Technology Risk Apprentice with M&G plc

Duration of Apprenticeship:

 15 months fixed term contract

Job Description:

The Resilience, Third Party and Technology Governance Risk and Controls functions sits in the first line of defence in the Enterprise Risk Management Model and provides oversight of related Policies, Standards, Risks and Controls.

The function helps to drive a better understanding of Resilience, Third Party and Technology related risks and will support, advise and facilitate the Technology leadership team in making decisions regarding the need for remedial actions and/or risk acceptances taking into account:

• The current risk profile and control environment
• The relative scale of exposure and their likelihood of eventuating.
• The cost and effort of remediating those exposures.

The successful applicant will be exposed to the different elements related to risk and information system controls, gaining knowledge including but not limited to the risk management life cycle, the operations of cloud, cyber security, resilience and third-party assurance

Training Provided:

 As a Business Administration Apprentice with BPP, you will undertake the Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship. The apprenticeship will be delivered through a blend of live online learning, pre-recorded lectures, and face to face inductions and masterclasses

Qualification Requirements:

As a minimum, candidate will have either 5 GCSEs with Maths and English grades 4+ or 2 A levels with good grades in Maths and English (A-C).

Alternatively, you will have 2 years of work experience in financial services industry.

Personal Qualities & Skills:

We are looking for a confident individual with a positive outlook, can-do attitude and aspiration to want to progress.

The successful applicant will have strong desire to learn and a genuine interest in risk management and the financial services industry.

Applicants who succeed with us are self-motivated, capable of building and maintaining relationships and work effectively as part of a team.

The applicant would ideally have an inquisitive nature and be curious.

• Confident communication skills, both written and verbal with the whole team and stakeholders both internal and external.
• Efficient and proactive. Ability to manage processes and coordinating with different people.
• High level of accuracy and good attention to detail.
• Structured approach to work and very well organised.
• Can effectively manage day to day work
• Moderate understanding of the MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• A proactive team player who is confident about working with others but also independently and can promptly escalate any issue and work remotely where required.
• Logical and analytical approach coupled with intelligence, passion and a drive to learn.
• Ability to formulate own opinions by thinking analytically about problems, thinking “outside the box” to resolve issues where required.
• Empathy and good listening skills.

Future Prospects:

This is a fixed term contract for 15 months upon which the business may decide to retain, subject to the Apprentice performance, headcount and available funding. If recruited into a permanent role, the individual will follow the career progression applicable to the specific role/department.