Job Description Summary
We're looking for an experienced Risk Manager to join our Strategy, Investment & Business Management team, playing a key role in strengthening how we manage Technology, Change Execution and IT Systems risk.
You'll work at the heart of a complex technology and transformation landscape, partnering across Engineering, Change Delivery, Risk and senior leadership. Bringing your expertise in Non-Financial Risk, you'll provide insight and constructive challenge, turn complexity into clarity and influence improvements to our risk and control environment.
If you enjoy solving complex problems, influencing senior stakeholders and driving meaningful change, this is an opportunity to make a real impact.
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Finance Platform Risk Manager
SALARY: As per range
LOCATION: Bristol, Harbourside
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
About this opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a Risk Manager to join our Strategy, Investment & Business Management team and help shape the future of our Finance Platform!
You'll support the management and continuous improvement of risks associated with technology systems and the delivery of change. Working across a complex technology and change landscape, you'll collaborate with engineering, service management, change delivery and risk teams.
Your insight, oversight and constructive challenge will help ensure risks are understood, controlled and managed effectively.
What you'll be doing:
•Lead the oversight, assessment and reporting of the Finance Platform's Change Execution and IT Systems risk profile.
•Partner with Engineering, Run and Change teams to identify and manage technology, resilience and change delivery risks.
•Lead and facilitate risk assessments, control reviews and deep dives, monitoring control effectiveness, issues and emerging risk themes.
•Provide clear insight, constructive challenge and guidance to support effective risk-based decision making.
•Coordinate risk reduction plans and track actions through to effective outcomes.
•Produce clear analysis and executive-level reporting for senior leadership and governance forums.
•Support Internal Audit, Risk Specialists and other assurance activity, finding opportunities to strengthen controls and risk management practices.
•Build strong, trusted relationships with key business partners, using effective engagement, influence and constructive challenge to support positive business and risk outcomes.
What we're looking for:
•Proven experience in non-financial risk, operational risk, technology risk, IT controls, internal audit or a related governance role.
•Demonstrated ability managing or overseeing risks associated with technology systems, operational resilience or the delivery of change.
•Practical knowledge of risk management frameworks, control design and effectiveness, risk assessments, indicators, issues, events and governance processes.
•Experience working with technology or engineering teams, translating technical information into clear business risks, impacts and recommended actions.
•Evidence of influencing and constructively challenging senior partners, supported by strong analysis and reporting to help decision making.
And any of these would be great…
•Experience of IT Systems Risk, Technology Resilience, Service Management, Operational Resilience or Technology Controls.
•Knowledge of change governance and Change Execution risk management.
•Understanding of application lifecycle, incident management, IT change, disaster recovery, cloud technologies or platform engineering environments.
•Experience using risk management systems such as Risk Open Pages (ROP) or equivalent governance platforms.
Benefits package includes:
•A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
•An annual performance-related bonus
•Share schemes including free shares
•Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
•30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
•A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Salary range: £67,023 - £74,470
Closing date: Friday 20 November 2026
