Treasury Risk Manager

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.

This role leads the Asset & Liability Management Risk (‘ALM Risk’) team and covers operational risk for the Treasury and Savings (T&S) Division, which are part of the second line Risk function in Close Brothers, leading a team of 6. This role will have dual reporting into the Head of Prudential Regulation and Head of Operational Risk.

ALM Risk provides second line oversight, check and challenge over Close Brother’s liquidity, funding and non-traded market risks. This, together with the wider oversight of operational risks, seeks to ensure Close Brothers is managing these risks within agreed risk appetites, and in accordance with the relevant policies and standards.

This role will provide expert advisory and opinion in support of risk and controls transformation, ALM system and data enhancement, framework and methodology maturity including reporting and measurement, working closely across all lines of defence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Funding, Liquidity and Non-Traded Market Risk:

• Support enhancements to our ALM system as the core analytical and stress testing tool to inform expert judgement on balance sheet optimisation and non-traded market risk management.
• Deliver enhanced ALM risk analytics to senior management through dynamic modelling and forward-looking analytics
• Provide lending businesses and treasury with appropriate forward-looking dynamic stress simulations and analytics to support on funding and liquidity decisions shaping the balance sheet
• Provide oversight to bank’s Funding & Liquidity risk including review of the Funding plan, stress testing and Treasury strategic initiatives
• In depth review, oversight and check and challenge of the ILAAP document
• Effective ALM risks assessments and measurement framework, focussing on check and challenge of business and treasury assumptions and limitations

Risk Management:

• Provide independent and robust oversight and challenge relating to T&S management of risks and controls, and embedding of the non-financial risk framework and methodology
• Provide advisory and support activities including risk and control assessments, key risk indicators, issue and incident management and control assurance
• Challenge and provide independent opinion on periodic reporting of risk and controls, KRIs, KPIs and KCIs

People:

• Provide oversight and direction to employees in accordance with the firm's policies, procedures, standards
• Support and develop a culture of performance management, improvement, and appraisal as a foundation for excellent organisational performance.
• Provide customer focussed outcomes and solutions to stakeholder requirements and overcome obstacles to delivery.
• Develop relationships with all key stakeholders particularly with the Treasurer, business credit, operational risk, risk and finance directors and their teams

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

• A Degree in finance or similar, with significant experience in a risk related role
• A significantly experienced risk practitioner or treasury professional with solid understanding of ALM, Market, Funding, and liquidity Risk
• Experience on Balance sheet analysis and interpretation in a manner that is concise and digestible in order to support business objectives and balance sheet strategy
• Knowledge of ILAAP, ICAAP and Recovery Plan requirements
• Experience of operational risk management frameworks and methodologies
• Detailed orientated with broad understanding of treasury related financial and non financial risks

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

• Professional certification in a relevant discipline, such as Diploma in Treasury Management (AMCT), Institute of Risk Management (IRM) or Certificate in Operational Risk Management
• Implementation experience of new Retail Savings and Treasury products
• Experience on leading projects

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

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, wealth management services and securities trading. At Close Brothers we provide financial support and advice to small businesses and individuals in the UK. Our purpose is to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term.

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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

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. We employ over 3,500 people, principally in the UK.

Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250.We remain focused on markets and services we know and understand, developing leading positions and unrivalled expertise. Our approach is prudent and considered enabling us to grow sustainably, through all market conditions, building confidence among our depositors and investors.

Our businesses have remained local as we continue to provide bespoke services, and developing long-term relationships ensuring our success in the future. We value our clients over everything else. What they do is important – they are the doers and makers of things, the wealth creators, the investors and the savers. We ensure our services meet their specific needs and invest to support them as they grow.

These principles, founded in our past but applied to the modern world today, represent what we describe as ‘modern merchant banking’ – values that are embedded in our culture and that underpin everything we do.