London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) are looking for Risk professionals in London!
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 commitment 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. LSEG's ticker symbol is LSEG.
Role summary
This new Group Risk role covers all aspects of Operational, Financial and Strategic risk from a 2nd Line of Defence perspective, giving exposure to all areas of the Group.
The Data & Analytics (D&A) risk team provides risk advice and oversight to the business, and supports the co-ordination of reporting and analysis of the risk profile.
Based in London, the role works with the Risk Lead for D&A Workflows (incorporating Trading & Banking, Wealth, Sustainability Finance, and the Workspace flagship product). Specifically, this role will provide 2nd line risk oversight to the Workspace business unit. This includes LSEG and strategic partnerships for next-generation data and analytics, A.I. integration and cloud infrastructure solutions which was announced in December 2022. Workspace provides access to the broadest and deepest coverage of financial data, news, analytics and efficiency tools - all in a highly customized A.I. assisted experience on desktop, web and mobile. We're looking for candidates who are curious about our ambitious business and want to influence 'Safe Growth' in a rapidly changing industry.
What you'll be doing:
- Maintaining oversight of risks to the existing Workspace product and the supporting infrastructure components
- Guidance during development, transition and client migration to future states
- Identifying core considerations around technology, data & A.I. requirements including: cloud infrastructure; data architecture; data rights management and entitlements
- Partnering on the redevelopment of Workspace from a technology and data perspective, influencing direction to integrate risk considerations
- Identifying risks associated with the technical design of a new platform
- Helping to evaluate risks across the business including BAU risks as well as query and incident analysis and other key risk indicators
- Driving the maturity of the Enterprise Risk Framework across the Workspace business
- 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 outside appetite have remediation plans which are monitored through the relevant governance forums
- Attending incident review meetings and providing trend analysis of incidents from a Second Line risk perspective
- 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
- Supporting First Line to gather controls to ensure a complete and accurate control inventory
- 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 areas
- Analysing key risk indicators and management information for new insights
- Collaborating as part of the D&A Divisional Risk coverage team and across the broader Group Risk team, and engaging relevant partners in other Divisions, e.g. Technology, Operations and Corporate functions
You'll bring:
- Demonstrable experience in Technology / Cloud / Data Management or associated Non-Financial Risk Management roles.
- Expertise with strategic technology change projects considered an advantage
- Familiarity with agile working practices
- Grounding in A.I. integration
- Credibility and expertise to influence at the senior management level, providing active challenge in senior forums and with partners
- Understanding of Front Office trading functions and products within Financial Services
- 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
- Adaptability to work within a dynamic and ambitious business
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, enablin