Ecology Hub

Senior Manager – Risk & Compliance Assurance

    • Full-time, permanent
    • Work remotely (temporarily due to Covid-19)
    • Competitive salary
    • Three years' experience (preferred)


This is a superb opportunity to further your career in risk and compliance with a leading ethical financial institution.

Ecology Building Society is a successful member-owned building society with a clear environmental focus and a mission to promote sustainable development. We are committed to building a greener society through the provision of a range of simple, ethical savings products to support mortgages for properties and projects which respect the environment.

Role overview

The Risk & Compliance Assurance Senior Manager is the Society’s professional support on all aspects of risk and compliance assurance and oversight ensuring that appropriate frameworks and oversight arrangement are designed, integrated, embedded and operating effectively and efficiently.

Main duties and areas of responsibility

      • Design and implement effective levels of assurance for the Society to assure compliant and ethical delivery of services to our members through creation of the annual Assurance Plan and monthly Continuous Monitoring Plan.
      • Lead the ongoing maintenance/status reporting of the annual Assurance Plan and monthly Continuous Monitoring Plan.
      • Manage and lead review activities in response to regulatory findings, emerging issues and other unplanned-for initiatives.
      • Ensure the Society complies with current regulation and meets its regulatory obligations (including prudential regulation) through robust assurance testing executed in line with the risk & compliance methodology.
      • Identify, remediate and mitigate risks for the Society (including fraud & financial crime, anti bribery & corruption, conduct, data protection, outsourcing & 3rd party risks).
      • Co-ordinate with first line of defence (e.g. operations) and 3rd line of defence (e.g. audit) to provide comprehensive proportionate risk-based assurance coverage.
      • Adopt a risk-based and proportionate approach to risk mitigation solutions working closely with the 1st line of defence to ensure operational success upon implementation.
      • Proactive tracking and reporting of issues arising from risk & compliance review activities and audit reviews providing validation of issue closure where appropriate.
      • Support ongoing proactive audit liaison as required.
      • Utilise testing outputs and analysis to support and inform management of risk & compliance 3rd party providers/parameter changes required.
      • Support the development of and drive the continuous enhancement of the risk & compliance methodology.
      • Contribute to a culture of risk and compliance awareness across the Society, developing understanding through ongoing education and upskilling.
      • Contribute to the design, development and implementation of a new suite of Management Information to enable production of meaningful and value-added MI to relevant committees to ensure risk and compliance priorities are known and understood.

Applications should highlight demonstratable experience of the following:-

      • Drafting and informing annual assurance plans/compliance monitoring plans.
      • Managing and executing end to end assurance reviews.
      • Converting legislative requirements into assurance test scripts.
      • Adopting a risk-based and proportionate approach to findings resolution.
      • Proactive tracking, reporting and validation of issue closure.

 

  • Working for Ecology

    Located in Silsden, West Yorkshire, our offices are an eco-friendly design and build. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

          • Company events;
          • Company pension;
          • Cycle-to-work scheme;
          • On-site parking available;
          • Competitive holiday allowance with an annual holiday purchase scheme;
          • Life assurance*;
          • Profit sharing.
            * after 3 months qualifying service

     

  • If you would like to join our team and pursue a rewarding career in a company that exists to make a difference, then please apply today, sending your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the role and alignment with our mission to [email protected].

    Closing date:  31 October 2020