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* Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices
What we offer
We have embraced a hybrid working model for most of our positions, which means that you can enjoy a balanced approach of working from home for part of the week and working from the office for the remainder of the week.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salaries and bonuses, robust Learning and Development support, excellent Defined Contribution pension and comprehensive Wellbeing initiatives and support to name but a few.
Further details on our benefits package can be accessed here Benefits (life-careers.com)
Role Overview
European Technology is at an important stage in its evolution. There is a need to bring market leading speed, agility, cost efficiency and risk mitigation to enable the delivery of strategies across the European businesses. To respond to and meet this challenge a new strategy and enabling organisation is being created.
With today’s heightened awareness of the need for anticipating and managing risks in an ever more dynamic and uncertain environment, boards, audit, risk and compliance committees and senior executives are striving to better understand the broadest range of their actual or potential risk exposures and the effectiveness of their governance, risk, and compliance infrastructure.
Reporting to the Head of Technology Risk Management, Europe, this is a pivotal role within the first line European Technology Risk and Security Team which is a new function of the Office of the CIO, Europe. This new role will lead creation of a Centre of Excellence for technology risk reporting, responsible for co-ordination of dynamic, insightful and intelligent risk reporting for European Technology to provide the key decision makers with timely and robust understanding of the risk profile and the associated impact on IT strategic objectives.
The role will involve significant senior relationship and stakeholder management across multiple lines of business in Europe and Lifeco.
Role Accountabilities
* Development and implementation of European Technology (ET) risk reporting, leading co-ordination of consistent high - value quality reports that provide both a transparent ET view of the technology risk profile and a business line position.
* Ensure quality, accurate and complete reporting, providing oversight and challenge. Act as an escalation point for issues.
* Oversight and management of European Risk Technology Risk Committee calendar, agenda and Terms of Reference
* Timely preparation of risk material for the regular ET Risk Committees, Board meetings and LifeCo that facilitates good risk management conversations and supports decision making through clear, simple articulation of the risk position.
* Timely preparation of risk material to support creation of regular regulatory updates.
* Ensures the function is meeting its reporting obligations.
* Develops and manages efficient and effective processes for the collation, aggregation and analysis of risk data to produce useful and insightful information to assist risk-based decision making.
* Proactively encourages businesses and Central Technology Services (CTS) to adopt standard reporting templates, branding and best practices.
* Regular reporting of risk metrics KRIs, KCIs and KPIs, providing trend analysis.
* Risk appetite reporting to demonstrate how ET is managing technology risk in line with agreed risk appetite.
* Control design and effectiveness reporting to provide an accurate and transparent view of the technology control landscape using a risk-based approach.
* Leads on / works with others to provide guidance on presentations and scripts for Risk Leadership presentations to ensure key messages are delivered to internal and external stakeholders.
More specific responsibilities include
* Engagement with senior stakeholders to gather and evolve reporting requirements in line with business needs.
* Continuous improvement, driving the integration, automation and streamlining of existing reporting produced by the Technology Risk Management Team to drive efficiency.
* Leads activity to drive efficiencies in collation and reporting of risk data.
* Raises the profile of Technology Risk across ET
* Acts as a role model and supports the broader leadership activities of the OCIO Risk & Security team, developing the ‘brand’. A member of a highly engaged team recognised for its diligence, subject matter expertise and excellence in delivery.
* Leads and motivates a team, managing the performance and development of direct reports, ensuring alignment with the ET strategic direction. Ensures robust succession planning across the team and uses talent management strategies to build and retain capability.
* Be a thought leader for technology risk management across the European business segment, educating stakeholders including senior executive across the European segment on complex topics, emerging trends and immediate needs of technology risk
What you will need to be successful in the role
* Ideally educated to a degree level.
* A strong background with 5+ years’ experience in technology risk with supporting risk qualifications.
* Significant knowledge and a proven track record in risk reporting in a Technology environment. Experience working in first line risk or second line of defense desirable.
* An ability to shape risk reporting in a way that fully supports overall strategy.
* Experience in designing risk-based reporting and a proven capability in the development of reporting metrics.
* The ability to partner with and relationship manage senior business executives and technology leaders to connect technology risk and business goals to achieve successful outcomes, operating at Group level with Business Line dimension
* The ability to set clear and challenging goals while committing the organization to improved performance, tenacious and accountable in driving results.
* The ability to use a combination of logic, analysis, experience, wisdom to solve complex, difficult problems in a timely and innovative way.
* Has the potential to lead teams.
* Planning and Organising
* Leadership
* Problem Solving and Decision Making
* Communication and Influencing
* Drive for Results
About us
Canada Life Group is the top-level European holding company for Great-West Lifeco’s European insurance, reinsurance, and asset management companies, with business operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and the Isle of Man.
European Technology sits within Canada Life Group and encompasses the technology community across all European entities - Irish Life Group, Canada Life UK, Canada Life Europe, as well as Central Technology Services - Europe. European Technology supports the business strategy and collaboration of technology across all European divisions. There are multiple IT units within European Technology, each with its own individual set of technology platforms.
European Technology has evolved significantly and is now focused on bringing market-leading speed, agility, cost efficiency, and risk mitigation to enable the delivery of strategies across the European businesses. To meet these challenges, a new strategy has been established, driving forward our commitment to innovation and excellence.
The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Canada Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Canada Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
Canada Life Group Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported.
We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.
CLGS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Information Technology, Business Development, and Management
* Industries
Insurance and Financial Services
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