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What's the role?

Bloomberg's Chief Risk Office (CRO) Department plays a critical role in supporting our businesses and operations around the world. We move quickly and thoughtfully to help address risks that are inherent in being the world's leading financial news and information company.

The CRO team provides coverage of both Bloomberg's products and services, globally. Our focus is to address risks and related issues by providing risk management as a service, focusing on delivering value to help businesses and departments thoughtfully incorporate risk into decision-making.

The Risk Advisory team within CRO is seeking an experienced Risk Officer to support Bloomberg’s ESG ratings offering. The Risk Officer has responsibility for:

· Ensuring the Governance, Risk and Control Frameworks are operating effectively;

· Maintaining and updating such frameworks as approved by the relevant Board;

· Measuring the Risk Frameworks against agreed risk appetite and tolerance levels;

· Compiling, assessing and reporting risk information to the relevant Board;

· Partnering with Compliance to ensure control and process activities comply with relevant regulations.

We will trust you to:

· Support the development and ongoing enhancement of a comprehensive risk management framework for ESG rating activities

· Develop, manage and refine qualitative and quantitative risk reporting which meets the needs of the relevant Board’s effective decision-making

· Work closely with the relevant Board and senior managers across the business in shaping a high-achieving, well-controlled organisation

· Formulate and articulate risk appetite and tolerance thresholds that can be capitalised using financial models

· Partner with Business and Technology to perform risk and controls identification, deliver efficiency and control improvements, where necessary, through process analysis, collaboration, design, and implementation

· Implement and oversee an issue management process, including issue identification, root cause analysis, remediation tracking, and documentation

· Analyse functional and support gaps, identify risks, propose solutions, and manage execution

· Provide second-line oversight, review, and challenge of ESG rating models and methodologies

· Assess the risk implications of methodology or model changes and provide independent challenge to ensure sound governance and decision-making

· Partner effectively with third parties, regulatory bodies and others, as appropriate, and serve as a role model for high personal and corporate ethical values and standards of integrity

· Maintain subject matter expertise on evolving ESG regulatory requirements, with a focus on those affecting ESG ratings and model governance

You will need to have:

· 10+ years* of experience in risk management, data management, technology, corporate governance, regulatory and operational risk, or information and security risk

· Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Information Systems, or related discipline

· Recognised risk certification (i.e. PRM or FRM) preferred

· Strong understanding of fundamentals of risk management, control assessment and/or control testing activities

· Demonstrated ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders across different teams

· Knowledge of the regulatory environment and key regulatory regimes, including basic understanding of EU and UK regulatory landscapes

· Ability to communicate complex regulatory, model, and risk concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

· Proven intellectual curiosity through professional training, advanced degree or professional impact

· Prior experience in either a 1st or 2nd line of defence capacity

· Excellent time management skills and ability to deliver work on assigned schedules

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to act decisively and independently to resolve sophisticated issues

We’d love to see:

· Individuals who are passionate about all things Risk and are genuinely excited about playing their part in helping build a best-in-class program

· Self-starter, with the ability to work independently with minimal guidance and a positive work attitude

· Strong business acumen

· Familiarity with ratings-related regulatory requirements and/or control practices

· Experience directly engaging with regulators

*Please note we use years of experience as a guide, but we certainly will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.