Top Risk Jobs in Glasgow

Provides second-line oversight and challenge across life insurance products, propositions, financial risks, insurance risks and ALM. Reviews product developments, repricing, lifecycle governance, investment strategies, reinsurance and risk-sharing arrangements. Advises senior stakeholders on risk appetite, regulatory requirements, customer outcomes, controls and governance. Leads thematic reviews and assurance activity, prepares committee materials, and translates complex actuarial, financial, regulatory and commercial issues into practical recommendations.

Leads Life non-financial risk oversight, assurance, insight, and automation in a financial services environment. The role develops assurance plans and methodologies, delivers independent challenge and risk opinions, assesses control effectiveness and operating models, and advises senior governance forums. It also manages specialist teams, drives process simplification and control automation, evaluates AI-enabled transformation, develops risk insights, and coaches team members while influencing executive stakeholders and supporting regulatory expectations.

Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit & Risk Committee Chair responsible for overseeing financial reporting, internal controls, risk management, external audit, treasury, capital allocation and governance. The role requires recent financial experience, ideally as a CFO or senior finance executive, alongside international technology, software, data or regulated-services experience. The appointee will provide constructive challenge to management, support board strategy and maintain strong relationships with investors, auditors and stakeholders.

Provides second-line oversight of consumer and small-business credit risk across lending products. Analyzes portfolio performance, develops monitoring metrics, challenges credit strategies, leads thematic assurance reviews, collaborates on model validation, supports stress testing and forecasting, and maintains the Credit Risk Framework. Partners with first-line teams on product launches and strategy changes while communicating risk insights to stakeholders and committees.

Provides independent second-line oversight of operational risks, business processes, and controls across a complex financial services organization. Leads risk reviews, monitoring, deep-dive assessments, and control evaluations; identifies process gaps and weaknesses; challenges stakeholders; and supports improvements in operational resilience, compliance, and risk management framework effectiveness.

Provides independent second-line operational risk oversight for major transformation programmes and projects. Reviews risk assessments, controls, governance, and change delivery frameworks; challenges programme leaders and project managers; identifies operational and regulatory risks; and recommends mitigation actions. Partners with senior stakeholders and risk specialists to strengthen change risk management, operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and customer outcomes across a complex financial services environment.

Run the UK entity (CBPL) risk framework and contribute to global operational risk programs. Lead RCSAs, incident management, KRIs/KCIs, outsourcing and resilience work; provide 2LoD challenge to products and change, build risk MI for senior forums, coach first-line leaders, and help design global ORM programs and dashboards.

Leads M&G’s Group Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment framework and provides second-line oversight of the financial crime risk and controls framework. Responsibilities include assessing AML, sanctions, fraud, bribery, tax evasion, and related risks; enhancing methodologies, governance, reporting, analytics, and controls; overseeing thematic reviews and remediation; and advising senior management and governance forums.

Participate in a 24-month rotational analyst program supporting BNY’s risk and compliance activities. Analyze information, identify trends, assess risk management practices, and assist with governance reviews, reporting, documentation, monitoring, and compliance efforts. Gain exposure to credit, market, liquidity, technology, operational, compliance, model, and enterprise risk while collaborating with global teams and developing analytical, communication, and risk management skills.

Supports enterprise risk and compliance activities through framework application, risk analysis, trend identification, governance reviews, reporting, documentation, and monitoring. The 24-month rotational program provides exposure to credit, market, liquidity, technology, operational, compliance, model, and enterprise risk while developing analytical, communication, judgment, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Design insurance pricing, reserving, forecasting, and portfolio-risk scenarios for AI model training. Create actuarial analyses and reference answers, evaluate AI outputs for quantitative and methodological accuracy, identify unsupported assumptions and errors, and provide structured feedback. The role requires explaining actuarial methods and business implications to technical and nontechnical audiences while participating in calibration and onboarding sessions.

Own technical accounting, reconciliation, settlement, and control processes for Lloyds and reinsurance portfolios. Review contracts and bordereaux, manage premium, claims, commissions, cash, and settlements, investigate accounting breaks, support controls and audits, and collaborate with claims, operations, brokers, and client solutions teams. The role also contributes to accounting automation, data quality improvements, workflow design, and reporting.

Lead UK regulatory strategy, risk governance, and compliance operations for BJAK’s market entry and expansion. Build compliance frameworks, policies, controls, monitoring, testing, and reporting covering AML, KYC, data privacy, consumer duty, distribution, claims, complaints, and product compliance. Serve as the primary FCA contact, oversee regulatory readiness, guide business strategy, manage remediation, and train cross-functional teams. The role requires building the compliance function from scratch in partnership with the CEO.

Lead quality assurance reviews of transaction monitoring investigations, enforce QA rubrics, perform root cause analysis, and deliver metrics and dashboards. Drive calibration, training, and cross-functional remediation with Compliance, Operations, Analytics, and L&D to improve AML/CFT case consistency and operational performance.

Oversee Insurance Broking Accounts, including premium and claims fund processing, cash allocation, reconciliations, collections, credit control, aged debt management, and settlement of balances. The role coordinates Finance, broking, clients, brokers, and external counterparties; ensures FCA CASS and internal control compliance; produces management reports; monitors cash flow and supports process improvements.

Lead tax risk management engagements advising clients on UK tax governance and compliance (e.g., SAO, Corporate Criminal Offence). Design controls and processes, deliver workshops, manage client portfolios, support pitches, generate business, and manage/coach junior staff.

As Global Risk Manager, oversee compliance with risk processes, lead commercial teams, develop pricing strategies, and manage project risks to ensure profitability.