Business Risk Manager, NatWest Markets Public

Closing date for applications: 15/10/2026

Location Birmingham, United Kingdom

Job typePermanent \| Contract typeFull Time

Remote / On\-site Hybrid

You’ll spend some of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You’ll also regularly work at your office or hub to collaborate with your colleagues.

Managerial / Technical Lead

This is a general indication and doesn’t always reflect day\-to\-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.

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Job description
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This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Business Risk Manager, NatWest Markets Public

• Play a pivotal role by supporting the Business Risk Partner and business teams to identify, assess, monitor, and report enterprise\-wide risk across the supported business area


• Use your expertise in business risk management by enabling safe growth in line with strategic goals, transformation, and consistent delivery of good customer outcomes


• Make a meaningful impact by ensuring risks are managed within appetite and that key risk controls operate effectively across the business

As a Business Risk Manager, you'll act as a trusted point of contact for the business, providing real\-time oversight of the end\-to\-end risk profile and contributing to the ongoing review of Risk and Control Self\-Assessments through proactive monitoring and governance reporting. You'll also deliver intelligent insight through engagement with business leaders and partners across all three lines of defence, helping to ensure effective risk management and informed decision\-making.

Moreover, you'll analyse risk and control data, including events, issues, and management information, to identify control weaknesses and support the implementation of effective management actions. You'll also coordinate risk and control assessments, risk forums, governance reporting, and remediation plans, while escalating emerging risks and control issues to the Business Risk Partner with recommendations that support safe business growth and good customer outcomes.

In addition, you’ll be:

• Leading risk reporting into nominated forums to facilitate active oversight of risk exposure and control environments, including the publication of minutes and timely closure of actions


• Tracking remediation, audit, and regulatory actions through to closure, challenging evidence quality and overdue actions to ensure they contribute to a strong risk and control environment


• Leading the oversight of risk and control data in systems of record to ensure accurate real\-time recording and provide an up\-to\-date view for the Business Risk Partner and the supported business


• Identifying and implementing simple, consistent risk practices and supporting broader continuous improvement across day\-to\-day risk management within the aligned business area

We're looking for someone with experience and a solid working knowledge of enterprise\-wide risk management frameworks, including control design, governance, oversight, data analysis, and risk culture. You should also be able to translate policy and framework requirements into simple day\-to\-day risk and control activities, enabling business colleagues to manage risk effectively.

To succeed in this role, you must bring a strong analytical mindset, with the ability to interpret management information, identify risk and control improvement opportunities, and deliver clear recommendations and reporting that support effective management action and informed decision\-making.

In addition, you’ll need:

• Effective stakeholder management skills, including a proven ability to collaborate across all three lines of defence


• Sufficient experience aligned to the business area assigned to the role, such as Customer Distribution, Product with a focus on Lending or Transaction Services, Digital Banking, or Technology


• Strong understanding of the risks in markets business and the trade lifecycle


• Experience working in Trading and Sales or Capital Markets


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills


• Strong organisational skills, including oversight and tracking, with a focus on evidence quality and meeting deadlines

Here’s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.

Tap each segment for details.

Your pay package

100% Base pay This is your base pay package that you take home every month.

\+10% Pension funding This is monthly funding paid towards your pension.

up to \+10% Benefit funding This is monthly funding paid towards a range of benefits you can choose from.

Your leave allowance

30 days Annual leave You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.

3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you’re passionate about.

3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.

Total rewards package

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