The non-financial risk function of a major Belgian financial institution coordinates risk, control and reporting activities across business units, second-line ORM and compliance. This temporary medior role exists to strengthen the first-line risk governance work: you will run risk assessments, support incident management and help keep the enterprise control framework (ECF) up to date, using strong analytical thinking and stakeholder management. The position is based in the Brussels / Bruxelles area and involves frequent coordination with operational teams and second-line colleagues.
The mission
The team maintains the non-financial risk framework that underpins operational resilience, regulatory reporting and internal control across several business lines. Work includes updating the ECF, tracking issues and action plans, preparing risk meeting materials and collecting control evidence for regular reporting. The framework covers operational risk, compliance-related controls and process-level controls used by hundreds of users in the business.
Day to day you will work closely with first-line managers and operational staff to make risks visible and manageable, escalate incidents when required and ensure agreed actions are followed through. You will prepare and sometimes lead risk meetings, produce clear summaries and decisions, monitor deadlines and quality of deliverables and coordinate with ORM, Compliance and other second-line functions.
Your responsibilities
- Drive visibility of non-financial risks by producing concise risk assessments, incident summaries and status updates for management
- Coordinate and follow up on remediation plans, ensuring action owners, deadlines and control evidence are tracked to closure
- Update and maintain the enterprise control framework, ensuring controls are described, tested and evidenced to required standards
- Prepare, facilitate and where necessary lead risk meetings, producing clear minutes, decisions and prioritised action lists
- Liaise with first-line stakeholders and second-line teams (ORM, Compliance) to align risk treatment and reporting
- Identify process weaknesses and practical improvement opportunities, and escalate material issues to second line
Your profile
Essential skills
- Medior level risk professional with demonstrable experience in risk, compliance, internal control or audit
- Strong analytical thinking, able to distil complex information into clear, actionable outputs
- Effective stakeholder management, able to coordinate multiple operational and second-line contacts
- Proven ability to prepare and facilitate meetings, produce concise written summaries and follow up actions
- Practical familiarity with Excel, Outlook and SharePoint, accurate and timely in governance processes
- Fluent Dutch (C1) and English (C1)
Preferred skills
- Experience with iRisk or other risk management tooling
- Background in operational risk (ORM), incident management or internal control testing
- Experience working in a financial services environment with multiple stakeholders
Languages
- Dutch, C1
- English, C1