1st Line Risk Senior Analyst

Role Description 

The 1st Line Risk Senior Analyst is required to support the implementation and application of the Risk Management Framework responsibilities.

The 1st Line Risk Senior Analyst will support the 1st Line Risk Manager as required. 

Specific Role Responsibilities  

• Work across the business to ensure timely and accurate recording and reporting of Risk Events, providing challenge to content and cause of the Event to ensure it is factually accurate. 

• Ensure delivery of quality, accurate Risk Events to clients in a timely manner, with appropriate assessment of regulatory impact.

• Production of Risk Event Management Information.

• Identifying efficiencies and improvements in the process related to quality and timeliness. 

• Root Cause and thematic analysis along with working with the business to improve the control environment to reduce the volume of Risk Events. 

• Provide support to 1st Line Risk Analysts with daily processes and management of client accounts. 

• Ensure all client queries, error logs and control tasks are completed within agreed deadlines.

• Completion of quality checking for Client Risk Event reports in line with company matrix. 

• Attendance of internal and external client calls where required, to provide overview of risk event themes and trends. 

• Act as escalation point for 1st Line Risk Team in first instance. 

• Deputise for the First Line Risk Manager(s) in their absence or where tasks are delegated. 

Functional Area Responsibilities 

• Be proactive, organised and actively provide ideas of innovation and process improvement. 

• Build and maintain excellent relationships with key stakeholders and clients to ensure engagement with our strategy.

• Be informed of sector-wide developments and those beyond the business sector. 

• Undertake any other reasonable duties, as determined by the Manager and 1st Risk Director.

• Ensure all mandatory training is completed in a timely fashion.

Experience required 

It is incumbent upon the 1st Line Risk Senior Analyst to ensure they are competent and have high performance in the following areas:

• Be fully IOC qualified or be prepared to undertake and complete during your employment.

• Be able to understand complex edicts, regulation guidelines, insurance products, and financial legislation. Prior experience with risk analysis and management in the UK financial regulation market is essential.

• Technical knowledge in product life cycle, market risk solutions, fixed income products, credit risk and attributions.

• Written and verbal communication should be of a high standard, along with the ability to influence and challenge. 

• Ability to communicate effectively at a variety of levels within a regulated environment, both internally and externally, written and oral. 

• Numeracy and literacy.

• Punctual and deadline driven.

• Analytical thinking.

• An ability to work within tight and dynamic time constraints.

• Conducting meetings and presentations skilfully.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Execution focussed.

• Strong negotiation skills.

• Ability to be objective.

• Professionalism and diplomacy.

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About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.