Third-party manager

Third-party manager

Flexible hybrid role to be based in our Edinburgh, 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We’re B-Corp certified with an amazing product-market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better.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 Third-party manager to join us, reporting into the Head of operational resilience, you’ll work closely with teams across Legal, Risk, Compliance, Commercial, Technology and Operations to help strengthen and scale Seccl’s third-party management capability. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and embedding a consistent supplier management framework as Seccl continues to grow, ensuring we meet evolving regulatory expectations while enabling the business to move at pace.

Our Operational resilience and Risk & Compliance teams play a critical role in protecting the business, our clients, and our platform as we scale. Working across all areas of the organisation, the team is focused on building robust operational resilience, strengthening supplier oversight, and ensuring Seccl remains compliant with FCA and DORA requirements.

With a broad and varied supplier landscape across multiple departments, this role offers the opportunity to influence how third-party risk and supplier governance are managed across the business, partnering with SMEs and relationship owners to drive consistency and best practice throughout the supplier lifecycle.

On a typical day you will be…

• Co-ordinating and embedding third-party management and operational resilience requirements across the supplier lifecycle

• Acting as the central point of co-ordination for supplier onboarding, due diligence, approvals, and documentation

• Supporting relationship owners with supplier performance management, including oversight of SLAs, KPIs, risks, and escalations

• Driving consistency across supplier governance processes while partnering with SMEs who retain ownership of supplier relationships and contracts

• Working collaboratively with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Commercial, Technology, and Operations teams to ensure supplier arrangements remain compliant and fit for purpose

• Supporting the development of supplier exit plans, resilience activities, and scenario testing exercises

• Producing reporting, management information, and governance updates for senior stakeholders and risk committees

• Supporting incident reviews and identifying opportunities to strengthen supplier resilience and operational processes

This role’s for you if...

• You have experience managing third-party suppliers across the full supplier lifecycle, including onboarding, due diligence, performance management, and renewals

• You have a strong understanding of third-party risk management and outsourcing requirements within FCA-regulated environments

• You’re confident building relationships and working collaboratively with stakeholders across multiple business areas

• You have strong organisational skills and can manage multiple suppliers, stakeholders, and priorities simultaneously

• You’re comfortable providing oversight and constructive challenge where supplier performance or risk thresholds are not being met

• You have excellent communication, documentation, and reporting skills

• You have experience within financial services, fintech, or another regulated environment

• Experience of operational resilience, business continuity (ISO22301), information security (ISO27001), or scenario testing is desirable

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 £70,000 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

• 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!