Senior Risk Manager, Operations

LSEG s vision is to be the most trusted expert in global financial markets. This is achieved through leading the world in providing access to capital, helping customers optimise capital resources and promoting trusted and transparent environments and services for investment.

LSEG is a diversified international exchange Group that sits at the heart of the worlds financial community. The Group operates through three key business divisions: Capital Markets (broad range of international equity, bond and derivatives markets); Post Trade (post trade and risk management services); Data & Analytics (delivers market insights, indexes, data, tools and analytics).

LSEG prides itself on operating a neutral, trusted, well-regulated and systemically important market infrastructure and does this within a fast paced, real-time and highly regulated environment. The Group is accountable to its shareholders, clients, regulators and the societies in which it operates, and the Group Values and Behaviours underpin how the Group meets those accountabilities.

The Group Risk Management function is responsible for ensuring the development and maintenance of an adequate risk framework that enables management to deliver its strategy by balancing risk and rewards within the appetite approved by the Board. It is also responsible to ensure governance arrangements in place are adequate to effectively manage all risks of the Group. The risk function is a key contributor to the LSEG s successful delivery of its strategy.

The Role reports to the Head of Risk, Operations and APAC and is part of the Chief Risk Office - Data & Analytics and Operations team from the Group Risk function.

The Group Risk function covers all aspects of Non-Financial, Financial and Strategic risk across the Group giving a unique insight and exposure to all areas of the Group. The Group Risk team is responsible for establishing the framework for the management of risks across the Group. The function acts as a close advisor to businesses and functions and is engaged in all key strategic initiatives.

This role represents the 2nd line of defence and is responsible for providing oversight of the risk management activity and strategic risk partnering for functions within Group COO and support Head of Risk, Operations and APAC to build APAC region risk view

The Senior Risk Manager will partner with BCO teams and risk managers within COO, ensuring the effective management of risk while also providing review and challenge and risk management advice and guidance. The ideal candidate will be proactive, organised and curious, possessing strong influencing and communication skills, and will be comfortable collaborating with COOLT

• Promote a strong risk culture and awareness of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework

• Oversight of the Risk Management Framework across multiple functions within COO
• Provide effective second line independent review and challenge to decisions that affect the functions exposure to risk. Key adviser, providing valuable risk insights and risk leadership
• Supporting the First Line team in delivering and maintaining the Risk and Control Assessment (RCA), whilst providing effective and robust review and challenge, ensuring effective risk remediation actions are identified to address control vulnerabilities
• Maintaining positive relationships across all three lines of defence so that the risk framework has full endorsement from leadership and appropriately addresses their risk management needs
• Stays abreast of relevant regulatory and industry developments, communicating important changes to the relevant stakeholders
• Review and challenge quarterly risk maturity assessment scores
• Perform Risk Deep Dives and report findings at the relevant Risk committees
• Providing independent Second Line assessment of emerging and change risks driven by transformation programs
• Contributing to the collation and preparation of materials for risk reporting committees
• Identifying and reporting risks to relevant committees, key business partners and senior leaders, providing expert advice and guidance in all matters relating to risk management for relevant functions
• Analyzing key risk indicators and management information for new insights
• Conducting topical investigations to deliver fresh risk insights
• Build a regional risk view for APAC by collaborating with Legal and Compliance, CoSec, Regional business leaders and site leaders.

• 10+ years experience working in Risk Management for organizations in the financial industry
• Degree in Economics/Finance or similar field.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to negotiate and resolve issues with meaningful solutions both internally and externally.
• Ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the business and relevant external stakeholders.
• Ability to think about risk management through use of data, e.g. identifying key risk and control indicators, establishing monitoring thresholds, trends.
• Experience or knowledge of GRC systems and the necessary supporting components - controls, RCA, events, issues.
• Partnership: Good communication skills - able to clearly articulate challenges and deliverables in terms of risk outcomes.

• Innovation: Willingness to learn - open to adopting new processes, approaches, and ways of working.
• Sound judgement with experience of balancing competing factors to deliver optimal outcomes in a pragmatic fashion.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants and employees religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it s used for, and how it s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject .

If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.