About Us:
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.
LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific.
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Role Description:
This is a role in Group Risk (2nd line) supporting the CRO for LSE plc and Turquoise, as part of the Capital Markets Risk Team. The role covers all aspects of Operational Resiliency for the London Stock Exchange and its business services, technology and supporting operations. The role will also cover new business initiatives such as the building out blockchain technology and using AI solutions.
We are looking for candidates who have or are developing a strong technology risk background and are looking to expand with a business risk role. There is a wide range of partners required across LSE plc senior management and the ideal candidate will be excellent at relationship management. Also, as LSE plc is a regulated entity with its own Board within LSEG, experience of regulators and understanding of the latest regulatory Operational Resiliency policies would be important in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide oversight, challenge and support of the day-to-day delivery of Operational Resiliency for LSE including incident & problem review, technology risks, third party risks, project delivery and architecture reviews
- Contribute to 2nd line oversight on LSE resiliency programmes including deep dives, monthly reporting, control review and remediation plans
- Curate and produce reports and materials for regulatory requests, the LSE plc Board Risk Committee and internal risk committees
- Providing input and participating in Scenario, BCM and DR Testing, including review of output for vulnerabilities and risks
- Review of Third Party risks across LSE plc and Intra-group and LSE plc Service Management
- Attending Group LSEG Operational Resiliency committees, design forums and working groups representing LSE plc
- Attending incident review meetings and providing trend analysis of incidents from a Second Line risk perspective
- Performing thematic assessments on technology resiliency topics including read across to external and LSEG events
- Encouraging best practice and continuous improvement and alignment with the Group Risk framework
- 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
- 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
- Ensuring all risks identified as being near or outside appetite have high quality remediation plans which are monitored through the relevant governance forums
- Conducting topical investigations to deliver fresh risk insights
- Providing independent Second Line assessment of emerging and change risks associated with new strategy, new products and major projects
- Review and challenge of key controls and providing recommendations to enhance, develop metrics and assess for effectiveness
- Attendance and participation in relevant risk committees, forums, project boards and workshops
- Delivery of training and workshops to key partners and employees as required
Required Skills:
- Strong Technology background including appropriate experience and qualifications related to technology governance and risk management such as: COBIT, ITIL, ISO31000, COSO, CIISP, CRISC, CISM
- Has appropriate knowledge of the software development lifecycle, service delivery and core technology processes, controls and metrics used to manage technology risks
- Credibility and expertise to influence at the senior management level
- Good judgement with experience of balancing challenging factors to deliver optimal outcomes
- Ability to translate risk analysis of the BAU, transitional and end-states into impactful risk language and distil key messages for discussion, providing active challenge in senior forums and with partners
- Understanding and experience of Financial Services would be beneficial
Benefits:
We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!
We maximise each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:
- 25 days’ holiday per year
- 1 additional day off for your Birthday
- Annual wellness allowance
- Share Purchase Plan
- Medical Health Insurance
- Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
- Dental Coverage
- Life insurance
- Pillar 3 Private Pension
- Meal Vouchers
- Flexible Benefits
- Bookster
- Volunteering Events
- All LSEG colleagues with at least one year’s continuous service, who become parents, are now entitled to at least 26 weeks’ paid leave, and the option to return to work on a phased basis, in relation with specific company’s policy and guidelines
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.
