
Risk Analytics Manager
River Island
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Lead the design and implementation of operational risk data analytics strategies.
- Develop and maintain key risk indicators (KRIs), dashboards, and reporting tools to monitor operational risks across the business.
- Partner with business units to identify emerging risks and provide insights through data.
- Conduct deep-dive risk analyses to uncover patterns, root causes, and trends.
- Support incident reporting and loss data management processes, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
- Collaborate with IT and Data teams to ensure appropriate data governance and accessibility.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the risk management framework, policies, and procedures.
- Provide training and support to teams across the business on using data to understand and manage operational risk.
Requirements
- Proven experience in risk analytics, data analysis, or business intelligence within a retail, FMCG, or fast-paced consumer environment.
- Strong proficiency in data visualisation and analytics tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or similar).
- Excellent understanding of operational risk concepts and frameworks.
- Experience working with large, complex datasets from varied sources.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into business-friendly language.
- Analytical mindset with a problem-solving approach.
- Desirable: Experience in fashion retail or eCommerce.
- Knowledge of GRC systems or operational risk tools.
- Familiarity with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and retail platforms.
Benefits
- Generous 50% staff discount so you can treat yourself to the latest products, and a bargain staff shop on site!
- Reducing Islanders everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more through the Retail Trust.
- A free onsite gym, subsidised restaurant & café to fill you needs. Various social events to socialise throughout the year.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment support.
- Flexible working arrangements, include payday and summer early finish Fridays.
- Give as you earn scheme, a ‘Giver Island’ day each year and receive matched funding.
- Support with upskilling through on the job training and qualifications.
- A generous bonus scheme & private pension plan.
- The choice to opt in for healthcare through our provider AXA.
- 25 days paid holiday, exclusive of Bank Holidays. With the added option to purchase additional holiday twice a year for whatever the need!
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
communication skillsanalytical mindsetproblem-solvingcollaborationtraining and support