Senior Operational Risk Analyst
Financial Services (FX Broker)
London – Full Time
Hybrid
Circa £75k Plus Bonus and Benefits
The Company:
A rapidly growing but established financial boutique specialising in offering FX exposure management services to companies and financial institutions.
About the role:
We are seeking an individual with strong experience in operational risk, and who can demonstrate sound knowledge of internal controls, risk management, and incident management. This individual must have operational risk experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Investment firms / asset managers
- Brokerage (Foreign Exchange brokerage is preferred)
- Settlements / Clearing
Key responsibilities:
As a Senior Operational Risk Analyst, you will be responsible for:
- Supporting the Head of Risk in day-to-day activities such as incident management, investigation, and closure (including tracking actions to closure).
- Supporting the Head of Risk in the firm’s quarterly risk updates (RCSA process), working with risk owners each quarter to review their risks. This individual must be able to provide challenge to risk owners in a professional and confident manner.
- Identifying process and control improvements and subsequently advising the business on how to implement these.
- Producing reports on a monthly and quarterly basis detailing incidents and other risk issues, for submission to the Audit and Risk Committee. Tabulating and visualising data is important and a required skill, as is trend analysis of risk metrics.
- Key support for Head of Risk on Operational Resilience project, including assessing vulnerability and criticality of resources (in line with FCA requirements).
- Updating and maintaining the Firm’s internal risk management system.
This role is predominantly office based with some flexibility after probation.
Essential experience & skills:
We want to set you up for success and we believe these experiences and skills will help you thrive in this role:
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in either a brokerage or other financial services institution of the same size in an operational risk role.
- The candidate will also have experience in documenting risks and controls in a GRC system (in an automated risk management system).
- Excellent attention to detail, an energetic attitude to work, and strong communication and presentation skills.
- The ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels of the business in a confident and respectful manner.
- Robust experience in incident management, root cause analysis, and risk reporting.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Previous experience using a risk management system (such as Archer, Protecht etcetera).
