Head of Operational Risk

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🎲 Risk

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Nucleus Financial

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2006

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

☁️ SaaS

Finance • Fintech • SaaS

Nucleus Financial is one of the UK's leading independent groups for investment platforms, products and wealthtech software, and the only large-scale group with a comprehensive range of bespoke platform solutions to meet the evolving needs of advisory and investment management firms of all sizes, as well as their clients. They offer adviser and customer-facing platforms (Nucleus Platform), retirement-focused adviser platform combining technology and pension expertise, a wrap platform (Nucleus Wrap), SIPPs via James Hay and Curtis Banks, enterprise solutions (Third Financial), and wealthtech services (Dunstan Thomas). The group administers £110bn assets under administration, serves 251k customers and ~5. 2k advice firms. Headquarters in Salisbury, UK. They provide digital capability, back-office integrations, regulatory and legal information, and BDM booking for demos. The company focuses on retirement and wealth management solutions for advisers and customers in the UK.

📋 Description

• Lead the Operational Risk Team in engagement with business divisions • Promote and embed the requirements of the Risk Management Framework across the business • Oversee risk and control assessments, risk events, risk appetites, KRIs/emerging risk, risk acceptance, and the policy framework • Collaborate with Risk & Compliance colleagues to strengthen the Risk Management Framework • Provide oversight of the Group’s risk management and promote first-line risk ownership • Ensure material risk events are managed through resolution and lessons learned are incorporated into future risk management • Identify and conduct thematic reviews of key operational risks and issues • Provide forward-looking risk information and guidance to divisional management, Executive, and Board governance forums • Organise and conduct risk workshops supporting Finance colleagues with the ICARA • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the business • Motivate and develop the Operational Risk Team, focusing on quality, timely delivery, curiosity, and constructive challenge

🎯 Requirements

• Operated at a senior level in operational risk management within UK financial services organisations • Leadership of a team or department • Strong technical knowledge of risk management practices • Experience conducting risk and control workshops with subject matter experts from a diverse spectrum of disciplines • Technical knowledge and experience in managing risk in one or more of: Change; Information security and data; Technology; Operations / service delivery; Third party management & oversight; Operational resilience; Financial management • Engagement and presentation at Executive level or above • Positively demonstrates Nucleus values and behaviours • Acts with integrity • Professional and courteous conduct toward colleagues

🏖️ Benefits

• Non-contributory pension • Bonus • Enhanced parental leave • Paid time off for emergencies • Health and wellbeing initiatives • Flexible working options