Head of Operational Resilience

Job Description:

Core-Asset Consulting is supporting a leading financial services organisation with the appointment of an experienced Head of Operational Resilience on an initial six-month fixed-term contract basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior operational resilience professional to join a regulated environment and take ownership of reviewing, strengthening and embedding an established Operational Resilience Framework.

The successful candidate will focus on delivery, oversight and targeted enhancement activity, working closely with senior stakeholders to ensure continued alignment with FCA/PRA expectations and wider risk management processes.

• Proven senior-level Operational Resilience experience within UK financial services


• Strong knowledge of FCA/PRA Operational Resilience requirements and regulatory expectations


• Demonstrable experience reviewing, enhancing and embedding resilience frameworks


• Experience leading and developing specialist teams


• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills


• Ability to operate effectively within a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment

• Lead the review and enhancement of the existing Operational Resilience Framework, ensuring it remains aligned to regulatory expectations and business requirements


• Oversee delivery of the operational resilience workplan, including Important Business Services (IBS) mapping, impact tolerances, scenario testing and documentation standards


• Manage delivery timelines, dependencies and issue resolution across resilience initiatives


• Lead and support a specialist operational resilience team, ensuring clear priorities and high-quality outputs


• Provide concise reporting and updates to senior leadership and governance committees


• Support regulatory engagement activity and maintain audit-ready documentation and management information


• Build strong relationships across Risk, Compliance, Operations, Technology and wider business functions, providing pragmatic guidance and challenge where required

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter, and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: (16462)

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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