Data Risk Analyst

Become a member of Operational and Technology Risk team as Data Risk Analyst and gain a comprehensive understanding of how our company manages risk. Contribute to ensuring that IG is well-prepared to handle information security and data management risks. Join the risk team in one of the leading Fintech companies.

So who are we?

Hello, we’re IG Group. We are a publicly-traded FTSE250 FinTech company who run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto.

We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We’re global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We’re hungry to move faster, ship better product for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers.

We work in cross-functional teams and are laser focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

Dealing Support Analyst

Your role in the Team's success

You will join the central Technology and Operational Risk team, engaging in daily activities related to fostering information security and data protection risk culture and awareness, helping manage operational risks, supporting information security and data protection policy implementation, and governance tasks. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with senior stakeholders across the globe, helping you to understand operational risk model and risk management principles, modern technologies and IT processes.

What you’ll do

• Oversee effective governance of the company's Information Security and Data Governance controls
• Enhance and drive information security and data protection consciousness and risk understanding throughout the organisation
• Ensure all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements related to information security and data protection are reviewed and implemented
• Ensure Information System Security Policy is maintained and supported with other policies and objectives, and relevant risks being managed
• Enhancement and improvement of security measures and processes
• Closely align with Audit, Technology Risk and local compliance teams ensuring healthy and relevant level of assessment is conducted across the organisation
• Monitor and address security and data-related risk events
• Identify areas within the processes and technologies requiring further improvements and develop appropriate method for governance
• Provide guidance and support in handling risk mitigation
• Help operational and business teams improve their control environment.
• Support and contribute to the risk related committees

What you'll need for this role

• Min. 3+ years of experience in IT/Security and data protection roles, ideally in financial global organisation, Good understanding of IT Security Governance, Risk and Compliance with some experience of security controls and requirements (ISO27001, GDPR, SOC 2, PCI DSS)
• MSc degree in Information IT Security, Computer Science, or related field are highly desirable
• Experience in security incident handling process, security tools
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Experience working with technology, risk and compliance teams; supporting risk and control assessments and security frameworks
• Ability to communicate, collaborate and influence with variety of levels of stakeholders

While there are many profiles of people who work at IG – across all roles, we’re looking for a few common traits:

• You are curious about our product and the technology that sits behind it;
• You care about our clients, and you are hungry to improve their user experience;
• You are impatient about driving change and willing to deliver at pace;
• You are not afraid of the complexity of financial regulation and want to learn & grow your expertise;
• and You are a creative problem solver capable of innovating and thinking big.

How we work

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office – which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm
• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes
• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs
• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;
• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We’re committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.

The Perks

Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.

• Home office equipment reimbursement  
• Performance relate bonus
• Private medical cover for you and your family/partner (Medicover)
• Multikafeteria system (you can choose a multisport card, vouchers, etc.)
• Life insurance (Generali)
• LinkedIn Learning platform free access
• Share Plans for Employees
• Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black, and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organizing events & projects that foster an open, diverse, and inclusive culture  
• Career-focused technical and leadership training in-class and online, incl. unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning platform
• Well-being events as well as Employee Assistance Programme
• Summer picnic, New Year party and other social events  
• 3 additional days off a year - 1 to celebrate your Birthday and 2 for voluntary work
• App-based parking spots booking system
• Stretching sessions
• Wellbeing weeks

Learn more about the Perks here!

Join us for this exciting journey. Apply now!