Risk Reporting Officer (12 month FTC)

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 Officer will work alongside the Head of Risk Strategy & Reporting and the Senior Risk Reporting Manager in the design, collation and preparation of risk papers, reports and presentations to committees, including organising and coordinating timely input from relevant departments and Risk teams.

You will help to ensure that risk information and analysis is properly represented and understood across Starling Group, including developing and re-designing reporting to committees as required. The role will involve the end-to-end lifecycle of committee reporting; setting agendas and communicating with the committee chairs, managing relationships across all three lines of defence to bring together the risk information, and subsequent punctual circulation.

Please note, this is a 12-month fixed term contract.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the reporting cycle for papers to sub-executive risk committees namely; agenda-setting, supporting report production, reviewing to ensure quality standards, with occasional presentation;
• 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 on behalf of the Risk Reporting Function, including maintaining terms of reference, documenting processes, maintaining audit trails and capturing data points;
• Input to the design and development of reporting across all risk sub-categories;
• Drive the use of data in decision-making across Starling through analysing existing metrics and data; and
• Ensure the quality, accuracy and timeliness of risk reporting to committees.

Requirements

• Previous demonstrable experience in organising, designing and facilitating reporting risk.
• Applicable knowledge of risk management in the financial services.
• Good stakeholder management and relationship building.
• Analytical and logical skills; exemplary attention to detail.
• Awareness of good corporate governance principles and practices.
• Adaptable to changing priorities with strong planning, prioritisation and organisational skills.
• Comfortable with handling, transforming and visualising large amounts of data.
• 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
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• 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 and Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships

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.

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