107 Security Leadership jobs in the United Kingdom
Manager - Risk Management
Posted 2 days ago
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At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
The new International Change & Risk Coordination Centre is a small, lean dedicated 1st line of defense team to help the International business respond to change. The scope covers changes/events impacting all International market legal entities (LEs), and their issuing and proprietary acquiring business. The Coordination Centre is an initial 'entry point' for changes impacting International, to navigate LE stakeholders and facilitate effective change rollout. The Coordination Centre will facilitate escalations from changes/events/projects to the International Risk Management Committee (IRMC) and to LE risk committees / boards.
Changes and events will come to the Coordination Centre via many routes and be triaged to identify targeted intervention/escalation.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
+ Maintain Coordination Centre inventory via accessing response process data and monitoring Coordination Centre inbox, whilst partnering with stakeholders across the enterprise flagging changes/events.
+ Run day-to-day Coordination Centre activities for changes/events from each route in
+ Perform triage by identifying changes/events with most material risk/regulatory impact; and define next steps.
+ Provide targeted intervention to enable effective delivery, e.g., remediating blockers.
+ Proactive monitoring by coordinating international response, aggregating portfolio view of change and monitor portfolio risk.
+ Support stakeholders navigating changes/events impacting International, including challenging risk assessments and plans.
+ Deliver concise executive level communications for the IRMC that: identify & facilitate relevant project specific escalations; provide status reporting on major projects and changes; and create an aggregated risk view of the portfolio.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ Consulting background with experience of standing up new programme teams in complex international organisations.
+ Extensive experience in Operational Risk Management, with demonstratable examples of Triage Management and Risk Quantification.
+ Exceptional Programme/ Project management delivery experience, Exec communication delivery, and flawless people management skills
+ Experience in process governance, establishing and overseeing robust decision-making processes that align with policies, regulatory frameworks, and/or operational standards.
+ Strong stakeholder management - ability to build working relationships with key business stakeholders and business SMEs.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Risk Mgmt., or related field; advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, MSc) or certifications are advantageous.
+ Experience in at least one of the following:
+ Supporting go-to subject matter experts in sharing subject matter expertise on decentralized risks
+ Facilitating activities to comply with enterprise policies and programs pertaining to specific risk types
+ Support advising on decentralized risk types into broader operational risk policies and programs.
+ Experience in the financial services industry
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-East Sussex-Brighton
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:** 25009671
Manager - Risk Management
Posted 2 days ago
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Job Description
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
The new International Change & Risk Coordination Centre is a small, lean dedicated 1st line of defense team to help the International business respond to change. The scope covers changes/events impacting all International market legal entities (LEs), and their issuing and proprietary acquiring business. The Coordination Centre is an initial 'entry point' for changes impacting International, to navigate LE stakeholders and facilitate effective change rollout. The Coordination Centre will facilitate escalations from changes/events/projects to the International Risk Management Committee (IRMC) and to LE risk committees / boards.
Changes and events will come to the Coordination Centre via many routes and be triaged to identify targeted intervention/escalation.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
+ Maintain Coordination Centre inventory via accessing response process data and monitoring Coordination Centre inbox, whilst partnering with stakeholders across the enterprise flagging changes/events.
+ Run day-to-day Coordination Centre activities for changes/events from each route in
+ Perform triage by identifying changes/events with most material risk/regulatory impact; and define next steps.
+ Provide targeted intervention to enable effective delivery, e.g., remediating blockers.
+ Proactive monitoring by coordinating international response, aggregating portfolio view of change and monitor portfolio risk.
+ Support stakeholders navigating changes/events impacting International, including challenging risk assessments and plans.
+ Deliver concise executive level communications for the IRMC that: identify & facilitate relevant project specific escalations; provide status reporting on major projects and changes; and create an aggregated risk view of the portfolio.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ Consulting background with experience of standing up new programme teams in complex international organisations.
+ Extensive experience in Operational Risk Management, with demonstratable examples of Triage Management and Risk Quantification.
+ Exceptional Programme/ Project management delivery experience, Exec communication delivery, and flawless people management skills
+ Experience in process governance, establishing and overseeing robust decision-making processes that align with policies, regulatory frameworks, and/or operational standards.
+ Strong stakeholder management - ability to build working relationships with key business stakeholders and business SMEs.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Risk Mgmt., or related field; advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, MSc) or certifications are advantageous.
+ Experience in at least one of the following:
+ Supporting go-to subject matter experts in sharing subject matter expertise on decentralized risks
+ Facilitating activities to comply with enterprise policies and programs pertaining to specific risk types
+ Support advising on decentralized risk types into broader operational risk policies and programs.
+ Experience in the financial services industry
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-East Sussex-Brighton
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:** 25009671
Manager-Risk Management
Posted 4 days ago
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Job Description
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviours, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
This role is within UK Credit Risk organisation led by UK Chief Risk Officer with the objective to drive responsible growth with best-in-class credit risk strategies through the card lifecycle.
The position provides a unique opportunity for an individual to make a difference by defining and implementing lending and governance strategies for UK consumer and SBS cards. The individual would be responsible for driving lending and affordability strategies, including proactively identifying opportunities or new data solutions to enhance existing frameworks, implementing strategy changes, monitoring internal and industry trends, and collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate is expected to have a comprehensive understanding of industry lending products and dynamics, as well as extensive knowledge of UK regulatory requirements from CONC and Consumer Duty. The individual is required to have experience of processing large unstructured datasets and have strong problem-solving abilities.
The responsibilities include:
+ Evaluating new data sources and stay abreast of industry trends to build upon existing affordability frameworks, and deliver profitable growth strategies, as well as improved customer outcomes
+ Innovating and optimising lending strategies to improve performance efficiencies and customer experience.
+ Collaborating closely with business partners and compliance to drive enterprise-wide projects for the UK market and to achieve sustainable growth objectives
+ Presenting recommendations to risk committees and lead the strategy implementation independently
+ Driving operational excellence and ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ 4 years of credit risk experiences in financial institutions
+ Experience with data-driven analytical tools (e.g. SQL, SAS, HIVE/HADOOP, R, Python, Tableau) to process unstructured dataset in order to extract insights, identify trends, and inform business decisions
+ Comprehensive understanding of UK CONC and Consumer Duty requirements on creditworthiness and affordability
+ Be curious and have a problem-solving mindset, ability to drive process change independently
+ Strong analytical skills and sound business acumen, and interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders across functions
+ Good communication and persuasion skills with an ability to translate technical analysis into business strategy recommendations in laymen's term
+ Demonstrates the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities under pressure
+ Advanced degree in quantitative or a related field is preferred
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:** 25012304
Risk Management Officer
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Risk Management Officer
International Bank based in the City of London
Hybrid working on offer
The job holder is responsible for providing risk reporting for the Branchs business activities under the supervision of the Head of Department, which may include the following or other reporting activities deemed relevant: Risk Management Summary, Cashflow mis-match report, Stress test summary, Corporate bo.
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Business Analyst - Risk Management
Posted 1 day ago
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Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Business Analyst with strong Risk Management capabilities to support a major financial institution. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering business-critical projects, with a particular focus on risk and control, reporting, strategic change, and business process improvements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct in-depth business analysis to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Support change and transformation initiatives across the risk and control functions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to re-engineer business processes (BPR) for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Develop and deliver functional designs, requirements documentation, and process maps.
- Produce high-quality written reports, dashboards, and risk/control documentation.
- Engage stakeholders across digital, technology, and operational functions to deliver on project goals.
- Assist in the planning and execution of change management activities.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience working in Risk Management, ideally within a financial services environment.
- Strong knowledge of Business Analysis techniques, tools, and best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to support change and transformation initiatives.
- Experience in Reporting and Analysis, including interpreting complex data sets.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into actionable solutions.
- Strong experience in Process Improvements and Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR).
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Familiarity with Digital and Technology-led change initiatives.
- Experience producing high-quality functional designs and documentation.
Desirable:
- Prior experience working within a large financial institution or banking environment.
- Knowledge of regulatory risk frameworks and compliance requirements.
Please apply for immediate consideration.
DGM Insurance Risk Management
Posted 6 days ago
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Department General Manager - Insurance Risk Management
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
Amazing blue-chip client is seeking an experienced Senior Department general manager to lead the Insurance Risk Management team.
- Significant experience working at a senior level as a risk manager in a multinational corporation (preferable) or brokers or underwriters, leading a department
- Expertise across a wide range of insurance lines such as Property & Casualty, Marine Cargo, Credit, Construction, Energy, Aviation etc. would be highly regarded
- Experience of managing, motivating and developing a team as a manager and manager of managers
Full responsibility for executing strategy along with Senior DGM, this role having full accountability for team performance and delivery of strategic targets.
Enhance and maintain relationship with key insurance companies and brokers in Europe where existing business relation along with building these connections with insurance companies and brokers as well.
Build strong relationship with leaders across the organization and group of companies.
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified in business administration, accounting, finance or a related area, or qualified by experience
- Professional qualification in an insurance business area such as ACII, CPCU at least Cert CII ideal or qualified by experience.
Skills:
- Excellent communication, collaboration and networking skills at all levels
- Great level of corporate insurance knowledge
- Experience of setting and executing department strategy
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills
- Logical and critical thinking skills
- Budgeting and/or cost control experience
- Ability to prioritise and multitask, including managing multiple issues and projects simultaneously
- Flexibility to meet travel requirements of the department.
Personal qualities/Attributes:
- Self-driven and proactive
- Comfortable and competent in dealing with other DGM's or above leaders within the organisation and with public speaking
- Be a trusted mentor and manager to the team members, including managerial members.
- Fluent English (Japanese (spoken & written) advantageous for documents and communication to head office.
For more information and full job spec details please get in touch with Michelle Ings, Executive Search HRGO team London (url removed)
DGM Insurance Risk Management
Posted 6 days ago
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Department General Manager - Insurance Risk Management
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
Amazing blue-chip client is seeking an experienced Senior Department general manager to lead the Insurance Risk Management team.
- Significant experience working at a senior level as a risk manager in a multinational corporation (preferable) or brokers or underwriters, leading a department
- Expertise across a wide range of insurance lines such as Property & Casualty, Marine Cargo, Credit, Construction, Energy, Aviation etc. would be highly regarded
- Experience of managing, motivating and developing a team as a manager and manager of managers
Full responsibility for executing strategy along with Senior DGM, this role having full accountability for team performance and delivery of strategic targets.
Enhance and maintain relationship with key insurance companies and brokers in Europe where existing business relation along with building these connections with insurance companies and brokers as well.
Build strong relationship with leaders across the organization and group of companies.
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified in business administration, accounting, finance or a related area, or qualified by experience
- Professional qualification in an insurance business area such as ACII, CPCU at least Cert CII ideal or qualified by experience.
Skills:
- Excellent communication, collaboration and networking skills at all levels
- Great level of corporate insurance knowledge
- Experience of setting and executing department strategy
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills
- Logical and critical thinking skills
- Budgeting and/or cost control experience
- Ability to prioritise and multitask, including managing multiple issues and projects simultaneously
- Flexibility to meet travel requirements of the department.
Personal qualities/Attributes:
- Self-driven and proactive
- Comfortable and competent in dealing with other DGM's or above leaders within the organisation and with public speaking
- Be a trusted mentor and manager to the team members, including managerial members.
- Fluent English (Japanese (spoken & written) advantageous for documents and communication to head office.
For more information and full job spec details please get in touch with Michelle Ings, Executive Search HRGO team London (url removed)
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Business Analyst - Risk Management
Posted today
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Job Description
Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Business Analyst with strong Risk Management capabilities to support a major financial institution. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering business-critical projects, with a particular focus on risk and control, reporting, strategic change, and business process improvements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct in-depth business analysis to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Support change and transformation initiatives across the risk and control functions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to re-engineer business processes (BPR) for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Develop and deliver functional designs, requirements documentation, and process maps.
- Produce high-quality written reports, dashboards, and risk/control documentation.
- Engage stakeholders across digital, technology, and operational functions to deliver on project goals.
- Assist in the planning and execution of change management activities.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience working in Risk Management, ideally within a financial services environment.
- Strong knowledge of Business Analysis techniques, tools, and best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to support change and transformation initiatives.
- Experience in Reporting and Analysis, including interpreting complex data sets.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into actionable solutions.
- Strong experience in Process Improvements and Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR).
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Familiarity with Digital and Technology-led change initiatives.
- Experience producing high-quality functional designs and documentation.
Desirable:
- Prior experience working within a large financial institution or banking environment.
- Knowledge of regulatory risk frameworks and compliance requirements.
Please apply for immediate consideration.
DGM Insurance Risk Management
Posted today
Job Viewed
Job Description
Department General Manager - Insurance Risk Management
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
Amazing blue-chip client is seeking an experienced Senior Department general manager to lead the Insurance Risk Management team.
- Significant experience working at a senior level as a risk manager in a multinational corporation (preferable) or brokers or underwriters, leading a department
- Expertise across a wide range of insurance lines such as Property & Casualty, Marine Cargo, Credit, Construction, Energy, Aviation etc. would be highly regarded
- Experience of managing, motivating and developing a team as a manager and manager of managers
Full responsibility for executing strategy along with Senior DGM, this role having full accountability for team performance and delivery of strategic targets.
Enhance and maintain relationship with key insurance companies and brokers in Europe where existing business relation along with building these connections with insurance companies and brokers as well.
Build strong relationship with leaders across the organization and group of companies.
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified in business administration, accounting, finance or a related area, or qualified by experience
- Professional qualification in an insurance business area such as ACII, CPCU at least Cert CII ideal or qualified by experience.
Skills:
- Excellent communication, collaboration and networking skills at all levels
- Great level of corporate insurance knowledge
- Experience of setting and executing department strategy
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills
- Logical and critical thinking skills
- Budgeting and/or cost control experience
- Ability to prioritise and multitask, including managing multiple issues and projects simultaneously
- Flexibility to meet travel requirements of the department.
Personal qualities/Attributes:
- Self-driven and proactive
- Comfortable and competent in dealing with other DGM's or above leaders within the organisation and with public speaking
- Be a trusted mentor and manager to the team members, including managerial members.
- Fluent English (Japanese (spoken & written) advantageous for documents and communication to head office.
For more information and full job spec details please get in touch with Michelle Ings, Executive Search HRGO team London (url removed)
DGM Insurance Risk Management
Posted today
Job Viewed
Job Description
Department General Manager - Insurance Risk Management
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
Amazing blue-chip client is seeking an experienced Senior Department general manager to lead the Insurance Risk Management team.
- Significant experience working at a senior level as a risk manager in a multinational corporation (preferable) or brokers or underwriters, leading a department
- Expertise across a wide range of insurance lines such as Property & Casualty, Marine Cargo, Credit, Construction, Energy, Aviation etc. would be highly regarded
- Experience of managing, motivating and developing a team as a manager and manager of managers
Full responsibility for executing strategy along with Senior DGM, this role having full accountability for team performance and delivery of strategic targets.
Enhance and maintain relationship with key insurance companies and brokers in Europe where existing business relation along with building these connections with insurance companies and brokers as well.
Build strong relationship with leaders across the organization and group of companies.
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified in business administration, accounting, finance or a related area, or qualified by experience
- Professional qualification in an insurance business area such as ACII, CPCU at least Cert CII ideal or qualified by experience.
Skills:
- Excellent communication, collaboration and networking skills at all levels
- Great level of corporate insurance knowledge
- Experience of setting and executing department strategy
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills
- Logical and critical thinking skills
- Budgeting and/or cost control experience
- Ability to prioritise and multitask, including managing multiple issues and projects simultaneously
- Flexibility to meet travel requirements of the department.
Personal qualities/Attributes:
- Self-driven and proactive
- Comfortable and competent in dealing with other DGM's or above leaders within the organisation and with public speaking
- Be a trusted mentor and manager to the team members, including managerial members.
- Fluent English (Japanese (spoken & written) advantageous for documents and communication to head office.
For more information and full job spec details please get in touch with Michelle Ings, Executive Search HRGO team London (url removed)