Senior Risk Manager

Senior Risk Manager – Challenger Bank

Hybrid – 3 days a week in Hampshire

Are you an experienced risk professional looking to make an impact in a fast-growing challenger bank? Our client is seeking a Senior Risk Manager to support their consumer lending division, with responsibility for managing and escalating key risks across the first line of defence.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in a dynamic business, working closely with senior stakeholders and ensuring effective oversight of intermediaries, retail partners, and lending activities.

What you’ll be doing:

• Taking ownership of first line risk management
• Building and maintaining a robust risk framework that identifies, monitors, and escalates risks effectively.
• Providing clear oversight of retail partners and brokers, ensuring exposures are properly quantified and managed.
• Managing and motivating a small team to deliver consistently high standards of risk management.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong background in 1st line risk management within retail banking or lending.
• Experience identifying, assessing, and escalating risks across the business.
• Previous oversight of intermediaries or retail partners is highly desirable.
• A commercial mindset with the ability to balance risk with business objectives.
• Strong communication, influencing and leadership skills, with the ability to engage across all levels of the business.

This is a role where you’ll make a tangible difference in safeguarding customers, partners and the wider business, while working for an ambitious and customer-focused challenger bank.

If you’re interested, please send your CV to [email protected]