Enterprise Risk Manager

About Waystone

Waystone is a leading asset\-servicing solutions provider of institutional governance, administration, risk and compliance services to financial institutions. With over 25 years’ experience and a comprehensive range of specialist services to its name, Waystone helps our clients structure, operate and grow through our expertise, innovation and digitisation, backed by the operational scale to support global expansion

Role Summary

The Enterprise Risk Manager is responsible for supporting the Director ERM Strategy and senior management in the implementation, ongoing enhancement and oversight of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (“ERMF”) across the Waystone Group.

The role focuses on driving consistent application of the ERMF, strengthening the control assurance environment, and delivering meaningful risk insight to support decision\-making across the Group.

Duties and Responsibilities

ERM Strategic Initiatives and Continuous Improvement

• Supporting strategic ERM initiatives including:

+ Ongoing development and testing of the Enterprise Risk Management Application (ERMA)
+ Automation and digitisation of risk management processes and reporting
+ Implementation of new regulatory requirements impacting the ERMF

• Contributing to the continuous improvement of the ERMF through identification of enhancements to frameworks, processes and tools.

Risk Management Information and Reporting

• Supporting the development and enhancement of ERMF dashboards and risk reporting for senior management, Risk Committees and Boards.


• Generating clear, structured and actionable risk insight, including outputs from Control Assurance activities (CSA, RCSA, CAAP).


• Supporting the interrogation and challenge of risk information to identify key risk themes and trends.

Risk Management Framework and Controls Assurance Oversight

Support the ongoing embedding and enhancement of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework across the Group including:

• Supporting the consistent application of risk identification, assessment, monitoring, escalation and reporting across Business Units, Core Functions and jurisdictions.


• Ensure Business Units and Core Functions operate in line with and meet the requirements of the Group’s Control Assurance framework.


• Contributing to the ongoing evolution and maturity of the ERMF including enhancements to methodologies, standards, tooling and documentation.

Risk Culture and Stakeholder Engagement

• Supporting the dissemination and communication of the ERMF across Business Units, Centralised Services and the wider Group.


• Building effective working relationships across functions and jurisdictions, acting as a trusted second line partner.


• Promoting a consistent risk and controls culture through engagement, communication and training initiatives.

Experience and Skills

Experience

• Experience in enterprise risk, compliance, or process / control auditing within a regulated environment.


• Practical experience in risk frameworks, control assurance, and risk reporting processes.

Skills

• Strong analytical capability with the ability to synthesise information and identify key risk themes.


• Ability to challenge and interrogate risk information in a structured and constructive manner.


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across functions.


• Proactive and pragmatic approach to risk management.


• Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in MS Office tools.


• Experience with Power BI for risk reporting and data visualisation.


• Interest and exposure to data, automation and emerging technologies (e.g. AI).

Education

• An internationally recognised professional qualification or relevant degree in Finance, Business, Economics or related field.

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