Technology Business Controls Partner, Economic Crime - NatWest Group - #2121053

Join us as a Technology Business Controls Partner within Economic Crime

• In this key role, you'll apply effective risk management and decision-making capability, anticipating and assessing the potential impacts of risk associated with technology across the relevant business areas
• You'll make sure that the impacts of strategic technology and digitisation initiatives on the operational risk and control profile are evaluated, managed and mitigated
• You'll enjoy a varied and extensive breadth of work in this fast-paced and varied role, and you'll gain valuable exposure across a broad range of senior level stakeholders

What you'll do

As a Technology Business Controls Partner, you'll support and regularly engage with specialist technology stakeholders including second and third lines of defence, and other relevant stakeholders. Working closely with the Control Testing team, Franchise and Function Control teams and the second line risk, you'll also provide support on framework execution as a Technology Risk and Control expert, including risk and controls assessments, control design and articulation, control testing and policy compliance, in relation to technology related risks for the relevant business areas.

You'll lead informed discussions of technology and digital related risk for relevant business areas and products. We'll look to you to create a culture of continuous improvement, increasing efficiency and productivity through great people leadership, coaching, engagement and development of skills.

Day-to-day, you'll:

• Produce corporate governance and risk committee packs for technology functions, formulating and articulating technology related risk appetite using the operational risk framework and material risk measures
• Manage stakeholder relationships with technology and digital specialists and support them with managing their risk and control profile
• Provide an aggregated view of the control environment for the relevant technology and digital business areas
• Support the relevant technology and digital business area in interactions with second and third lines of defence on risk and audit engagements
• Produce and review risk committee packs relating to digital channels, including relevant MI and assessing the aggregated risk profile and providing appropriate challenge and oversight against risk appetite in areas such as technology disruption, information security, operational resilience, change, and external outsourcing
• Provide guidance and support to stakeholders across all aspects of the risk framework, including the identification of key controls, control articulation, remediation plan development, and understanding how controls and issues align to technology-owned risks and assessments
• Identify and drive opportunities to simplify or automate stakeholder controls, improving efficiency and reducing the cost of control operation

The skills you'll need

To thrive in this role, you'll need an extensive understanding of the relevant businesses, specifically key products and technology risks, to enable informed discussions of risk. You'll also bring knowledge of risks and controls associated with Technology, including industry frameworks such as COBIT, CRISC and similar, as well as risks associated with technology outsourcing.

On top of this, you'll bring:

• Proven ability to deliver high quality outcomes and experience of applying technology and digital risk and control assessments in an operational and strategic context
• Comprehensive experience in technology risk management and audit or control frameworks as well as experience of working in a fast paced technology risk or audit environment where priorities shift rapidly
• Experience with corporate governance and risk committees, formulating and articulating technology and digital related risk profiles using an operational risk framework and material risk measures
• Excellent ability to communicate complex ideas and solutions to support risk management
• Strong senior stakeholder management skills, including the ability to confidently challenge and influence senior stakeholders through well-founded analysis, evidence-based recommendations, and clear risk-focused rationale
• Strong technical and data analytics capabilities, with experience designing or building automated control solutions and MI dashboards that improve control effectiveness, provide actionable risk insights and support data-driven decision-making