Risk Manager - Country & Operational Risk
Manages CBPL’s UK entity-level second-line risk framework while contributing to Coinbase’s global operational risk programs. The role requires 7–10+ years of UK-regulated financial services risk experience and expertise in operational resilience, outsourcing, regulatory governance, and board-level risk reporting.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own CBPL's entity-level risk framework, including RCSAs, incident and issue management, KRI/KCI monitoring, and risk-appetite reporting for the CBPL Risk Committee and Board.
- Lead second-line-of-defence risk challenge on new products, change initiatives, and governance across CBPL, including MiFID-related change.
- Drive CBPL outsourcing and third-party risk oversight, including intra-group arrangements, exit planning, concentration risk, and operational resilience for important business services.
- Build and enhance Coinbase's global Operational Risk Management framework, owning program areas such as incident management, scenario analysis, resilience, or loss analytics.
- Partner with global product and operations teams as a trusted second-line-of-defence advisor, reviewing new products and change for operational-risk impacts with a focus on the UK footprint.
- Strengthen risk culture across CBPL and Global ORM by clarifying first-line/second-line roles, coaching first-line leaders, and embedding UK regulatory expectations in everyday decisions.
Requirements
- 7–10+ years of risk management experience in UK-regulated financial services, with depth in operational risk, enterprise risk frameworks, and three-lines-of-defence governance.
- Practical experience applying UK regulatory frameworks, including SYSC, MiFIDPRU/IFPR, operational resilience, outsourcing, conduct, and Consumer Duty, to entity-level risk programs.
- Experience preparing decision-useful risk management information for boards, risk committees, and regulators, and engaging with internal audit as a second-line-of-defence function.
- Ability to design and implement risk processes, including RCSAs, KRIs, incident management, and scenario analysis, at both entity and group level within a matrixed, global organization.
- Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary: £95,490–£106,100 GBP.
- Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Skills
Operational Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Rcsas, Kris, Kcis, Incident Management, Scenario Analysis, Operational Resilience, Outsourcing Risk, Third-Party Risk, Sysc, Mifidpru/Ifpr, Consumer Duty, Generative AI
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