Operational and Strategic Advisory Manager

Operational and Strategic Advisory Manager

Ref #

9345

Location

Edinburgh

Department

BAR - Banking Risk

Business Area

Banking Risk

Working time

Full-Time

Date Published

01-07-2025

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary- up to £55,000 + annual bonus & benefits

Location - Edinburgh or Glasgow, Permanent

Office Attendance- Our roles are hybrid, however you should be able to travel to our Glasgow OR Edinburgh office 2-3 days per week.

Closing Date - 18th July 2025 at 5pm.

A bank with a little more heart

This is an exciting time to join Tesco Bank's Controls 1st Line Risk Function, to help manage risk across Banking Products. As an Operational and Strategic Advisory Manager, you'll provide advice on risk matters, ensure compliance with the risk management framework, and share risk knowledge. You'll work closely with assurance colleagues and product stakeholders, engaging with various teams across the business to maintain a strong risk and control environment

What you'll be doing

• Providing technical expertise to support the Banking Business with the management of risks, controls, issues, and events.
• Facilitating the half yearly Risk & Control Self-Assessment attestation exercise across Banking
• Analysing risk data to provide insight and identify opportunities to simplify and add value.
• Co-ordinating the production of the pack, and the facilitation of Risk Forums.
• Planning and prioritising work to meet commitments and foreseeing and resolving potential bottlenecks and delays.
• Engaging in local risk fora, providing credible risk opinion and expert knowledge of the Risk Management Framework.

We need you to have:

• Considerable experience working with Risk Management Frameworks and undertaking risk and control self-assessment.
• Confident communicator with the ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels, building trust and gaining commitment through integrity, cooperation, and flexibility.
• Ability to translate risk opinion into measurable and timely actions.
• Initiative-taking mindset with excellent planning and time management skills.

And if you have any of these, even better

• Excellent collaborator who champions risk management in all aspects of the role and beyond.
• Superb attention to detail, producing accurate, high-quality reporting.
• Creative thinker and analytical mindset with a focus on solutioning.

If you don't tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills we're looking for, please apply and we're happy to have a conversation with you.

What's in it for you?

• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service 365 days a year.
• Performance related annual bonus.
• Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday. As an added perk, we'll give you a second card to share with someone else.
• Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8-week paid paternity leave.
• A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
• Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as your Earn share schemes.

Everyone's welcome

We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We're committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Interviews are expected to be held from w/c 28th July 2025.

How to apply

We value our people anddiverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make usstronger to achieve our goals.

Our colleagues are workinghybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments thatmatter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you'reinterested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Bank looks like,click apply to find out more!

Why Tesco Bank?

Whether we're helping our customers or looking afterour people, you'll find there's a warmth and friendliness to everything we do.

It means we put your wellbeing first and give you bagsof support, training and development, so you can build the career that's rightfor you. It's about looking after each other with the same care that we give toour customers.

We've created an environment where everyone feelsincluded, accepted and welcome. Which means you can bring your whole self towork every day and totally thrive at the same time.