Position:  Technology Risk Specialist

Suitable for:  IT Risk Specialist, IT Risk Consultant, IT Risk and Governance Analyst

Location:  Isle of Man – candidates must be willing to relocate if not already a resident of the IOM

Salary:  TBC

Unfortunately, our client is unable to provide sponsorship.

Our client is looking for a Technology Risk Specialist, an important role at the heart of their Risk Strategy. It is fundamental to providing constructive oversight, challenge and support to the approach to how the company’s IT operations and strategic change projects are directed and controlled.  This includes challenging decision making around the company’s IT strategy, how it achieves its aims, and ensuring that all activities undertaken are within risk appetite and comply with legal, ethical and regulatory requirements, with the overall goal of ensuring that the company is protected from internal and external risk as far as possible.

Technology Risk Specialist – Essential Skills:

• In depth knowledge and experience of IT related risks, IT risk change, techniques and implications across platforms.
• Broad commercial experience with experience in the financial services sector preferable, operating in a multi‐jurisdictional environment.
• Experience of working in a business going through continuous upgrading, change and growth.
• Understanding of market knowledge and regulations/legislation within industry and expert on IT risk governance, risk management and risk response.
• Demonstrable track record of working with Risk, Change, IT teams and understanding of audit.
• Relevant IT and Risk Management qualifications and/or relevant equivalent work experience
• Problem solving skills, with the ability to work independently and with integrity.

Technology Risk Specialist – Roles & Responsibilities

• Providing strategic and tactical direction and consultation on IT and Project related risks
• Providing Line 2 oversight of key strategic projects and associated governance frameworks
• Constructively overseeing, challenging and validating IT and Project risk assessments
• Supporting and providing input into the Technology Team’s quarterly Risk Forum
• Developing processes and procedures for overseeing, challenging and validating Technology risks
• Recommending changes and improvements to Technology risk policies and procedures
• Reviewing, challenging and validating Line 1 IT Risk Policy compliance assessments
• Working collaboratively with other teams to facilitate up-to-date IT risk analysis and risk management processes and to identify threats, vulnerabilities and acceptable levels of residual risk.  This includes emerging risks with due consideration of external events and case studies.
• Participating in the development, embedding and maintenance of our Group Risk Management Framework, including providing oversight of and input into Third Party Risk Management processes and framework
• Reviewing Line 1 Risk and Control Self-assessments (RCSAs), analysing the effectiveness of IT risk control activities from a Line 2 perspective, in accordance with ITIL best practices and reporting on them with practical and commercial recommendations
• Providing advice and training to support Line 1 with managing risks associated with critical issues/incidents that may affect customer, or information security objectives.
• Providing Line 2 review, challenge and insight into new security products as part of a security risk assessment process.
• Assist with and oversee the identification of suitable Risk Management solutions (GRC), risk management information (i.e. dashboards) and automation of risk processes.

Full job description for the Technology Risk Specialist role will be made available after an initial call.

To apply:  Please follow the online application process and upload your CV, in Word format

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK for your application to be considered (sorry, our client is unable to offer sponsorship). 

Due to large numbers of applications, unfortunately we cannot provide detailed feedback to everyone, however, if you wish to find out how your application is progressing, please call or e-mail the office and someone will get back to you.