Senior Analyst managing operational risk compliance and controls for Mastercard's Vocalink in the UK. Collaborating with teams to ensure robust operational risk practices.
About the role
- Maintain and update the risk and control registers; follow up on recurring control tasks and remediation actions; ensure timely closure across operational and financial risk.
- Contribute to the risk assessment of new products and services, ensuring risks are identified, documented, and integrated into the control framework.
- Collect, reconcile, and automate risk data for management and regulatory reporting; design dashboards in Power BI; develop and maintain meaningful KRIs and reports.
- Monitor and follow up operational risk events; escalate when necessary; support root-cause analysis and remediation tracking.
- Keep risk documentation, procedures, and policies current, including vendor files, credit limits, and risk register updates.
- Support risk workshops (RCSA, BIA, stress testing); engage with process owners; capture key results and ensure actions are followed through.
- Prepare evidence packs for auditors and regulators; help design and execute financial and operational stress tests.
- Contribute to new tool implementations, reporting automation, and strategic risk initiatives.
Requirements
- A minimum of 1–3 years of experience in risk management, finance, banking/fintech, or data analytics.
- Solid understanding of risk management practices (operational risk, incidents, controls, registers) with interest in broadening into financial and ICT risk.
- Strong analytics & reporting skills with Excel and at least one BI platform (Power BI preferred).
- Comfortable working with data: able to query and prepare datasets, and use scripting or coding (SQL, Python, R, or similar) to automate reporting and dashboards.
- Organisational skills and attention to detail: capable of managing registers, recurring tasks, and follow-ups in a structured way.
- Strong communication skills: able to work with process owners across the bank and ensure tasks are completed.
- Curiosity and willingness to learn across multiple risk areas (operational, financial, ICT/cyber).
- Business-level German (spoken) for daily interactions; English proficiency required for written documentation.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
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