Finance Platform Risk Manager

Location: Bristol, UK; hybrid working with at least two days per week, or 40% of working time, at an office site.

Salary: £67,023–£74,470 per year

Company

hirify.global is a major UK financial services organisation focused on shaping the future of finance and supporting customers, colleagues, and communities.

What you will do

• Lead oversight, assessment, and reporting of Change Execution and IT Systems risk across the Finance Platform.
• Partner with Engineering, Run, Change Delivery, Service Management, and Risk teams to identify and manage technology, resilience, and change delivery risks.
• Facilitate risk assessments, control reviews, and deep dives while monitoring control effectiveness, issues, emerging risks, and risk indicators.
• Provide insight, constructive challenge, and guidance for risk-based decision-making.
• Coordinate risk reduction plans, track actions through to effective outcomes, and support Internal Audit and other assurance activity.
• Build trusted relationships with business partners and produce analysis and executive-level reporting for senior leadership and governance forums.

Requirements

• Proven experience in non-financial risk, operational risk, technology risk, IT controls, internal audit, or a related governance role.
• Experience managing or overseeing risks related to technology systems, operational resilience, or change delivery.
• Practical knowledge of risk management frameworks, control design and effectiveness, risk assessments, indicators, issues, events, and governance processes.
• Experience working with technology or engineering teams and translating technical information into clear business risks, impacts, and recommended actions.
• Evidence of influencing and constructively challenging senior partners, supported by strong analysis and reporting for decision-making.

Nice to have

• Experience in IT Systems Risk, Technology Resilience, Service Management, Operational Resilience, or Technology Controls.
• Knowledge of change governance and Change Execution risk management.
• Understanding of application lifecycle, incident management, IT change, disaster recovery, cloud technologies, or platform engineering environments.
• Experience using risk management systems such as Risk Open Pages (ROP) or equivalent governance platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time permanent role with a hybrid working pattern.
• Reasonable workplace adjustments may include flexibility in office attendance, location, and working patterns.
• Pension contribution of up to 15%, annual performance-related bonus, and share schemes including free shares.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, adaptable lifestyle benefits, wellbeing initiatives, and generous parental leave.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, learning, development, and support for colleagues with disabilities, long-term health conditions, or neurodivergent conditions.