Join us as a Risk & Controls Associate
- If you’re looking for a new challenge, where you can play a key role in preventing potential risks to our customers, this could be the ideal role for you
- You’ll work in partnership with the first line of defence and businesses in applying effective risk management, and anticipating and assessing the potential impacts of risk across NatWest Boxed and Mettle
- By liaising closely with a range of stakeholders, you’ll have an opportunity to raise your profile across NatWest Boxed and Mettle, as well as a strong focus on personal development
What you'll do
You’ll play a key role in delivering risk management initiatives that support the effective application of the enterprise wide risk management framework and conduct risk obligations, with an opportunity to improve the understanding and effective management of risk across NatWest Boxed and Mettle.
We’ll look to you to support the business in managing the risks which exist, making sure mechanisms are in place to identify, report, manage and mitigate risk within a defined risk appetite, working in conjunction with the second line of defence.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
- Facilitating risk reporting and supporting the interrogation and analysis of relevant management information, including key risk indicators, supporting effective risk management on the part of your stakeholders
- Developing guidance notes and training material to upskill and educate the business.
- Own the enterprise wide risk management framework and risk processes including events, triggers and actions
- Supporting management in facilitating regular stakeholder meetings and key forums through preparing and issuing of supporting paperwork and assessing regulatory impacts
- Evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of controls to identify any potential risks to the business
- Controlling key risk processes including events, triggers and actions management
- Building and maintaining trusted working partnerships to inform and gather intelligence on emerging and future risks and controls
The skills you'll need
To be successful in this role, you’ll demonstrate knowledge of how a large financial services organisation operates and bring experience of working in a first or second line of defence risk role.
You’ll also bring:
- A clear track record of achievement and delivery
- Knowledge of risk and control assessments and scenario analysis methodologies
- Knowledge of operational risk management
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to influence at all levels
Hours
35Job Posting Closing Date:
06/08/2026Ways of Working:Remote FirstSkills Required
- Experience working in a first or second line of defence risk role
- Knowledge of how a large financial services organisation operates
- Knowledge of risk and control assessments and scenario analysis methodologies
- Knowledge of operational risk management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to influence at all levels
- Clear track record of achievement and delivery
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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What We Do
We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate. As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these. Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence. One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025. We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.
