Technology & Operational Risk Manager

Job Description

Become a member of the Operational & Technology Risk team and gain a comprehensive understanding of how a leading FTSE250 Fintech manages operational, technology and information security risks across all of our locations. In this role, you will take ownership and contribute to ensuring that IG is well-prepared to handle the everyday and emerging risks of managing a trading platform with a resilience and client-protective mindset.

So who are we?

Who Are We

Hello, we’re IG Group. No, not Instagram – though we're a pretty big deal ourselves. We’re a global, FTSE 250-listed company made up of a collection of progressive fintech brands in the world of online trading and investing. The best part? We’ve snapped up many awards for our top-class platforms, forward-thinking products, and incredible employee experiences.

We believe in financial freedom. And our purpose is to help ambitious people achieve it. Around 400,000 people use our groundbreaking technology and forward-thinking platforms to trade the financial products they know and love.

Did we mention we have offices in 18 countries? Yes, when you join IG Group, you'll have the chance to work across multiple brands with people all over the world. We work in cross-functional teams, focused on delivering at pace to improve the experience of traders on our platforms.

Join us for an exciting future and let’s innovate together!

Your role in the Team

As a second-line control function, the technology and operational risk team’s focuses are:

• We have holistic and global oversight across all our offices and the operational, technology and info sec risk they are exposed to.
• We provide challenges to how the first line is managing their risk and look to identify anything else which we think could assist them
• We act as advisors by taking lessons from other parts of the business, other companies we have worked for or our own understanding and assessment and applying it to business areas.
• We provide a framework and a system that enable the first line to manage its risks in a standardised way.
  
  

This team is split between advisory and implementation of the framework and this position would be on the advisory side of the team.

What You’ll Do

• Help the first and second-line implementation team understand the operational, technology and information security frameworks and how they should be implemented best and adapted if needed. We continuously want to make improvements to everything we do.
• Interrogate our data looking for themes, oddities and quality enhancements.
• Own processes such as capital modelling or algorithm testing & validation and challenge the status quo of what we do by looking to streamline or enhance.
• Own workstreams or lead from a risk side for incoming regulation changes and business developments.
• Liaise with teams across all of IG’s 19 offices and three service centres to understand their exposure to risk and help them manage it.
  
  

The way we work

About

We also think hard about our ways of working as a company. At IG Group, we’ve set out five target behaviours that we expect everyone to strive to achieve in all that we do:

Lead & Inspire: Leading teams in a way that drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm;

Think Big: We focus on the problems that most move the needle of commercial outcomes;

Champion the client: We always keep the client's needs front of mind and deliver as much value for them in all that we do;

Deliver at pace: We work to ensure nothing stands in the way of fast delivery of sustainable growth for our business; and

Raise the bar: We raise the bar by taking ownership of outcomes and being accountable for making things better across IG.

What You’ll Need For This Role

You will need experience in non-financial risk management, ideally in a fintech firm. You should have a track record of decisiveness, proactiveness and accountability for your workstreams.

You will need to be proactive and self-motivated with the ability to prioritise effectively:

• Communicate well and clearly explain complex items.
• Independently produce reports and analyses to go to senior management and the Board
• Network, build relationships and influence people of all seniorities.
• Challenge current processes and seek to bring improvements to what we do with your experience
• Interrogate and analyse data
• Be proactive and self-motivated with the ability to prioritise effectively
  
  

The Perks

It really is more than a job. We’ll recognize your talent and make sure that you can still have a life – at work, and outside of it. Networks, committees, awards, sports and social clubs, mentorships, volunteering opportunities, extra time off… the list goes on.

• Competitive salary
• Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%)
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Life insurance
• Contribution to gym memberships
• 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total
• The option to buy or sell holiday days.
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform
• A comprehensive global and local onboarding process
• Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture
• Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund
• Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents
  
  

Where You’ll Work

We follow a hybrid working model; we reckon it’s the best of both worlds. This model also feeds into our secret ingredients for innovation: diversity, flexibility, and close connection.

Plus, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and inclusive workforce with a lot of creative energy. Ask our employees what their favourite thing is about working at IG, and you’ll hear an echo of ‘our culture’! That’s because you can come to work as your authentic self. The things that make you, you – like your ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, age, gender identity/expression or physical capacity – can bring a fresh perspective or new skill to our business.

That’s why we welcome people from various walks of life; and anyone who wants to help us realize our vision and strategy.