Gavin Robb Email & Phone Number

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Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Occupying a senior position within the Procurement team and working alongside the Head of Procurement TPRM I support the creation, development and delivery of strategic procurement strategy in line with SLA business objectives. My role demands me to be able to communicate and influence at all levels, throughout the SLA global organisation. My key strategic stakeholders include SLA senior business leaders across the globe with whom I share my knowledge, experience and expertise around best practice third party risk management and outsourcing oversight. Utilising my extended (internal and external network) I challenge the status quo, building and implementing innovative strategic procurement governance solutions delivering robust third party risk management and service security from an optimal supply base positioning procurement as a true business partner within the SLA organisation.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• As part of the Procurement LT, currently leading SLA’s Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) Workstream activity as part of SLA’s Procurement Transformation project• Develop and maintain Group Policy & Framework for Sourcing and Supplier Management but with an ever increasing focus on TPRM at a service line level.• Ensure that SLA’s end-to-end processes for TPRM are efficient and effective, with a robust mix of preventative and detective controls embedded, and continuous improvement built in.• Advise on any Regional or Functional variations to the process / control design /policy compliance and the adoption of any alternate systems and tools.• Provide effective oversight of compliance by Functions to relevant Procurement & Supplier Management Policy & Framework requirements aligned with wider risk management arrangements.• Provide advice and support to Regions and Functions on TPRM Risk Domain Management.• Ensure visibility of future changes in legislation and regulation impacting SLA procurement and TPRM exposure and an appropriate response to help ensure compliance and effective management of service risk.* Establish and develop a defined professional community with collective responsibility to lead TPRM across SLA.• Embed robust, consistent and effective governance and risk management throughout the TPRM model across SLA.• Play a key leadership and management role in Procurement Department and the wider Operations Function.• Demonstrate leadership behaviours and provide/support effective management that helps our people to deliver and develop and that drives engagement by providing opportunities, support and challenge.

Edinbrugh

Key Responsibilities / Outcomes: (specialising in Supplier/3rd Party/Outsourcing and Change Risk)Ensuring members of the Operational Risk team understand clearly what is expected of them and are engaged and coached/developed appropriately in their roles.Undertake core operational risk management processes when required (RCSA, Risk Event etc.).Analysing risk event information, and supporting and challenging the business to devise and implement controls to mitigate the reoccurrence of risk events.Assisting risk owners with improvements and enhancements to the design of end to end processes and the robustness of the controls and to be proactive in promoting possible solutions to manage any residual risks. Providing insightful analysis and interpretation of risks and challenging the business units with the identification and management of operational risks and reporting on key operational risk issues and actions, as appropriate Co-ordinating, supporting and challenging business units in the completion and update of RCSAsUndertaking ‘deep dive’ reviews of significant risk events and themes reporting to senior management. Contribute to the delivery of Operational Risk Pillar II ICAAP activitiesRegularly provide credible challenge to senior managers (locally and across the branch network) to make risk informed key business and strategy decisions.Contribute to the delivery of risk management information for use by a number of stakeholders including the Board, clients and external bodies.Liaise with Business Lines to ensure successful embedment of the operational risk framework and embed a positive risk culture.Develop relationships within the business and provide advice, support and challenge to ensure embedment of the operational risk framework.

Edinburgh

Providing support, consultancy and oversight on risk management practice in implementing, embedding and supporting the Standard Life's Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) within the business.Key Outputs include:• Establishing relationships with key senior staff and executives within the business and/or its divisions• Build relationships with business Executives/Senior managers across the Group to share best practice, create a common understanding of risk management and to implement best practice• Manage and appropriately influence key stakeholders in order to manage risk exposure• Support Head of Risk Managers and Risk colleagues in reviewing, challenging and managing the ERMF• Organise and facilitate workshops and training sessions to promote a clear and consistent understanding of risk and to promote discussion on risk issues and possible solutions within specific business areas• Directly manage, lead, develop and coach a team of Risk Consultants to support the Risk Manager in implementing, embedding and supporting the Group's ERMF within the business• Escalate and articulate risk and control issues to the Risk function and business senior management to enable remedial action to be agreed and implemented• Consider risk from an operational, regulatory, strategic and financial perspective• Contribute to Risk Reporting for the business and/or its divisions• Effectively implement and embed the ERMF in the business• Contribute to Risk procedures and process reviews that evaluate current practice, identify improvement opportunities and delivers solutions effectively

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Influential relationships established with key change stakeholders (such as Senior Portfolio Delivery Managers) that deliver an understanding of the issues, risks and opportunities and ensure risk and control considerations are integral to change thinking and decision-making.• Change stakeholders, managers and staff supported in establishing an effective risk and control culture through Standard Life’s ‘Change Process’ lifecycle.• Components of the Group Operational Risk framework (Control Self Assessments, Risk Register, Risk Events, etc.) & Change Risk Management framework effectively implemented via Change Initiatives.• Independently responsible for the identification, design & implementation of a number of improvements to the current UK Change Risk process such as:o A support assessment framework used by the Change Risk team to make an informed assessment of suitable level of support to Change initiatives, based on risk exposure of the change initiative.o A framework to support Business areas with successful implementation of BAU change that sits outside of the wider SL Change Process.o A framework for the identification, recording & on-going management of ‘Residual Risk’ which is transferred to a business area on Project Closure.• Areas of control weakness and/or control improvement opportunities identified & addressed in a timely manner within change activity in order to reduce the level of on-going exposure and/or stem any losses.• Provide support, challenge and assurance to Senior Management to that project teams are ensuring key risks to the delivery of change and the realisation of benefits are identified and appropriately addressed.• Provide support, challenge and assurance to Senior Management to ensure robust controls are designed and implemented as part of the change process.• Deliver training to support delivery of the above outputs and enhance divisional risk and control capabilities.• Deputise for Change Risk Manager on a regular basis.

Edinburgh

• Developed, embedded and supported the Group Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) within Standard Life's UK & Europe Business areas.• 2nd line oversight of the unit's application of the ERMF, including the review and challenge of process, risk and control activities, including, Control Self-Assessment, Risk Event & Policy implementation, management and reporting.• Lead workshops and supported the delivery of regulatory requirements in relation to the Operational Risk elements for the Standard Life ICA and Standard Life Savings ICAAP. Responsible for providing training and lessons learned sessions to Operational Risk and wider risk community. • Provided risk consultancy on operational, regulatory, strategic, and change risk issues (inc project support).• Built and maintained relationships with key stakeholders across business units. Influence key stakeholders in relation to managing process & control improvement activity.• Creation/analysis and presentation of Risk MI for various Executive and UK Chief Risk Officer meetings to help decision-making in relation to the risk and control performance of their area.• Responsible for providing training and support to the 1st Line on all elements of the ERMF.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Purpose:Expert advice provided to The Group, ensuring that risk reporting is undertaken regularly and TCF MI used appropriately to ensure compliance with FSA / industry guidelines.• Advice and consultancy provided on TCF issues to internal customers across the Group ensuring they are made aware of any potential TCF risks and briefed on the remedial action recommended.• Adhoc monitoring & auditing of relevant data providers to ensure information coming into the Unit is accurate, timely and relevant.• Changes recommended to owners of current processes, procedures and TCF frameworks across Group when TCF related issues or improvements are identified.• Complex information analysed and reported on from various sources in order to deliver the monthly scorecards.• Gathers divisional evidence and reports to the relevant policy owners (up to managing director level) on TCF as part of Policy Adherence process.• Reports/analysis regarding TCF compiled and provided to Business Unit Leadership teams, Market Management Teams (Market Segments) and functions (e.g. Mkting, Customer Service, Finance etc) as required.• Up to date knowledge of TCF and industry awareness maintained in order to provide relevant and expert TCF advice.• Effective networks and relationships established and developed with key stakeholders and key scorecard contacts to ensure their commitment to TCF compliance and improvement is monitored.• MI action tracking continually improved and developed across the Group and responsibility to challenge areas on progress against plans and planned actions.• Ownership for the monthly production of the Group scorecards including data collection, input, analysis, drawing conclusions and commentary

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Supporting the provision of an efficient, high quality risk and compliance service within the Sales and Marketing areas. The role supports and provides day-to-day input to identify and manage risks and compliance (primarily MCOB) issues within the Sales and Marketing areas. Providing advice, consultancy and recommendations to peers, Heads of Functions and Director to ensure Sales & Marketing comply with relevant regulatory requirements and are consistent with SLB (group as appropriate) policies and procedures and marketing objectives.Main responsibilities here were to provide consultancy on Marketing Procedures from a Risk and Compliance angle (in accordance with applicable regulation, primarily MCOB) such as compliance issues regarding Financial Promotions pre and post sign-off, product development and review, regular control self assessment & monitoring exercises were undertaken and improvement action identified.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Provided assurance to senior management, such as FSA (MCOB) and BBA, are being met, by carrying out effective monitoring, auditing and compliance consultancy.