Risk & Compliance Partner - Technology

About The Role

New role subject to consultation
Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours

Location: Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)

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Overview

Are you passionate about technology and risk, and enjoy turning complex challenges into practical solutions? We're looking for a proactive Risk and Compliance Partner to join our First Line Risk team and help drive how we manage technology-related operational and compliance risks across the business. You'll play a key role in keeping systems, processes, and change initiatives safe, compliant, and resilient, while helping build a strong risk-aware culture.

Responsibilities

• Risk Identification & Assessment: Partner with business teams to identify and assess operational and compliance risks, facilitate risk and control self-assessments (RCSAs), and spot enterprise-wide themes.
• Control Design & Effectiveness: Support the design, implementation, and monitoring of effective controls, challenge their effectiveness, and recommend improvements.
• Incident & Issue Management: Guide teams in escalating and investigating risk incidents, near misses, and compliance breaches, coordinating root cause analysis and remedial actions.
• Reporting & Metrics: Assist in producing accurate risk reports and KRIs, providing insights and highlighting emerging risks to senior management.
• Policy & Regulatory Compliance: Promote adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies, embed compliance into daily operations, support audits, and monitor regulatory changes (FCA, PRA, AML, GDPR) to ensure timely implementation.
• Culture & Training: Drive a strong risk culture through training and awareness sessions, acting as a trusted advisor on operational risk and compliance.
• Change & Project Risk: Assess risks for business changes, system implementations, and new initiatives.
• Collaboration: Build strong relationships across second line risk, compliance, legal, and resilience teams, acting as a liaison to ensure alignment and effective risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements (e.g., Operational Resilience, Business Continuity, Outsourcing & Third-Party Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Management, FCA/PRA rulebooks) and the ability to translate complex regulations into practical, effective operational controls.
• Proven experience in risk management, compliance, or governance roles, with confidence in decision-making and influencing senior leaders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder skills, able to simplify complex information, present actionable insights, and coach teams to build risk and compliance capability.
• Analytical and detail-oriented mindset, able to identify strategic themes while keeping sight of the bigger picture.
• Proactive, pragmatic, and collaborative approach, able to drive delivery, embed a strong risk culture, and work effectively across functions.

Reward & Benefits

• A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, Medicash healthcare scheme, 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
• Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
• For all full-time roles we work a 35-hour working week to promote a work/life balance, we want you to be at your best inside and outside of work.
• A friendly and inclusive culture where teams genuinely strive to do the right thing by their colleagues and our customers.
• A strong sustainability agenda - we're continually finding new ways to be kinder to the environment by reducing our carbon footprint.
• We're passionate about giving back to the communities in which we serve as well as supporting local charities as part of the Samuel Fox Foundation. One of the many ways you can get involved is to use the 2 days per year paid leave to volunteer for causes or charities that are important to you.
• Your health and wellbeing is our priority, we encourage this through a suite of support resources, including a team of trained mental health first aiders.

Diversity and Inclusion

We proudly embrace and celebrate diversity as a fundamental cornerstone of our values. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is not just essential for our success but is also a reflection of the vibrant communities we serve. Our commitment extends beyond our internal culture to the way we approach advertising and engage with our customers. We actively work to eliminate barriers and biases that may hinder equal opportunities within our organisation, ensuring that all individuals, regardless of background, have an equal chance to thrive and advance in their careers. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that encourages collaboration, creativity, and a sense of belonging for every member of our community.

About Us

We are a mutual, which means we don't have shareholders. Instead, we're owned by our members and use our money to do good, investing in our community, responsible causes, and you. We're always striving to do the right thing for our team, communities and members.

Although our history spans over 170 years, our purpose of helping our members save, plan for and protect their financial futures is enduring. At Nottingham Building Society, we are dedicated to overcoming obstacles and turning challenges into opportunities. Our mission is to break down barriers and build better futures by helping our customers achieve the significant milestone of owning their own home.