Role Profile
Name
Role Chief Risk Officer
Reporting to Chief Executive Officer
Team Compliance & Risk
Division Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited
Key relationships
Within organisation: IBCI Board
• IBCI Leadership Team • All IBCI staff • Investec Bank plc – CRO, Head of Compliance, Head of Ops Risk and
Head of Financial Crime • Investec Bank plc and Investec Group – Risk functions – Credit, ALM,
market, operational • Internal audit
Outside organisation: • External auditors • Regulators • Local Financial Crime Units
Description of role and key responsibilities
The role: The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) is accountable to the Board for the integrity and effectiveness of IBCI's enterprise-wide risk management, compliance and financial crime frameworks. Whilst ownership of risk rests with the first line of defence, the CRO leads the Bank's independent second line of defence, providing objective oversight, constructive challenge and assurance to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Leadership Team and Board. The CRO helps ensure the Bank operates within its Board-approved risk appetite while supporting the delivery of the Bank's strategic objectives. The role is expected to build strong partnerships across the business, enabling informed decision-making whilst preserving the independence and integrity of the Bank's control environment. The CRO promotes a strong risk and governance culture across the Bank, ensuring that effective risk management supports safe, sustainable and commercially sound decision-making.
Key responsibilities: Enterprise Risk & Governance
• Lead the development, implementation and ongoing enhancement of IBCI's enterprise risk management framework.
• Develop, quantify and maintain the Bank's Risk Appetite Framework, recommending risk appetite and tolerances to the Board for approval and ensuring they remain aligned to the Bank's strategy and operating environment.
• Monitor and report adherence to the Board-approved Risk Appetite Framework, escalating material issues where appropriate.
• Identify, assess, monitor and report existing and emerging risks across the Bank.
• Ensure appropriate governance frameworks, policies and controls are maintained across the organisation.
• Maintain oversight of the Bank's principal risk categories, including operational, conduct, financial crime, regulatory, strategic, reputational and technology risks.
• Support the continued development of an effective Three Lines of Defence model.
• Act as custodian of the Bank’s governance framework, ensuring governance arrangements remain effective, proportionate and aligned with the Bank’s strategy and regulatory expectations.
Board, Regulatory & Executive Leadership
• Provide independent advice and constructive challenge to the CEO, Leadership Team and Board on matters relating to risk, compliance and financial crime.
• Chair the IBCI Executive Risk Committee. • Provide and ensure the Board and senior management receive timely,
balanced and forward-looking information to support effective oversight and decision making.
• Support the Board and senior management in understanding their risk management and regulatory responsibilities.
• Act as one of the Bank’s principal points of contact with prudential and conduct regulators on matters relating to risk and the control environment.
• Develop effective working relationships with Investec Group Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime teams to ensure alignment with Group policies and standards.
Risk Management & Regulatory Oversight
• Oversee the effective identification, assessment, monitoring and management of risks that could impact the Bank's objectives.
• Ensure risk management frameworks, policies and procedures remain effective, proportionate and aligned with regulatory expectations.
• Lead the independent risk contribution to ICAAP, stress testing and capital planning, working closely with the CFO to ensure these processes support strategic decision making.
• Support the ongoing development of the Bank's operational resilience and business continuity arrangements.
• Maintain oversight of the Bank's compliance and financial crime frameworks.
• Ensure material risks and control issues are appropriately escalated and addressed.
Strategic Partnership & Transformation • Partner with business leaders to provide practical, commercially
balanced risk advice that supports sustainable growth. • Provide independent challenge and guidance on strategic initiatives, new
products, client propositions and significant change programmes. • Support the Bank's transformation agenda by ensuring risks are
identified, understood and appropriately managed. • Promote a culture where effective risk management enables informed
decision-making rather than acting as a barrier to progress. Leadership & Culture
• Lead and develop a high-performing Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime team.
• Develop capability within the second line to support the future needs of the Bank.
• Promote a positive and pragmatic risk culture through coaching, communication and collaboration.
• Build strong working relationships across the organisation whilst maintaining independence of judgement.
• Develop succession plans and support the ongoing development of team members.
Essential Criteria
The successful candidate will have strong banking risk experience together with the leadership capability, judgement and credibility to lead the Bank's independent Risk function.
Risk
• Senior leadership experience within a banking risk function. • Strong understanding of enterprise risk management across credit,
operational, conduct, financial crime, compliance, prudential and strategic risk.
• Strong understanding of prudential regulation, risk appetite frameworks, ICAAP, stress testing and capital management principles.
• Experience engaging with Boards and Executive Committees, including preparing and presenting high-quality risk reporting and providing independent challenge to senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience developing and operating Board approved Risk Appetite Frameworks.
• Experience building constructive and credible relationships with prudential and financial regulators and managing regulatory engagement.
• Experience supporting significant organisational change and transformation programmes.
• Experience operating within, or working closely alongside, an international banking group.
Leadership
• Proven ability to influence, challenge and advise Executive Teams and Boards.
• Strong commercial judgement with the ability to balance growth ambitions and prudent risk management.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across the organisation whilst maintaining independence of judgement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Strategic thinker with the ability to translate complex risks into practical
business decisions. • Demonstrated leadership capability with experience managing and
developing teams. • Collaborative approach with the ability to support the business whilst
maintaining appropriate independence.
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• Exercises sound judgement and makes balanced, evidence-based decisions, demonstrating the confidence to provide independent challenge where required.
General • Degree or equivalent professional experience. • Relevant professional qualification in risk, banking, finance, audit or
compliance would be advantageous. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • High levels of integrity, professionalism and personal credibility. • Self-motivated with a commitment to continuous learning and
development. Regulatory and Control Environment
• Strong understanding of banking compliance, financial crime and regulatory requirements.
• Experience working with or overseeing compliance and/or financial crime activities within a regulated financial services environment.
• Excellent understanding of AML, sanctions, conduct risk and regulatory obligations applicable to banking.
• A recognised compliance, risk or financial crime qualification (or willingness to obtain one) would be advantageous but is not essential.
About Investec What’s our culture like?
Our company culture is unique amongst our peers and other banks. A vibrant and colourful culture built upon an integrated purpose and with Belonging, Inclusion and Diversity at our heart… a place to bring your best self to work and where you can be truly yourself. Where will you be working? Located in the St Peter Port, Guernsey, our IBCI Head Office boasts a highly flexible office space, changing & showering facilities and an enviable terrace overlooking the marina. Hybrid Working We have a flexible working environment and a unique culture, meaning that colleagues and teams are asked to spend the majority of time in the office. We see great benefit in teams being together, connecting and spending time face to face. The specific working pattern options for this role should be discussed with the line manager.