Business Unit: Risk
Salary range: £56,000 - £70,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Remote
Contract type: Permanent
Be a change maker with more cha-ching. Live a life more Virgin.
Our Team
The Digital and Technology management team deliver second line advice, oversight and challenge on VM's approach to managing technology and cyber risks. The team provides analysis of the existing technology and cyber risk profile, also identifying trends and emerging risks. In a fast-changing external threat landscape, this will be a challenging and dynamic role. This team sits within the wider Operational Risk Management Team which covers Operational Risk, Operational Resilience, Payments Risk, Third Party Risk and Change Risk.
What you'll be doing
- Responsible for providing expert advice, oversight, and challenge on the Bank's approach to managing all aspects of cyber risk.
- Supporting Risk Management's assessment of the ongoing security investment plan and improvements to the control environment.
- Support Risk Management SME input and advice on cyber and information security for new initiatives and change programmes across the Bank.
- Monitor, evaluate and challenge business stakeholder's success in identifying, managing and reporting cyber risk in line with both internal standards and regulatory requirements.
- Supporting the Senior Manager in inputting high quality insight and opinion in external reporting to the leadership team, Board Risk Committees and regulators.
- Supporting the planning and identification of areas for thematic assurance and oversight reviews across the wider team.
- Using your knowledge and expert understanding of technology and cyber risk management to provide expert oversight, monitoring and challenge of risks, issues, incidents, and key controls.
- Identify new and emerging trends and themes from risk data and MI or through meetings, projects or stakeholder engagement e.g. root causes of incidents, thematic control gaps and engagement with external parties.
We need you to have
- Experience and knowledge in cyber or information security discipline, preferably in a risk or audit role.
- Understanding of related technology standards and regulations and Financial Services.
- Knowledge of wider technology risk including systems architecture, system development lifecycles and project management.
- Understanding of risk management processes and practices and the 3 lines of defence model.
- Experience in producing high quality reports for a variety of stakeholders, ensuring key messages are presented clearly and appropriately for the audience.
It's a bonus if you have but not essential
- Relevant degree or Cyber related professional qualification (desirable but not essential).
- Understanding of Risk Management and Policy Frameworks and the elements that make it up.
Red Hot Rewards
- Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if Part–Time) plus the option to buy more.
- Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
- 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
- Market-leading pension.
- Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
- Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.
And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.
Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.
We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.
Say hello to Virgin Money
We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we're a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.' This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.
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Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.
If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.