Senior Risk Analyst Team Lead

The Central Bank of Ireland serves the public interest by maintaining monetary and financial stability while ensuring that the financial system operates in the best interests of consumers and the wider economy.Do you have analytical skills and business acumen that you would like to use for a positive societal impact? If so, we have the job for you. We are seeking energetic and skilled individuals to lead our Conduct Risk Analytics team in the RADAR Division to contribute to the ongoing supervision of retail conduct risk in the Irish Financial Services sector. In particular, we are seeking to enhance our use of risk analytics to drive and support our supervisory strategies.We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Risk Analyst Team Lead on a contract of indefinite duration in the.This role is aligned with the Bank Professional 2 grade. New entrants will commence on Point 1 of the relevant salary scale; in this case the starting salary will be €90,842.00. Please click here for further information on our salary scales.The purpose of the role is to lead the design and build out of a new approach to risk analytics for effective conduct supervision in the retail space. This will help evolve how the Central Bank delivers its consumer protection mandate, driving proactive risk-based supervision.Responsibilities:

• Thought leader for conduct risk in relation to retail customers - lead the development of a risk analytics roadmap to deliver supervisory insights for conduct supervisors. This includes leading strategic initiatives across the Bank's supervisory areas, partnering with risk, data and policy teams to drive and evolve our assessment of conduct risk.
• Working with our Conduct Supervision division and firm supervisors, collaboratively develop and maintain the risk analytics aspects of the Central Bank’s retail conduct risk assessment framework including, overseeing its delivery, and planning for the future.
• Implementing new advanced risk analytics methods to aid risk assessment, supporting individual firm or sector specific supervisory analytics projects, and managing the team’s delivery of risk analytics output to supervisors and other key stakeholders.
• Drive innovation and develop expertise via the delivery of advanced analytic projects leveraging on technological solutions to enhance existing techniques utilised in conduct supervision to increase proactivity, capability, speed and scale of supervisory assessments and engagements.
• Work collaboratively within the division with other risk analysis teams and across the Bank’s Supervisory Risk community and Data Operating Model to achieve the annual business plan and the Bank’s strategic deliverables.
• Engage across the wider bank in terms of supervision, policy and risk analysis in enhancing our approach to risk identification in order to prevent and reduce consumer detriment.
• Working through your team, horizontal and vertical Conduct Supervision teams as well as all other relevant parties including policy, be responsible for the direction and creation/scoping of new data source specification and onboarding (collection) and utilise all existing Central Bank and relevant external data applicable to the assessment of conduct risk for retail counterparties to support supervisory decision-making.
• Proactively identify and shape the required enablers (AI, data science/engineering) from a user perspective within the Bank’s One Data Operating Model and help ensure the dependencies affecting delivery are managed.

Requirements:

• A minimum of a third level honours degree in statistics, actuarial science, data science/analytics, engineering, economics, finance, or other related professional qualifications.
• Strong stakeholder and leadership experience, with proven ability to build and deliver a roadmap for products/analytics.
• Experienced in delivering innovative cutting-edge analytical approaches with a good understanding of risk analytics/data modelling, risk assessment and measurement and an understanding of retail focused consumer / conduct risk
• Strong knowledge of risk focused data analytics use including domain knowledge of key conduct risk indicators.
• Demonstrated ability to practically combine domain knowledge with analytics knowledge to deliver impactful risk assessments/analytics and manage the team’s analytics portfolio.
• Strong verbal and written communication through demonstrated ability to communicate complex/technical issues effectively to a wide range of stakeholders, including executive levels, and to influence the strategic approach to addressing the issues identified.
• Proven ability to lead analytics teams effectively including working through others in a team of mixed disciplines with strong analytics backgrounds.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, decision making, planning and organisational skills.
• Acting professionally, ethically and with integrity.

We know it's our people who make the Central Bank special and we are focused on creating a diverse, inclusive, fulfilling and progressive work environment. We encourage applications from candidates with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives as it strengthens us, as individuals and as an organisation. We are committed to positively supporting candidates with disabilities. If we can make any reasonable accommodations for you in the recruitment process in order to give you the opportunity to perform to your best, please email our Disability Inclusion Partner. Any information that you provide will be used only for the purposes of providing relevant support and will have no bearing on how your application will be viewed.We operate a hybrid working model to balance the flexibility working from home provides with the value our office environments bring to support collaboration and connection with colleagues. Our approach to hybrid working enables colleagues to work from home up to 50% of working days, building on an existing broad range of flexible working policies and practices already in place to support our people achieve the right balance.Our policies also provide insight into our organisational culture, work environment and working arrangements. Here are some of the key policies (subject to ongoing review and amendment) which may be of interest as you consider a career with us.The Central Bank pension scheme mirrors the rules of the civil service pension scheme. Therefore if you are in receipt of civil/public service pension, abatement may apply to your current pension. Details of the appropriate pension scheme will be provided upon determination of the appointee’s status.Application Details: Closing Date: 24th MayTo apply, please complete the application form attached (via the “apply” link). Before starting your application you will be asked to create a profile with us, this will allow you to track and review your application throughout the process. Click "register" to create a profile and complete the application process.Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive an automatic email from us acknowledging receipt. If you do not receive this auto-acknowledgement, please contact Cuirfear fáilte roimh iarratais i nGaeilgeThe Central Bank of Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.