[ref. u68988017] Credit Risk Assurance Manager - London

Join us as a Credit Risk Assurance ManagerWe/ll look to you to lead the delivery of Credit Testing & Monitoring (T&M) reviews, ensuring their effective design and delivery which assess compliance with risk standards and policies, processes and guidance, regulatory requirements, rules, and obligationsYou/ll support the design, development, and delivery of a flexible and risk-based Credit T&M plan and you/ll help ensure the right resourcing levels and capability requirements are in place to meet and deliver review objectivesThis is an engaging role in which you/ll enjoy significant stakeholder interaction, leading a review team, working closely with the first and second lines of defence, and supporting senior leadersWhat you/ll doAs a Credit Risk Assurance Manager, you/ll take the lead with Credit T&M reviews, ensuring that the identification, assessment, and monitoring of credit risks and related outcomes are undertaken effectively and in accordance with risk management standards.

You/ll help lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of multi-skilled T&M Assurance Managers, ensuring deliverables are within agreed timelines and standards. You/ll also help to plan and schedule review team resources so that activity is executed in line with agreed timescales and adheres to T&M methodologies, processes, and policies.While there/s no line management responsibilities at the outset, the role may evolve over time as you settle in.Furthermore, you/ll:Design, deliver, and document high quality Credit T&M reviews with robust and efficient testing strategies that focus on testing compliance with, where relevant, credit risk policies, processes and guidance, regulatory requirements, rules, and obligationsEngage with senior stakeholders, escalating identified areas of non-compliance and handling sensitive and challenging messages effectivelyAssist team leadership as requiredManage relationships with key stakeholders with committee and forum attendance as requiredContribute to the design, build, and implementation of enhancements to T&M methodologies, testing tools, and techniquesThe skills you/ll needTo succeed in this role, you/ll need subject matter expertise in credit risk and knowledge of the related standards or policies, processes and procedures, as well as credit risk counterparty types and products across the organisation.

We/re looking for experience across the credit risk spectrum, however a background in Financial Institutions or Commercial Real Estate is particularly interesting.We/re also looking for:An understanding of appropriate tools, techniques, and methodologies used to perform Credit T&M assurance reviewsThe ability to work on your own initiative, setting priorities and self-managing multiple workstreamsThe ability to lead, motivate, coach, and develop a team of multi-skilled and geographically dispersed employeesGood working knowledge of the principal credit systems across the organisation like Prism, RMPS, Avaloq and GMSEffective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to constructively challenge and influence, where appropriateStrong relationship building and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to maintain effective relationships at all levelsContribution to the wider development and evolution of the team and wider bank agenda, in particular in respect of data-led initiatives