Specialist - Risk and Compliance (Property)

Our Property team have a new role to join them as a Risk and Compliance Specialist!

The Property department is a vital part of the Group’s core operations and is made up of several teams including, Accommodation & Facilities, Protective Security, Estates, Health & Safety, Property Operations and Property Support. Collectively, the team are responsible for delivering the overall Property purpose and enabling success.

This role will ensure risks across the Property function are identified, challenged, and reported in line with the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and other business policies. It liaises with Senior Managers who are owners of audit, compliance, and risk actions across the Property function to identify risks, propose control measures and ensure resolution of actions within agreed timescales.

Ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and corporate governance standards are key parts of the role as well as being able to establish and monitor internal controls, ensuring adherence to internal policies and industry best practices, thereby reducing the risk of non-compliance and associated penalties.

This will be a key role within Property for someone with practical thinking across a diverse function, who can confidently act as a subject matter expert, engage positively with key stakeholders, and keep pace with changing internal and external expectations in a continually evolving landscape. 

For this role you’ll already have proven analytical skills and be able to review data and identify issues which require follow up, escalation and identifying root causes.

To be successful in this role it’s essential you have:

• Experience of managing risk and/or controls.
• Ability to assess compliance to policy and recommend where necessary any mitigating actions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Proficient in MS Office including Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
• Excellent planning and organising skills and be able to prioritise effectively will be key

Desirable experience needed will be:

• Background of the regulatory environment surrounding financial services or property / premises.
• Understanding of Archer

In 2025, Coventry Building Society purchased The Co-operative Bank. Bringing together our purpose-led building society with the UK’s original ethical bank was the start of an exciting journey.

Trusted by over four million people, we’re a mutually owned business free from shareholders, and with our combined experience of almost 300 years, our ethics and dedication will continue to guide us. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers and colleagues.

We’re officially recognised as a ‘Great Place to Work’ and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing. 

We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you’ll build more than just a career with us.

Flexibility and why it matters

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.                 

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer

We’re proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.