Technology Regulation SME - OCIR, Operational Resilience - Banking

Excellent role, within technology, manage a subset of regulatory assurance activities. There will be a particular focus on supporting the PRA requirements for Outsourcing, Operational Resilience and Operational Continuity in Resolution from a technology perspective.

• Creating and managing a register of applicable regulation for tech to allow assurance across diverse and interlocking regulations.
• Conduct 1st line of defence reviews, providing tech senior management with assessments of whether the tech department is compliant with all directly applicable regulation and can support other 1st line functions in meeting their regulatory obligations.
• Work with key modernisation programmes to ensure compliance by design', define regulatory compliance standards and approaches and ensure future IT platforms comply with all applicable regulation.
• Conduct Horizon Scanning in conjunction with the Bank Compliance Department to identify developments and changes to regulations and assess how these may impact tech, organising tech to address the new regulation.
• Work with UK and Group colleagues to provide education on various aspects of UK regulation applying to tech and improve engagement and support from Group for key regulatory activity.
• Prepare management reports on status and issues and present status at formal committees.
• Working with Risk, Compliance and Audit departments, ensure all regulatory risks are managed, compliance activities completed and regulatory audit points closed.
• Experience of Financial Services UK regulation and performing regulatory assurance activities in a Financial Services organisation, and an understanding of relevant regulatory requirements for IT departments (eg Outsourcing, Operational Resilience, OCIR etc)
• A background in regulatory compliance including engaging with UK regulators on complex topics.
• A strong understanding of IT methods, components, capabilities, operating model and strategies.
• Experience of outsourcing, IT programme management and operations.
• Excellent attention to detail, tracking and coordination of actions and plans.
• Excellent verbal communication skills, with experience presenting at C-Level.
• Ability to understand complex problems and focus on the critical issues, providing solution recommendations.
• Ability to work well within a Financial Services Group & Subsidiary' organisation with teams both within the UK and internationally.
• Ability to work on several initiatives at any given time, and prioritise effectively.
• Able to lead sessions with a mix of business and technical people.