Risk Reporting Governance Analyst
Starling Bank, United Kingdom
Job Description
Hello, we’re Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.
The Risk Reporting amp; Governance Analyst sits within the Risk Function, in the second line of defence. The Risk Department is responsible for developing the ERMF for the Bank, challenging activities and reports from the first line and monitoring and reporting on risks and controls to the relevant committees, ensuring that the first line continues to operate within the risk appetite and tolerances that have been set.
As the Risk Reporting amp; Governance Analyst, you will assist the Risk Reporting, Enterprise Risk, and the Enterprise amp; Operational Risk teams in delivering quality risk reporting for the Bank as well as maintaining, improving and embedding the Bank’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF).
You will coordinate the risk papers to committees, setting agendas and communicating with the committee chairs, and organising timely input from teams across all three lines of defence. Additionally, you will help to ensure the Bank’s ERMF remains current, dynamic and commensurate with the scope, size and scale of the Bank; and scalable to keep pace with the growth of the Bank. You will play an important role in ensuring that risk information and analysis is properly represented and understood.
Responsibilities
- Support the completion of key enterprise risk processes including policy management, risk appetite maintenance and risk framework developments
- Coordinate the reporting life cycle for papers to risk committees including inputting to agenda-setting and support on report production
- Maintain committee forward plans and engage with stakeholders to provide timely notification of paper requests
- Liaise with the Company Secretariat team to maintain committee action logs and assist senior Risk stakeholders to provide timely updates on progress with committee actions
- Assist with the production and analysis of risk MI for reporting to committees
- Champion good corporate governance for the Risk Reporting function, including documenting processes, maintaining audit trails and capturing data points
- Input to the design and development of reporting across all risk sub-categories.
Requirements
- Awareness of good corporate governance principles and practices
- Comfortable handling, transforming and visualising large amounts of data
- Adaptable to changing priorities with strong planning and decision making skills
- Personable and approachable
- Analytical and logical skills
- Very strong organisational skills
- Good interpersonal skills including the ability to challenge in a positive manner and handle difficult situations
- A proven problem solver who is committed to continuous improvement.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary amp; group income protection
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mramp;Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Incentivised refer a friend scheme
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
About Us
You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.
We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.
Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity amp; inclusion in the wo