Risk Delivery Manager (Operational Resilience & Third Party Risk)

Qube Research & Technologies

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors. QRT has been going through an exciting period of growth. We have created a Procurement team that is located in London and Hong Kong and we’ve been laying the foundations for a high-performance and trusted procurement function. QRT are seeking a proactive APAC Senior Technology Buyer to join our team in Hong Kong. In this role, you will be responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and managing technology suppliers providing products across office and datacenter colocations. This role focuses on delivery performance, cost optimisation and resilience of critical technology solutions, while ensuring alignment with business, IT, and network strategies. The ideal candidate needs to be able to work with QRT colleagues, supporting them in sourcing what they need in a timely and professional manner. You will be working hard to implement best practice procurement processes. The right candidate will be someone who is prepared to roll up their sleeves and get the work done. Key responsibilities of the role include: APAC Strategic Sourcing & Category Management  * Lead end-to-end APAC sourcing initiatives, including supplier negotiations, and contract awards.  * Demonstrate in-depth experience executing sourcing strategies for all Technology categories, including Hardware, Software, Services and Telecommunications.  * Have experience with sourcing and delivery of Technology DataCenter Hardware in multiple APAC countries, including India. * Optimise supply chains and delivery lead times improving speed to market. * Track market trends and availability to inform Technology and  procurement decisions. * Lead end-to-end sourcing activities: RFIs/RFPs, supplier evaluation, commercial modelling, and contract award. Supplier & Contract Management * Manage relationships with key suppliers (e.g., Hardware OEM’s). * Negotiate complex contracts, including pricing structures, SLAs, service credits, and termination clauses. * Oversee contract lifecycle management, including renewals, benchmarking, and renegotiations. Governance, Risk & Compliance  * Ensure procurement activities comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and audit standards.  * Manage third-party risk, including data privacy, cybersecurity, and operational resilience considerations.  * Support vendor due diligence and risk assessment processes.  Operational Excellence  * Drive process improvements and standardisation across procurement activities.  * Leverage procurement tools and analytics to enhance decision-making and reporting.  * Monitor supplier performance through KPIs and SLAs.  Your present skillset You will have excellent knowledge of Technology procurement, with 2 to 7 years’ experience in a medium or Large sized, fast paced and agile business, ideally within the financial services space.  * Strong experience in procurement within Technology categories. * Proven track record in hardware supply negotiation and supply chain. * Ability to work with technical stakeholders and understand infrastructure requirements. * Experience working in APAC multi-country or global environments. * Bachelor’s or higher degree. * Professional certifications (e.g., CIPS, CPSM) are advantageous. * Experience working in a global or matrixed organisation. * Cost savings and value delivery against targets * Supplier performance and risk management outcomes * Stakeholder satisfaction and engagement  QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Seccl

Flexible hybrid role to be based in our Edinburg, London or Bath office.   About us   Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to helping more people to invest – and invest well.   We’re B-Corp certified with an amazing product-market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better. We've been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years.   We’re also proud to be part of Octopus, the £multi billion group that's on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Money.   Check out the Seccl website for the latest on our products and our mission to shape the future of investments. THE ROLE We’re looking for a Resilience & continuity manager to join our Operational Resilience team. You’ll be responsible for the ongoing development, implementation and maintenance of Seccl’s business continuity capability as part of our wider operational resilience framework. Your work will help us safeguard stakeholders, maintain critical operations and recover quickly from operational disruption. This is a hands-on role for someone who can combine subject matter expertise with practical delivery. You’ll lead our business continuity management capability, support wider operational resilience activity and help ensure we continue to meet relevant regulatory requirements, including FCA Operational Resilience and EU DORA obligations. Working closely with teams across the business, you’ll help embed resilience thinking into day-to-day decision making and business operations. You’ll support testing, exercising, governance reporting, third-party resilience assessment and continuous improvement - making sure our plans, evidence and processes remain current, proportionate and effective. ON A TYPICAL DAY YOU WILL BE… * Maintaining and improving Seccl’s business continuity management system, ensuring it remains current, effective and well documented * Facilitating business impact assessments and business continuity risk assessments across the business * Working with stakeholders to develop, review and maintain practical business continuity plans * Supporting operational resilience activity, including documentation, evidence and records for regulatory compliance * Designing, coordinating and facilitating business continuity, operational resilience and crisis management exercises * Assessing testing outcomes, identifying lessons learned and tracking remediation actions through to completion * Producing high-quality reporting for senior management, governance forums and Board-level audiences * Using insight, trend analysis and management information to support risk-based decision making * Supporting third-party continuity and resilience assessments * Identifying opportunities to improve resilience processes through tooling, automation and data-driven reporting THIS ROLE’S FOR YOU IF... * You have significant experience in operational resilience, business continuity management or a related risk discipline within financial services * You have a strong understanding of FCA Operational Resilience requirements and EU DORA obligations * You’re experienced in designing, facilitating and evaluating scenario exercises and resilience testing programmes * You can produce clear, insightful governance reporting and present findings confidently to senior stakeholders * You’re comfortable maintaining policies, standards, procedures and evidence for regulatory, audit and assurance purposes * You communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, bringing people with you while challenging constructively where needed * You have a strong risk mindset and can balance regulatory expectations with practical, commercial and operational realities This role isn’t for you if...   * You rely on a lot of top-down direction. Here, you’ll have a lot of freedom and ownership of your role, and you’ll be expected to shape your own progression * You’re not comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Our speed and scalability are what set us apart; you need to be able to act quickly and think on your feet * You struggle to follow through on ideas. We value people who do what they say they will. If you care about something, you have the freedom here to make it happen * You don’t like change. You’ll get on great here if you relish the ambiguity of rapid growth and are willing to embrace uncertainty   What’s in it for you…   We offer a generous mix of benefits for the things that really matter to our people, including:   💰 A salary between £60,000 and £80,000 – dependant on experience + reviewed annually 🌴 27 days holiday + bank holidays (some can be flexible) + day off on your birthday + three days (full time) per year for Dependant leave 💙 Two volunteering days per year 🌎 Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year 🌟 Secclbrate - our recognition programme that offers a mix of flexible rewards including extra pay, additional holiday and increased learning budget 🏅 Length of service award – one month paid sabbatical at eight years ✅ 6% employer pension contribution, and life assurance 🏥 Private medical insurance with AXA Health 👪 Enhanced Parental leave 💻 MacBook and up to £500 home office set up budget 📖 £750 per person learning budget 🌻 Health and wellbeing initiatives including free therapy via Wellness Cloud, mental health support via Headspace 🌱 Strong financial wellbeing focus including access to Octopus Money, Octopus Share Incentive Plan and will writing offering via Octopus Legacy 🎁 Perkbox – Flexi-points giving you a range of discounts and perks including free weekly coffee, gym and retail discounts 🚲 Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Octopus Electric Vehicle Leasing   Our culture   We're proud to put people first, creating a culture where we truly listen to what matters most to them. Our transparent and inclusive environment encourages diversity of thought, challenge and experimentation. Check out our Glassdoor page for the latest reviews or our LinkedIn for company updates and insights from the team.   Interview process   Interviewing is a two-way thing, and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you. Our interviews are conversational, so come with questions and be curious. In general, you can expect the interview process to look a bit like this, (following an initial chat with one of our Talent team): * First stage – 45 mins competencies-based interview with the hiring manager and another team member * Second stage – one-hour technical interview or assessment * Final stage – 45 mins bar-raiser culture-based interview   ⏳ We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out and you should expect to hear back from us within one to two weeks of applying.   🌈 Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive company of awesome people, with unique skills, passions and experiences. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.   If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We’d love to hear from you!

Capital on Tap

We’re Capital on Tap 👋 💳 Capital on Tap started because small businesses were underserved. Big banks were slow, their products weren't fit for purpose, and small business owners often couldn't access what they needed. We set out to fix that. Today we're a financial platform - not just a credit card company. We offer a best-in-class business credit card, SME-focused spend management platform, a savings product that hit £1 billion in funds within its first year, and a growing suite of tools and financial products that make running a small business easier.  1,000+ employees, £20bn in annual card spend, 200,000+ customers, 17,000+ Trustpilot reviews averaging 4.7 stars, and we're profitable. We’ve done a pretty good job so far, but we’re just getting started!  🏡🏢This is a Hybrid role, with a minimum of 3 days a week in our London office. Risk & Compliance at Capital on Tap The Risk & Compliance team is the second line of defence at Capital on Tap, working at the intersection of regulation, product and business growth. As our Risk Manager, you'll lead the design and delivery of our risk management framework, working closely with the UK Compliance Director and Risk Owners across the Leadership Team. The Role This is a senior leadership role for someone who is energised by building forward-looking risk frameworks that inform decisions, not activity registers that sit on a shelf. The ideal candidate will have significant expertise in enterprise risk management within FCA-regulated firms, technical fluency, and take a pragmatic, problem-solving and risk-based approach. What You’ll Be Doing * Strategic Risk Leadership: Serve as the primary second-line risk lead, providing senior leadership with a forward-looking, decision-useful view of risk as the business scales. * Framework Ownership: Own and refresh the Enterprise Risk Management Framework ensuring the three lines of defence design fits a growing FinTech. * Risk Taxonomy & RCSAs: Re-baseline the Risk Taxonomy with Risk Owners to reflect the current business, and work collaboratively with them to refresh risk assessments and risk appetites. * KRIs & Risk Reporting: Work with Risk Owners to build live KRI dashboards and support reporting to the Risk Committee. * Risk Systems & Data: Responsible for transitioning to a GRC platform. * Stress Testing & Wind-Down: Lead the annual wind-down plan refresh aligned to FCA WDPG and the CASS 10A resolution pack. * Governance Support: Support Risk Committee Charter and Terms of Reference refresh. * Independent Assurance: Partner with Internal Audit and third party assurance providers to shape an independent assurance plan aligned to where the residual risks actually sit. * Business Enablement: Provide thoughtful, business-minded second line challenge to product launches, partner-bank changes and AI implementations. * Risk Culture: Support the risk culture across the business by engaging Risk Owners on impact classification and risk-owned RCSAs, embedding risk thinking into business-as-usual decisions. We’re Looking For * Deep Regulatory Expertise: Comprehensive working knowledge of FCA SYSC 4, 6 and 7, the EMD/PSD regime, FCA WDPG and CASS 10A, with the ability to interpret complex requirements and provide pragmatic business guidance. * Framework Design Experience: Hands-on experience designing or refreshing an Enterprise Risk Management Framework: taxonomy, appetite, KRIs, RCSA methodology and Risk Committee reporting. * FinTech / Payments Background: Proven experience in an FCA-regulated firm in the EMI, payments, banking or FinTech space, with an understanding of partner-bank concentration risk in card and payments models. * Forward-Looking Reporting: Track record of building effective risk reporting. * Stress Testing & Wind-Down: Practical experience embedding stress testing, reverse stress testing and wind-down planning at firm level. * Senior Stakeholder Influence: Confident providing independent challenge at Director and C-suite level, building constructive relationships while holding the second line. * Urgency & Business Focus: Demonstrated ability to work at pace in fast-moving environments, with the appetite to build at speed - the framework exists, it needs maturing fast as the business scales. * Strong Written Communication: Excellent written communication for papers, Risk Committee briefings and Board notes, with the ability to translate technical risk into business decisions. Nice to Have * GRC Platform Experience: Experience evaluating or implementing a GRC platform. * AI & Operational Resilience: Exposure to AI risk management and operational resilience under FCA expectations. * Professional Qualifications: A recognised risk qualification such as IRM (Institute of Risk Management), FRM (GARP), PRMIA or equivalent. Big 4 or consulting background in financial services risk also welcome. Diversity & Inclusion 🌈 We welcome, consider and encourage applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusivity. Join us in creating a space where authenticity thrives, and everyone can do their best work. Great Work Deserves Great Perks We try not to take ourselves too seriously (all the time) so we make sure our office is decked out with a pool table, arcade machine, beer tap, and a couple of office dogs thrown in for good measure. Check out our benefits: 🏥 Private Healthcare including dental and opticians services through Vitality ✈️ Worldwide travel insurance through Vitality ❤️ Access to a women's health platform via Hertility 🎁 Anniversary Rewards (£250, £500, £750, 4-week fully paid sabbatical) 👛 Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme up to 7% match 🏖️ 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays) 📖 Annual Learning and Wellbeing Budget 👪 Enhanced Parental Leave 🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme 🚂 Season Ticket Loan 💬 6 free therapy sessions per year 🐶 Dog Friendly Offices 🍫 Free drinks and snacks in our offices Check out more of our benefits, values and mission here. Other Info 👍Check out our ‘Top Tips’ for interviewing. ✔️Keep updated on new job opportunities by following us on Linkedin. 📧Email careers@capitalontap.com if you have any questions. Excited to work here? Apply! If you’d like to progress your career within our fast growing, profitable fintech then click apply and we will aim to get back to you within 3 working days (during busy periods this could take up to 5 working days.)