Risk Manager (Financial Services) - #1798236

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Make a very, very, very good career move.

Are you our new Risk Manager?

As a Risk Manager at Intrum UK, you'll play a pivotal role in strengthening our risk culture by partnering with key departments including Operational areas across the business. You'll be the go-to Risk Partner, providing oversight, support, and challenge to our first line teams. Your mission: to embed and uphold our Risk Management Framework, ensuring we stay resilient, compliant, and forward-thinking.

You'll operate in either our Manchester or Glasgow office, with the added flexibility of hybrid working with travel to our other UK offices as required.

What You Will Do

• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with department heads and their teams to embed risk awareness and improve risk maturity.
• Risk Oversight: Conduct independent reviews, control testing, and ensure adherence to the RMF.
• Governance Support: Guide and support on Risk Events, RCSAs, control testing, and governance reporting.
• Relationship Building: Develop strong relationships with risk and control owners, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
• Risk Monitoring: Lead monthly risk agenda sessions, track incidents, and support the identification of emerging risks.
• Training & Development: Deliver risk training and refresher sessions and communicate updates to the RMF.
• Root Cause Analysis: Conduct independent analysis of risk data to identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Action Plan Facilitation: Ensure timely resolution of issues, working closely with stakeholders to address control gaps and customer impact.
• Devoted to the FCA principle of Consumer Duty; by ensuring we are driving good customer outcomes across all aspects of services that have potential to impact our customers.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Analytical and commercially aware individual, who thrives in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
• Proven experience in operational risk management compliance, or governance role within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory frameworks and risk governance.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in building risk dashboards and analytics.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Working towards or have achieved a risk qualification.
• Collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous improvement.
  
  

What we offer: At Intrum we offer not only a challenging and rewarding career but also:

• Lifestyle: A competitive salary and attractive benefits package including 33 days holidays including bank holidays upon commencement, with the ability to buy more or sell back. You can participate in gadget schemes. Contributory workplace pension scheme. Additionally, you'll get an extra day to celebrate your birthday.
• Opportunities to grow: You'll receive training and coaching for your personal development/progression, and employee recognition programmes to help you grow in your career.
• Health: You'll have access to private medical insurance, life assurance, and more.
• Wellbeing: You'll enjoy discounts on gym memberships, cycle to work schemes, and a 24/7 employee assistance programme. You'll also have sociable working hours and breakfast/ snacks provided in the office.
• Supportive, open, and value-driven culture: Ethics. Dedication. Solutions. Empathy. Our values aren't just words hanging in the reception. They guide us all daily. It's what makes our culture inclusively open, inspiringly supportive and rich in diverse perspectives. It's why Intrum is a natural home for people ready to make a difference. And it's why people like you recognise this is the place to do just that.
  
  

How To Apply

If you are interested in this position and believe you have the right experience, please send your English CV via the 'apply button'. Are you curious and have some questions? You're welcome to contact 'our recruitment team for more information.

At Intrum we strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

If a person with disabilities is put at a disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact Intrum Talent Acquisition team via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

About Intrum

Intrum is the industry-leading provider of credit management services across 20 markets in Europe. By helping companies to get paid and support people with their late payments, Intrum leads the way to a sound economy and plays a critical role in society at large.

Intrum has circa 10,000 dedicated professionals who serve around 80,000 companies across Europe.

At Intrum we consider everybody to be a leader. We lead ourselves when collaborate to meet the needs of our clients and customers. We are all accountable to our actions as well as trust and care for each other. This makes us all leaders, independent of role or responsibility, and this is reflected in our 3 leadership principles: Deliver Impact, Inspire Trust and Embrace Growth.

We are an equal opportunities employer and authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We will conduct credit, fraud, criminal record, right to work and reference checks as part of our pre-employment screening. You should not be bankrupt, have any outstanding county court judgments on your credit file. You must not have excessive default balances and any outstanding debt will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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Ready to grow by making a difference? Apply now and join a team that's leading the way to a sound economy.

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Nice-to-have skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Glasgow, Scotland
  
  

Work experience

• IT Consultant
  
  

Languages

• English