Senior Risk Manager - Core Technology

We are looking for a Senior Risk Manager - Core Technology to one of our clients within Banking & Finance.

Start date: ASAP
End date: 2026-12-31
Location: Finland (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)

About the assignment:
You will oversee non-financial risk remediation across Core Technology, ensuring timely closure of actions and providing transparency on risk exposure to senior leadership. This role is critical in strengthening risk management capabilities to reduce non-financial risk and meet target thresholds.

Core Responsibilities:

• Maintain oversight of non-financial and ICT risk remediation progress across Core Technology with support from Business Risk Managers
• Facilitate and follow up on remediation plans, ensuring timely execution and sustainable risk reduction
• Provide transparent reporting on risk exposure, mitigation progress, and status updates for senior leadership and governance forums
• Act as trusted advisor to technology leaders, challenging stakeholders on risk matters and control effectiveness
• Drive risk management activities including identification, assessment, documentation, and monitoring of risks, controls, and mitigations
• Collaborate with Business Risk Management and delivery teams to ensure strong governance and visibility

Profile & Qualifications:

• Solid experience in operational or non-financial risk management, preferably within financial services
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks and governance processes
• Hands-on experience with RCSA processes, risk assessments, and control evaluations
• Understanding of ICT risk and its impact on business processes and operations
• Excellent analytical capabilities with ability to identify key risks and themes
• Experienced in facilitating workshops and challenging stakeholders constructively
• Strong stakeholder management skills across organizational boundaries
• Able to balance risk awareness with business pragmatism in dynamic environments
• Excellent written and spoken English required

Skills:

• RCSA (Risk & Control Self Assessment)
• Risk frameworks and governance processes
• ICT risk management
• English (fluent written and spoken)

Nice to have:

• Incident and issue management processes