Risk & Incident Specialist
Bupa
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Salford • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £34,100 - £42,600 per year
About the role
- Support the oversight and maturity of assurance activity across UKI Operations, aligned to our Risk Management Framework.
- Maintain and update risk registers, ensuring risks and controls are assessed regularly and actions are tracked to completion.
- Support with process‑control walkthroughs, helping teams understand regulatory impact and strengthen their controls.
- Help educate teams on risk and compliance — including how to mitigate risks, manage incidents and review control effectiveness.
- Coordinate and support audit programmes, including preparing information, reviewing findings and driving action closure.
- Maintain a portfolio of controls testing, identifying weaknesses and recommending improvements.
- Manage the incident portfolio (Severity 1 & 2), including triage, root cause analysis and improvement planning to prevent recurrence.
- Work closely with central 1st line teams to identify emerging risks, ensuring consistency across BINS and BISL.
- Support reporting activities by providing clear commentary and insight on assurance performance.
Requirements
- Experience within the FCA and/or broader Financial Services regulatory environment would be ideal.
- Strong understanding of operational and conduct risk management is essential.
- Experience of incident management and root cause analysis is essential.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to influence discussions through clear, solutions-focused advice.
- Demonstrable experience of working with risk and control frameworks.
- Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working with competing priorities.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
- Various other benefits and online discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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