Managers
We need you to have
• Expertise in Payments, Data, Products & Channels and/or Engineering & Environments
• A track record of managing Enterprise Risks and Issues across a large financial institution, with the associated deep technical knowledge in a risk/control/audit setting
• Exceptional leadership skills tested in delivery of transformational change, including leading enterprise risk management transformation in a regulated environment
• Strong assurance experience, recognising the requirements to ensure effective controls are in place, in a diverse cross-horizontal and cross-vertical construct
• Ability to build and sustain relationships at senior levels and with key stakeholders within the group, including executives and business unit leaders
• Excellent business acumen and ability to synthesise disparate information into a connected holistic view to aid executive decision making.
• A track record of working with and reporting to Leadership Team and executive level management
• Comprehensive understanding of industry best practice Governance, Risks, Issues and Assurance disciplines
• Change Management with a particular understanding of IT change and agile methodology
• Demonstrable leader of continuous improvement and risk & control techniques (at function/division level)
It's a bonus if you have but not essential
• Qualified at professional risk management body (e.g. IRM)
• Experienced dealing with UK Regulators
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
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
• 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.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team
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.
