Business Risk Manager, NatWest Markets Public

Overview

In this role you support the Business Risk Partner and business teams to identify, assess, monitor, and report enterprise-wide risk. You enable safe growth in line with strategic goals and transformation, helping deliver consistent customer outcomes. You provide real-time risk oversight and governance insights to inform decisions across the three lines of defence. You will help maintain effective controls, risk data integrity, and timely remediation in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted contact for the business, providing real-time oversight of the end-to-end risk profile and supporting Risk and Control Self-Assessments.
• Deliver intelligent insight through engagement with business leaders across all three lines of defence to ensure effective risk management and informed decision-making.
• Analyze risk and control data (events, issues, MI) to identify control weaknesses and support remediation actions.
• Coordinate risk and control assessments, risk forums, governance reporting, and remediation plans; escalate emerging risks with constructive recommendations.
• Lead risk reporting into nominated forums, publish minutes, and ensure timely closure of actions.
• Track remediation, audit, and regulatory actions through to closure, ensuring evidence quality and timely action.
• Oversee risk and control data in systems of record to provide an accurate, real-time view for stakeholders.
• Identify and implement simple, consistent risk practices and support continuous improvement in day-to-day risk management.

Key requirements

• Experience with enterprise-wide risk management frameworks, including control design, governance, oversight, data analysis, and risk culture.
• Ability to translate policy and framework requirements into practical day-to-day risk and control activities for colleagues.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret MI, identify improvement opportunities, and deliver clear recommendations.
• Effective stakeholder management across all three lines of defence.
• Experience aligned to the business area (e.g., Customer Distribution, Lending/Product, Digital Banking, or Technology).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills with oversight and deadline discipline.

• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• analytical mindset
• enterprise-wide risk management frameworks
• data analysis and interpretation
• governance reporting

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