HW Finance
Information Risk Manager
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Information Risk Manager | Skipton
£60,000 - £75,000 | Hybrid
HW Finance is working closely with a leading client who is recruiting for an Information Risk Manager.
This business has successfully balanced customer-focused innovation with prudent risk management, continuing to invest in technology and digital transformation while maintaining the financial strength and governance standards expected of a leading financial services organisation.
In the role you will be acting as a subject matter expert across information security, technology (including AI), data, change, and operational resilience.
You will provide independent second line oversight, challenge, and assurance to support robust risk management and ensure risks are proactively identified, assessed, mitigated, and monitored.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strong independent second line oversight and challenge of first line activities, including risk assessments, control testing and mitigation actions, ensuring effective framework implementation and escalation of key risks.
- Provide oversight, guidance and support to ensure risks are managed in line with the Group Risk Management Framework, Group Risk Policy Framework and Board Risk Appetite.
- Lead oversight and provide assurance across cyber and technology risk, AI and emerging technologies, data risk, operational resilience and strategic change, aligned to evolving industry practice and regulatory expectations.
- Deliver high quality, timely risk reporting and insight to senior committees, including thematic reviews and emerging risk identification.
- Support senior leadership in delivering annual Enterprise Risk objectives, while leading priority information risk initiatives.
- Oversee risk events, incidents and issues, including independent review of root cause analysis, timely escalation, and challenge of remediation effectiveness.
- Provide technical leadership and coaching to colleagues, supporting capability development and consistent application of the Group Risk Management Framework.
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To be successful in this role, you’ll have:
- A recognised certification (e.g. CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC) or an equivalent qualification in risk, IT or information security.
- Strong technical experience in IT, information security, technology risk and resilience, including frameworks such as NIST and ISO 27001.
- Proven second line experience in risk oversight, assessment, control evaluation and embedding enterprise risk frameworks and risk appetite.
- Demonstrated leadership and delivery capability coordinating multiple workstreams and delivering initiatives.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to interpret complex issues, identify emerging risks and translate these into actionable insights.
** Unfortunately, visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship. **
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