Rutherford Cross is working with a Glasgow based financial services client who are significant players in their market and have experienced a large amount of change over the last few years. As such, they are looking to add a Stress Testing Senior Delivery Manager to the team.

The key responsibility will be leading a series of new and critical stress testing exercises which is part of new regulatory requirements for the group. This would offer a chance to help strategically shape the implementation, management and ultimately delivering the overall end-to-end stress testing.

A summary of some of the main duties are below:

• Owning and coordinating the plan and leading overall delivery of the annual stress testing exercise and other ad hoc tests
• Managing and maintaining the effective delivery of Frameworks and controls to deliver accurate reporting to the regulator
• Ensuring integration of activities with Financial Planning, Capital Management and ICAAP processes
• Establishing and embedding a robust and well managed control environment supporting stress testing
• Ensuring all stress testing outputs presented to the regulator are of the highest standard and appropriately represent the group to their key stakeholders
• Working closely with the Leadership Team

A summary of the key candidate requirements are as follows

• A proven and successful track record of leading a multi-disciplinary team
• A strong background in regulatory reporting and stress testing
• Demonstrable experience of successfully managing relationships with key internal stakeholder, external partners and 3rd parties
• A recognised qualification in accountancy is preferred but not essential