Head of risk - Ireland

The role

You will establish and lead the risk management approach for Seccl Ireland. You will own the risk management framework and provide independent oversight and advice to the board and senior leadership.

What you will do

• Building, maintaining and evolving Seccl Ireland’s risk management framework
• Providing independent second-line oversight, challenge and advice
• Supporting Seccl Ireland’s authorisation and relationship with the Central Bank of Ireland
• Setting and overseeing the risk appetite framework
• Giving the board and risk and audit committees visibility of risk through reporting
• Overseeing key risk areas including operational, outsourcing, ICT, information security, conduct, prudential and financial crime risk
• Building a strong risk culture and relationships with the CBI, UK risk & compliance, auditors and wider business teams

Required qualifications

• Credible and independent risk leader within a regulated financial services environment
• Strong understanding of risk management within Irish financial services and Central Bank of Ireland expectations
• Ability to provide constructive challenge to senior leaders
• Understanding of second-line independence
• Ability to turn regulation and risk frameworks into practical approaches
• Comfortable across areas such as operational risk, outsourcing, ICT risk, resilience, prudential risk and governance
• Ability to communicate complex risk topics to senior leadership and board level audiences

Benefits

• Salary between €135,000 and €165,000
• 6% employer pension contribution
• Life assurance
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays and birthday off
• Two volunteering days each year
• Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year
• Secclbrate recognition programme with extra pay, additional holiday and increased learning budget
• One-month paid sabbatical after eight years
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• MacBook and up to €500 towards home office set-up
• €750 annual learning budget

About the company

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform building infrastructure for the next generation of investing. They are expanding into Europe, starting in Ireland.