Senior Risk Associate - London

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Risk Associate to work for our client within the finance sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in London.

Our client is seeking a Senior Risk Associate to join their dynamic team who provide first like risk support to the Embedded Risk Managers and the Solutions businesses. As a Risk Senior Associate, you will support the client’s risk assessment processes, controls testing, regulatory compliance initiatives, and risk reporting activities. You'll collaborate across departments to build a strong risk-aware culture and ensure their risk framework is embedded in day-to-day decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Provide first line risk support to the Embedded Risk Managers and the Solutions businesses
• Partner with Second Line control groups for Solutions-level or Corporate-level topics
• Oversight and monitoring of issues and action plans, including reduced likelihood of repeat issues, effective challenge on management’s remediation of issues, drives sustainability reviews
• Work with ERM teams, Business Management, and others within Solutions to define risk program reporting needs and cadence, as well as consolidate where necessary
• Identify metrics and dashboards needed for monitoring, and develop processes for metric collection, monitoring and trend analysis
• Gather and analyse risk related data to gain insights into exposures and to enable tactical and strategic management decisions
• Oversee the maintenance of the process, risk, and control libraries in line with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) expectations
• Development and management of business risk profiles
• Support the build out and execution of the Management Control Testing program and guidelines
• Support incident/problem management activities
• Promote transparency and accountability by maintaining consistency across risk framework & operating model
• Assist with driving improvements to the overall control environment
• Coordinate in the development and delivery of risk training programs, as necessary, to address key needs
• Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in risk management, internal controls, compliance, or audit (preferably in financial services)
• Strong understanding of first line vs. second-line risk functions
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualisation tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau)
• Familiarity with KRIs, RCSA, risk dashboards, and GRC frameworks
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and within a cross-functional team
• Experience working within a regulated financial institution
• Exposure to incident management processes or audit reviews

Why join us?

• Career coaching and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Initial upskilling pre-assignment that has been accredited by TechSkills
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to obtain certifications from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco and more
• Access to the Buy As You Earn share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 4,000 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.