Head of Third Party Management

About Allica Bank

Allica is the UK’s fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech.

Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers.

Role Description

Allica works with 300+ third parties that deliver services our customers and colleagues depend on. Managing the risk, resilience and value of those arrangements is a business need, and as a regulated bank they are also subject to demanding and evolving supervisory expectations.

This role designs, owns and drives adoption of the end-to-end third-party management framework (sourcing, contracting, onboarding, ongoing assurance and exit), holds the business accountable for operating it consistently, and is accountable both for third-party risk being understood, controlled and held within appetite, and for the Bank meeting its regulatory obligations for its third-party arrangements.

The mandate is Bank-wide: this role sets the standard, owns the tooling and holds the data, and is accountable for th