Operations Analyst

Join our clients dedicated Operational Risk team in Ipswich, where you'll play a vital role in supporting the Firm by reviewing and implementing processes, advising on risk and control issues, embedding risk frameworks, and promoting a culture of risk awareness and process efficiency.

Risk Management:

• Assist with identifying and reporting operating events, analyzing control failures, and ensuring preventative actions.
• Monitor the escalation, quality, and progress of operating events, maintaining data between the Operating Event Log and Risks Register.
• Support the business in timely identifying and resolving dealing errors, recording mitigant actions, and logging errors.
• Collaborate with the Operational Risk Manager on investigating operational risk themes and conducting thematic risk reviews.
• Conduct end-to-end process reviews and implement business changes as required.
• Champion the embedding of Risk policies and frameworks, fostering a culture of risk awareness within the business.

Analysis & Reporting:

• Assist in preparing regular MI reports for senior management using PowerBI and develop new MI reports as needed.
• Maintain and update operating event and deal error data logs, and the Firm's Risk Register.
• Manage action and issue logs from operating events, Risk and Control Self Assessments, and risk governance meetings.

Organisational Assistance:

• Organize and maintain the annual review schedule of departmental Risk and Control Self Assessments (RCSAs) in line with the Firm's Risk Register.
• Collate data and prepare visual presentation materials for the risk governance structure and thematic risk reviews.
• Oversee and allocate group inbox items, ensuring timely escalation of issues

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard (minimum grade 4/C in Maths and English)
• Experience in the Financial Services industry
• Understanding of the UK Financial Services Regulatory Environment is advantageous
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly organized with great attention to detail
• Inquisitive nature and enjoys investigating issues