An experienced Third Party & Outsourcing Risk Specialist who will strengthen the bank’s second-line oversight of third-party and outsourcing risks, helping ensure critical external services remain secure, resilient and compliant with an increasingly demanding regulatory landscape.
Working closely with stakeholders across Business, Procurement, Technology, Operational Risk and Compliance, you will provide independent challenge, assess supplier risks and contribute to strengthening the bank’s operational resilience.
As a Third Party & Outsourcing Risk Specialist, you will be responsible for providing independent oversight and challenge throughout the lifecycle of supplier and outsourcing relationships. You will assess third-party risks, review control frameworks and mitigation plans, evaluate material outsourcing arrangements and support the bank in maintaining strong operational resilience.
You will work within the Third Party & Outsourcing Risk team in the CRO IT & Cyber function, partnering with stakeholders across the organisation while ensuring that outsourcing risks are effectively identified, governed and managed.
- Provide second-line oversight of third-party and outsourcing risks.
- Review and challenge risk assessments, control frameworks and remediation plans.
- Assess material outsourcing arrangements and support risk-based decision making.
- Evaluate governance, monitoring and controls for critical and important suppliers.
- Advise stakeholders on outsourcing regulations, third-party risk management and operational resilience.
- Review supplier-related incidents, findings and emerging risks.
- Produce concise risk reporting and recommendations for senior management and governance forums.
- Identify recurring risk themes and drive continuous improvements.
- Support the development of third-party risk management practices across the bank.
- Collaborate with colleagues across Risk Management while maintaining an independent challenge function.
- Proven experience in Operational Risk, Third-Party Risk, Outsourcing Risk or Risk Management.
- Experience assessing risks, controls and remediation activities.
- Strong understanding of supplier governance and outsourcing lifecycle management.
- Experience working within the financial sector or another highly regulated environment is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as DORA, EBA Outsourcing Guidelines or similar.
- Experience with supplier risk assessments, concentration risk and oversight of critical service providers.
- Understanding of cloud outsourcing and technology-related third-party risks is advantageous.
- Strong English communication skills (Dutch is preferred but not essential).
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Able to balance independent challenge with collaborative stakeholder engagement.
- Strong communicator capable of translating complex risk topics into practical business recommendations.
- Confident engaging with stakeholders at all organisational levels.
- Pragmatic, quality-driven and detail-oriented.
- Self-sufficient while working effectively within a collaborative team environment.
Since 2000, Levy Professionals has been connecting highly skilled professionals with leading organisations across Europe. From our offices in Amsterdam and London, we have built a strong international network of permanent and freelance specialists delivering expertise across technology, data, finance and business transformation.
With more than 1,700 successful placements and over 250 professionals currently supporting projects across 14 countries, we pride ourselves on building long-term relationships with both clients and consultants. Our people-first approach continues to be the foundation of our success.
