Cyber Security and Risk Senior Manager, RTGS

Role Requirements

RTGS settles on an average day £800billion and is critical national infrastructure. Each day brings new challenges and opportunities, creating an environment suited for those who work well in a fast-paced setting. An individual whose approach is getting it “right” in tight timescales can make a real difference.

As a Senior member of the RTGS Technology team you will report to the RTGS Technology Service Owner. You are an integral part of the team running our dedicated critical RTGS payments platform.

You will play the lead role in actively driving improvement in overall IT risk identification, management, and reduction within the Service, particularly in relation to threats that could impact the security or resilience of the service. The role will focus on protecting the platforms and demonstrating to stakeholders including Auditors and our Regulators that appropriate governance and control is in place.

Minimum Criteria

We’re looking for someone who has the following attributes:

Strong operational track record of successful delivery in audit, risk or technology security roles
Demonstrable understanding of risk principles, controls, processes, terminology and industry frameworks.
Strong workload management and delivery, with the ability to work flexibly and adapt rapidly to constantly evolving priorities
Deep technical understanding of business drivers, IT architecture, constructs, interactions, processes and dependencies
Build and maintain effective relationships with and influence a variety of internal partners and senior leaders
Excellent stakeholder leadership skills, to build a network of contacts, to create trust and rapport, persuade and influence at senior management and committee level
Practical experience of technical audits and processes, including requirements, evidence presentation, management responses and agreeing closure.
Essential Criteria

We are interested in hearing from candidates who can:

contribute stability and security to the RTGS service by ensuring that risks are identified and managed in line with Bank Technology Standards.
Be the prime liaison point between our team and Audit, Enterprise Risk, Financial Markets Infrastructure Division, Payments System Risk and other oversight groups.
Build and Maintain stakeholder relationships with these groups.
Develop and maintain a detailed Subject Matter Expert understanding of the RTGS Technical IT & security control environment.
Represent and delegate for the Technology Service Owner at Risk/Security boards and similar fora.
Work closely with the Bank’s CISO and Cyber Security Division to ensure that Security controls for RTGS are maintained and effective.
Provide consulting and mentoring to RTGS Technology Team members on:
Mitigating risks and applying effective controls in RTGS
Managing and accurately recording risks/issues, including Security points.
Create regular and efficient risk/audit reporting outputs.
Operate a regular RTGS Technology Risk working group to maintain continued updates to open risks/actions, and to identify and remediate new issues.
Liaise with wider Technology Risk team to ensure alignment, and consistency of reporting.
Lead and develop more junior analysts involved in MI and risk reporting.
Establish relationships with other payment system risk experts and relevant 3rd party SMEs (e.g. NCSC)