Location: London or Leeds

As a directorate of the PRA, the Supervisory Risk Specialists (SRS) provides deep technical expertise and applies judgement in specific risk disciplines, in order to identify, analyse and mitigate material risks to the safety and soundness of PRA regulated firms. SRS supports the wider Bank through providing risk specialist expertise to a range of functions.

SRS is split into five main divisions:

Credit, Risk, Analytics, Capital & Liquidity Division (CRACL)
Operational Risk & Resilience Division (ORRD)
Model Development Review Division (MDRD)
Investment Banking & Sector Risk Division (IBSR)
Sector Resilience Division (SRD)

Department Overview

Within the Credit, Risk, Analytics, Capital and Liquidity (CRACL) division of SRS, the Corporate and Financial Institutions (C&FI) team comprises a group of wholesale credit industry experts and practitioners, who are a centre of expertise across the Bank of England and the PRA. The C&FI team focused on supporting the Bank's supervisory objectives. Key activities of the team include the following:

Firm reviews to assess and challenge credit risk management practices, including governance and control processes across the entire credit risk life cycle, assessing wholesale credit risk appetite and challenging market position and strategy.
Asset quality reviews, including examining underwriting standards across multiple wholesale asset classes (e.g. Corporates, Commercial Real Estate, SME, Financial Institutions and Sovereign exposures).
Horizon Scanning: Identify emerging and horizon risks pertaining to wholesale portfolios and assess potential impact on UK banks' portfolios. Ongoing monitoring of major UK banks' wholesale credit risks including assessing changes in reported asset quality and identifying areas of vulnerability.
Contribute towards wholesale credit risk judgements on the concurrent stress testing, review and challenge analysis undertaken of firms' stress loss projections for global wholesale portfolios.

Work collaboratively with colleagues across the wider Bank of England to ensure that wholesale credit risks are widely understood throughout the organisation and contribute to a joined up and holistic regulatory framework.

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Risk Specialist to join the Corporate and Financial Institutions (C&FI) Credit Risk team. The role holder is expected to have recent industry experience which they will deploy to provide judgement-led assurance over Credit Risk Management and Controls and an independent assessment of Asset Quality, in support of the PRA's safety and soundness objective and the wider Bank's objectives. This will be delivered through the below responsibilities.

Role Responsibilities

The Senior Risk Specialist will be expected to:

Scope and lead on-site and desk-based wholesale credit risk Asset Quality and Technical Risk Reviews across a variety of banks. The review would typically involve assessing a bank's governance, risk appetite, credit risk policies and control framework, problem debt management including provisioning practices. A core component of the work is individual loan file assessments to test asset quality against reported metrics. In some cases, and depending on depth of industry experience, the Senior Risk Specialist will support others in carrying out such reviews.
The individual will also be responsible for developing relationships with PRA Supervisors of these firms, as well as directly interacting with senior management at firms, including Chief Risk Officers, Chief Credit Officers and front-line business owners.
Conduct and participate in cross-firm or market reviews to evaluate firms' comparative portfolio performance and risk concentrations. Proactively scan the horizon for emerging risks and ensuring appropriate action is taken to mitigate these.
Review a wide range of information including financial, regulatory and management information. The role holder will be required to challenge a firm's interpretation of its credit metrics, provide insightful analysis and specify, over time, the links to policy and financial resilience / stability.

Support internal programmes of work to ensure that wholesale credit risks are widely understood throughout the organisation and contribute to a joined up and holistic regulatory framework.

Role Requirements

Minimum Criteria

Recent industry experience to enable a deep understanding of wholesale credit risks portfolios, industrial sectors or products, including a knowledge of industry approaches to risk management and controls, risk appetite, governance and policies, and related risk analytics.
Ability to conduct individual loan file assessments to test firms' processes and controls, asset quality against reported metrics and assess credit risk stewardship.
Detailed knowledge of the latest market developments and macro-economic environment to identify potential impacts on banks' credit risk and to identify potentially vulnerable portfolios.
Knowledge of key regulatory and accounting concepts such as probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD), exposure at default (EAD), and Pillar 1 approaches for capitalising wholesale credit risk exposures, as well as broader IFRS 9 provisioning of Wholesale Banking Book exposures.

Essential Criteria

Ability to analyse and challenge underlying data, MI, and the policies and procedures which apply in the Wholesale Banking and Credit Risk environments. Use experience to form judgements.
Excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong experience of writing and delivering reports and presentations about technical issues in a succinct way that can be easily understood by a non-technical audience. Ability to credibly present with influence and to defend views whilst being open to constructive challenge and feedback, to both internal and external senior counterparts.
Strong stakeholder management and partnering skills and can work independently.
Ability to manage a project of work, including setting objectives, monitoring progress against plan, and keeping key partners informed.

Desirable areas of experience include commercial real estate, leveraged lending, private credit, and infrastructure lending.

Knowledge of stress testing and ECL methodologies and models with the ability to analyse and challenge the plausibility of impairments for wholesale portfolios.

Desirable Criteria

Knowledge of stress testing and ECL methodologies and models with the ability to analyse and challenge the plausibility of impairments for wholesale portfolios.
Desirable areas of experience include commercial real estate, leveraged lending, private credit, and infrastructure lending.

Our Approach to Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.

For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.

Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application.

Salary and Benefits Information

We encourage flexible working.

Location: Leeds, we offer a salary range of circa £65,440 - £73,000

Location: London, we offer a salary range of circa £72,720 - £81,000

In addition to this, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:

Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process
Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice.

The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.

The Application Process
Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.

The assessment process will comprise two interview stages.

This role closes on 10 May 2026.

Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.

Desired Skills and Experience

Industry experience to enable a deep understanding of wholesale credit risks portfolios, industrial sectors or products. Knowledge of risk appetite, governance and policies, together with related risk analytics.
Ability to conduct individual loan file assessments to test asset quality against reported metrics and assess credit risk stewardship.
Detailed knowledge of the latest market developments and macro-economic environment to identify potential impacts on banks' credit risk and to identify potentially vulnerable portfolios.
Knowledge of key regulatory and accounting concepts such as probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD), exposure at default (EAD), and Pillar 1 approaches for capitalising wholesale credit risk exposures, as well as broader IFRS 9 provisioning of Wholesale Banking Book exposures.

Manager, Specialist Financial Risk in C&FI Credit Risk Team - SRS

UK Visa Sponsorship Analytics