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Job Title: Risk and Controls Officer
Salary: Starting from £40,000
Location: Milton Keynes/ Hybrid
Scania Financial Services
• Hybrid working • Enhanced parental leave • Eligibility to annual bonus scheme• Access to a fantastic loan car scheme • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays • Competitive pension• 4x basic salary life assurance
Why our Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Department here at Scania Financial Services?A Quote from Ben Edwards, our Head of GRC. "GRC exists to equip the business to effectively manage its risks, supporting and enabling the pursuit of organisational goals and objectives. We are a dynamic and professional team who work closely with management to inform, guide and challenge. Strong cross-functional relationships and trust are key drivers of our success, and I am proud of the department’s reputation for competence and integrity.
For me, the most exciting aspect of the job is being able to "look under the bonnet" of the business, to challenge the status quo and to see the impact that our work has on the organisation’s success."
In this role you will:• Review and monitor the effectiveness of risk management policies, control procedures and reporting.• Maintain the organisation’s risk and incident registers, receiving and processing incident reports from across the business to identify underlying trends and areas of significant risk.• Provide workshops, training and subject matter expertise to colleagues across the business in relation to risk management and internal control.• Develop the business’s Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), supporting the business to monitor areas of significant risk.• Support the business to identify control failures, liaising with the central ICS team and providing support with remediating gaps.• Take ownership of the New Product Approval Process (NPAP), a key part of the business change process.• Support the business continuity planning process, facilitating management’s understanding of and response to key continuity risks.• Effectively communicate with stakeholders at different levels across the business.
About you:• Coach and Inspire - equip risk and control owners to analyse and manage their risks, inspiring confidence through thought leadership and a coaching style.• Continuous Improvement - proactively challenge business processes, suggesting improvements to more effectively manage business risks. • Communication & Influence - able to demonstrate sound business understanding, working with a variety of stakeholders to ensure standards are integrated across the organisation.• Investigative - able to examine the detail and investigate the root causes of process failures. • Experience - previous experience of bringing a business on a journey of embracing proactive risk management and sound internal control.• Initiative - self-motivated; strives for improvements and efficiencies in own work.
If you’re interested in this role we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: 27.11.2024
Next steps:1. If you like the sound of this position, please apply today.2. A member of the Scania Recruitment team will contact you to discuss your application.3. If you are successful at that stage, you will be invited to have a conversation with the hiring manager.
Working for Scania is not just about the job. It’s about you too, and this is where the company goes the extra mile and provides an industry leading employment package. We offer an excellent benefits package which includes a pension scheme, complementary life insurance, financial incentive schemes and discounts on major retail outlets including groceries.
At Scania we invest considerably in colleague development, and you can expect to receive comprehensive training and career progression not only in the UK but throughout our Global organisation.
We have a strong and supportive culture, where each individual is seen, respected and has the potential to contribute. We trust each other to act and make decisions, and we believe in a more flexible future workplace based on individual needs. For us, diversity and inclusion is a strategic necessity. By having colleagues with the widest possible range of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and experiences, we ensure we have the right people and together with an inclusive corporate culture, this drives our business forward. We want our colleagues to feel proud and happy to work for us, no matter where they are from or who they are, and we strive to achieve an inclusive and family-friendly environment for everyone.
Scania is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services to our customers and the successful candidate will reflect our core values; CUSTOMER FIRST, RESPECT, ELIMINATION OF WASTE, RESPONSIBILITY and TEAM SPIRIT in all we do.
