Head of Risk Oversight

Type: Permanent
Location: England - North West
Industry: Financial Services - Banking
Specialism: Risk Oversight
Salary: Price on Application
Date Posted: 31/03/2026
Consultant: Jack Woodlock

We are working with one of the UK’s award winning Building Societies to help find them find a Deputy Chief Risk Officer. This person will lead the Society’s risk and assurance frameworks providing independent oversight of strategic, operational, and prudential risks. Regular deputising for the CRO makes this a great Opportunity for someone looking to build a platform for a CRO position of their own in the future. This is a hybrid working role with a pragmatic approach to working patterns, although any applicant would need to be able to able to attend the office in the North West of England for some days on a weekly basis

Role Description

Lead and develop the Risk Oversight team and foster strong collaboration
Lead second-line oversight of capital, liquidity, and funding risks (ICAAP, ILAAP, RRP, Solvent Exit)
Provide independent challenge on stress testing, capital adequacy, and liquidity management
Lead and continuously enhance the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF), ensuring it is proportionate and embedded across the Society
Maintain oversight of the Risk Appetite Framework, aligned to strategy and Board-approved limits
Ensure frameworks and policies align with PRA/FCA expectations, best practice, and strategic objectives
Drive consistency in risk assessment, control evaluation, and reporting across all risk categories
Support the CRO in maintaining strong governance, clear escalation, and line of sight from Board to business
Provide leadership in the discharge of the Chief Risk Officers Data Protection Officer responsibilities
Oversee Board and Committee risk reporting, ensuring clarity, insight, and forward-looking commentary
Lead second-line oversight of strategy, change, and transformation programmes
Challenge key business cases, plans, and delivery assurance

Role Requirements

Strong leadership capability, with experience developing teams, fostering collaboration, and promoting constructive challenge
Relevant professional risk qualification (e.g., IRM, FRM, PRMIA, ICA) desirable but not essential
Relevant regulatory, prudential, or operational resilience certification desirable
Significant second-line risk management or assurance experience within financial services, ideally within a building society, bank, or mutual
Working knowledge of prudential and financial resilience principles, including capital, liquidity, stress testing, and recovery planning
Proven ability to design and lead enterprise-wide frameworks, governance structures, and policy architectures
Experience in overseeing a range of non-financial risks, including operational, conduct, compliance, technology/cyber, third-party and data
Experience in risk oversight of change and transformation, including project assurance, oversight strategy, and portfolio risk aggregation
Experience overseeing operational resilience, including critical services, impact tolerances, and incident response
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, including ExCo, Board Committees, and external regulators

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