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 the D&A Data and Feeds business (incorporating Real-Time, Quant & Economic Data, Pricing & Reference Services, News & Text, and Digital Wealth sub-businesses). Specifically, this role will provide 2nd line risk oversight to the Data and Feeds 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. Data and Feeds provides access and solutions to market leading financial data, news, text, analytics and technology across the latency spectrum. 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 Data and Feeds products and services 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 platform and architecture, and data rights management
- Partnering on the redevelopment of products and services from a technology and data perspective, influencing direction to integrate risk considerations
- Identifying risks associated with the technical design and delivery of a new platform
- Helping to evaluate risks across the business including BAU risks, programme change, incident analysis and other key risk indicator monitoring
- Driving the maturity of the Enterprise Risk Framework across the Data and Feeds 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 Infrastructure Technology / Cloud development and Integration / Data Management or associated Non-Financial Risk Management roles
- Expertise with strategic technology change projects
- 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
- 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
At LSEG, we believe that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation is fundamental to the way we deliver on our promise - and our purpose. You'll be part of an organisation of over 25,000 people, spanning 70 countries. We recognise the individual perspectives each of our colleagues brings, and our diverse workforce is one of our greatest strengths. In supporting collaboration and creativity and encouraging new ideas across a diverse and inclusive workforce, we can improve how we are driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support from healthcare and retirement planning to paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender i