Risk Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 23 April 2026
LOCATION
Newcastle upon Tyne
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£60,000 / year
CATEGORY
Banking & Financial Services
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SKILLS

Risk Management IT Governance Operational Resilience Financial Services Governance Service Delivery Stakeholder Management Regulatory Compliance

FULL DESCRIPTION

Risk Manager

#### About the role Location: Flexible UK / Hybrid Industry: Banking & Financial Services Function: Savings, Operations, Risk, Governance Are you an experienced Financial Services professional who thrives at the intersection of Operations, Technology and Risk? We’re looking for a confident, engaging senior manager to help shape the future of our clients Savings function. You’ll lead and coordinate a wide portfolio of governance activity across Operations, IT, Change and external partners - ensuring strong customer outcomes, robust control environments, and clear decision‑making at senior levels. What you’ll be doing - Owning and driving governance across Savings, Operations, Technology and outsourced providers - Chairing and facilitating IT Governance and Infrastructure Risk forums - Tracking regulatory, audit and operational performance, ensuring actions are delivered - Working cross‑functionally to identify customer, process and risk improvements - Managing supplier oversight and contract governance - Supporting strategic programmes and horizon‑scanning upcoming regulatory change What you’ll bring - Strong background across Ops, Risk, Governance or Service Delivery within Financial Services - High‑level technical understanding (IT, infrastructure, operational resilience) - Experience engaging confidently with senior stakeholders and external partners - Ability to manage multiple initiatives, run governance cadence and influence outcomes - A collaborative, commercially aware mindset with excellent communication skills If you’re passionate about driving better customer outcomes and want to join a growing, people‑focused organisation - we’d love to hear from you.

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. We oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of any protected characteristic. Our aim is to create an environment that encourages diversity, builds on individual differences, and responds equitably to the needs of all. We proactively take steps to fulfil our legal obligations, remove barriers, monitor for fairness, reflect the communities we serve, and enforce a zero-tolerance policy for breaches of our Equality and Diversity policy.

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