It Risk Manager

Description:

This role is being offered on a permanent full-time basis.

Who you are:

You have the leadership and technical skills required to support a high performing team of risk specialists. You have exceptional influencing skills and a track record of successful collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders and have experience implementing change.

As an I.T. Risk SME, you will support an integrated team which designs and implements comprehensive policies, and provides oversight, monitoring and reporting.

Your next Challenge:

You will play a significant role in setting the risk tone and culture across the group and will support the – I.T. Risk team and influence stakeholders to identify, measure and monitor existing and emerging risks.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the key risks in your area of responsibility are assessed and reported in order to increase transparency and support proactive management & mitigation of these operational risks. You have the experience, background and skills to be forward looking in helping AIB to achieve growth while maintaining an optimal risk profile.

You will communicate trends, recommendations and issues at a strategic and operational level to senior fora and lead Operational Risk’s engagement with internal and external parties for the risks in your area of responsibility. As I.T. Risk Manager you will also be responsible for contributing to the delivery of the overall objectives of the Operational Risk department.

Key accountabilities for the role:

Frameworks and Policies

• Develop and monitor the implementation of all relevant second line Frameworks & Policies in relation to I.T. Risk.
• Review the effectiveness of relevant risk management Frameworks, Policies, Systems, Processes and Tools on an annual basis and executing the communication and embedding of these effectively in the First Line.
• Ensure the above Frameworks and Tools facilitate the timely risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring and reporting of I.T. Risk.
• Ensure that the IT Risk priorities are delivered in accordance with Risk Appetite.
• Provide insight into and create resolutions and / or policies to existing and emerging risks.

Oversight, Monitoring & Assurance

• Effectively challenge and influence business behaviours and risk culture, highlighting issues and articulating outcomes
• Provide insightful analysis and interpretation of risks to the First and Second Line based on a thorough technical understanding of the Operational Risk Management Framework (ORMF), robust and relevant knowledge of the business with which you partner and a deep and broad external market view on risk theories and current best practices
• Support the team in terms of providing 2LOD challenge and oversight of the risk identification and assessment processes conducted by the First Line, on a risk based approach.
• Co-ordinating with the Head of Op Risk RCA & Events to provide SME input to review and challenge Risk and Control Assessments completed and submitted by the First Line Business functions to ensure they meet appropriate quality standards (as stipulated in the relevant Frameworks & Policies).
• Oversee the development of a reporting suite and summary dashboards which facilitate the timely and meaningful oversight and monitoring of I.T. risk at a group level and by business unit for internal and external purposes.
• Complete root cause analysis of significant I.T. risk related operational risk events.