Risk Reporting and BCP Manager

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Key Purpose:
Business as usual activities - Coordinating, facilitating and producing risk reports for the business unit senior management, the business unit risk committee, and where appropriate joint risk committee(s) and for the client(s). Reporting is in accordance with our policies and framework and to meet contractual requirements.
To ensure that appropriate capture and escalation of incidents and losses and production of risk registers occurs at a departmental level.
To co-ordinate and undertake business continuity arrangements and reporting for the business unit in accordance with policy and contractual arrangements.
To ensure appropriate anti – fraud, information security, and end user computing controls are in place across BU.
To ensure that Life and Pensions policies have an appropriate owner on the BU Senior Management Team, and that the owner ensures that the policies are effectively applied.
To report to the Divisional Risk Manager and with dotted line to the Divisional Business Continuity Facilitation Manager and the BU MD (or delegate).
To seek efficiencies where possible across BU and participate in equivalent regional and divisional synergies.

Dimensions:
- Responsible for the provision of risk reporting for business unit and client(s) in accordance with relevant regulatory requirements, Group policies, and in accordance with the Audit Charter and client contractual requirements;
- Responsible for performing business unit risk reporting and co-ordination activities;
- Responsible for challenging management on their management of the BU risks;
- Responsible for the capture, escalation and reporting of incidents and losses within the business unit;
- Responsible for the facilitation of departmental risk registers;
- Supporting bids, projects, IT projects, transformations and other business unit activities as required;
- Responsible for capture and recording of any attempted or actual frauds within the business unit and immediate escalation to the Fraud Risk Coordinator for the business unit;
- Responsible for co-ordinating and undertaking business continuity arrangements and reporting for the business unit in accordance with policy and contractual arrangements.
- Responsible for coordinating divisional surveys in respect of the BU e.g. – the annual fraud risk assessment, third party management and others as requested;
- To ensure appropriate anti – fraud, information security, and end user computing controls are in place;
- Liaison with client within areas of responsibility where appropriate;
- To actively seek efficiencies and synergies within the BU and contribute to such efficiencies on a regional or divisional basis;
- To report to the Divisional Risk Manager and with a dotted line to the Divisional Business Continuity Facilitation Manager and to the BU MD or delegate.

Key Accountabilities:
Risk Reporting
- Delivering an assessment of the potential risk areas within the business units and all Programmes.
- Ensuring that the business unit holds a monthly BU Risk and Compliance Committee and uses the standard agenda for that Committee and that minutes are taken, actions are noted and followed up;
- Deploying the agreed risk management and reporting tool to facilitate and produce the business unit risk reporting.
- Delivering the executive summary, risk register and dashboard (and other related documents) in accordance with the Group and Divisional policies in a timely (usually monthly) and effective manner.
- Ensure appropriate level of consistency and quality in planning, reporting, and associated documentation by the risk and control owners within the business unit.
- Produce risk reports of an appropriate quality and content
- Making appropriate risk based recommendations to senior management.
- Ensuring appropriate actions are put in place by management and tracking completion of those actions.
- Reporting to the Divisional Risk Manager and to the BU senior management the results of the above activities
- Reporting to the business unit senior management and BU Risk and Compliance Committee monthly on the above.
- Assisting and challenging senior management in establishing and maintaining an appropriate risk framework in accordance with policies and frameworks.

Business Continuity Risk Management and Disaster Recovery
- Production of the Business Continuity plan; business impact analysis (BIA); and regular reporting in accordance with Group and Divisional policies/frameworks;
- Involvement in arranging third party facilities/WAR space and related contract in conjunction with the divisional BC Facilitation Manager;
- Setting up relevant business unit Crisis Management teams;
- Ensuring BU departments produce departmental level BC plans;
- Arranging regular testing of BC arrangements in conjunction with IT, including cascade tests in conjunction with Divisional BC Facilitation Manager;
- Ensuring client requirements are met for BCP including reporting;
- Liaise, co-ordinate activities, and report (monthly) with/to L&P BC Facilitation Manager.

Fraud Risk
- Responsible for capture and recording of any attempted or actual frauds within the BU and immediate escalation in accordance with policy and contractual requirements for the BU and liaison with client Financial Crime team;

Relationship Management
- Fostering a good relationship with the clients, suppliers both external and internal.

Desired Experience/Skills
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity experience desirable
- Inspiring, supporting and developing others to achieve outstanding levels of performance.
- Delivery of business objectives through effective setting of personal and team goals.

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