Risk Manager - Leeds - ARD1017306
Are you someone who thrives in the Insurance Industry? Our business is growing rapidly and we’re now on the hunt for a new, experienced Risk Manager, to support our Risk Director driving an effective and meaningful risk management framework across the Ardonagh Advisory platform and its businesses.
As a Risk Manager you will be responsible for second line risk management and work alongside key stakeholders to demonstrate the effective identification, management and reporting of key risk exposures.
What You Will Do
This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. Collaborating with your Line Manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all the following and more:
- Develop strong working relationships with stakeholders to promote a risk-aware culture that encourages employees to identify, manage and report risks in their respective areas.
- Provide support to senior managers and risk owners to ensure company policies, standards and key controls are met on an ongoing basis.
- Support senior managers in their assessment, embedding and reporting of compliance with the business standards.
- Oversee the risk control self-assessment process, ensuring assessments reflect the internal and external environment, and that risks are being managed within risk appetite.
- Support risk owners to challenge the effectiveness of internal control and the associated plans to address outside of appetite risks.
- Provide oversight over the identification, management and closure of risk events.
- Deliver simplified, meaningful, practical and ongoing maintenance of the risk management framework training.
- Work closely with compliance colleagues to ensure risks arising from change activity are appropriately identified, managed and closed.
- Oversee the maintenance of key risks, emerging risks, controls, actions and metrics within the risk system.
- Co-ordinate and deliver ongoing risk reporting to the Executive Committees, challenging the adequacy and completeness of information as appropriate.
- Enable a culture of empowerment, trust, openness, two-way communication and feedback through thought leadership and effective collaborative working across other internal teams.
What experience does our Risk Manager need?
Role
The role would suit an experienced Risk Manager with experience in financial services and ideally the insurance market. You will need:
- Demonstrable experience of risk management principles and the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory framework
- Strong knowledge of the FCA and other key regulatory regimes
- Good knowledge of best practice in control frameworks
- Ideally, a relevant professional qualification e.g. ICA, CII, IRM
We are seeking a Risk Manager with strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels. You will need to be able to present information in clear, simple and concise terms and deliver training and coaching to both technical and non-technical audiences.
You will be able to work independently and take responsibility for meeting deadlines ensuring work is to a high standard. You will need to be able to work under pressure, use your initiative and be creative in seeking solutions to issues.
Benefits
In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family and be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are:
- Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays
- Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
- Pensions scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
- 24-hour support for physical and mental wellbeing
- 1 day’s paid volunteering day to give back to our communities
- The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group
We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and one of our team will be in touch.
If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you beginning employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.
Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received. No agencies please.
The Ardonagh Group is one of the UK’s largest independent brokers with over 9000 dedicated and passionate professionals across the country, and worldwide, facing and dealing with our clients’ challenges, offering an enviable range of products, services and solutions to their clients. We are progressive, passionate and proud of the work we do, across all sectors of the business. Therefore, we need highly capable people to join our team to make this a reality! Why not check us out on LinkedIn to find out what life’s really like at Ardonagh.
So if this sounds like you, and you are looking for a new challenge where you can learn and develop your career, then this could be a great opportunity for you.
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