Senior Risk Manager

We are on the lookout for 2 Senior Risk Managers to join our Risk team.

This is a great opportunity to join in a senior role, reporting to the Risk Director within the second line.   These roles will play a critical role in partnering with their business function to drive robust risk management practices while driving strategic thought leadership to proactively manage the risk profile of the function and group. This role will be responsible for guiding the business to implement and embed the company’s Risk Management Framework (RMF), proactively identifying current and emerging risks, and fostering a strong risk and control culture. Additionally, you will provide proactive thought leadership as well as essential coaching to the business function to enhance risk understanding and ensure the maturity of risk management practices across the organisation.

If you are a senior individual with the confidence and gravitas to regularly operate at Executive level, acting on your own initiative with drive, excellent judgement, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders then this role is for you.  You will bring an in-depth knowledge and practical experience of what a good RMF looks like and will have extensive experience on implementing it within businesses.

We are also looking for specific business experience for the two roles.  For one of the roles, we are looking for experience in change and technology risk, including information security, operational resilience and data governance.  For the second role we are looking for industry experience in product governance, consumer duty and sales/marketing.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Business Partnership & Strategic Thought Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the business function (specifically Exco member and SLT), providing expert risk management advice to support strategic objectives and operational decision-making. Act as a Senior Adviser to the Exco member and seen as part of their virtual team.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to ensure risk is effectively integrated into business planning and decision-making processes.
• Lead strategic thinking on emerging and evolving risks that may impact the business, providing insights into potential impacts and mitigation strategies.
• Champion the integration of risk management into business processes, ensuring the business takes ownership of risks and risk mitigation actions.

Risk Management Framework Implementation & Embedding

• Work closely with the business to implement and embed the company’s Risk Management Framework (RMF) within day-to-day operations.
• Support the business in identifying, assessing, managing, and monitoring risks according to the RMF, ensuring it aligns with the company's risk appetite and strategic goals.
• Ensure the timely and effective completion of risk assessments, scenario analyses, and control assessments.
• Continuously monitor the effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies and recommend improvements where necessary.

Emerging Risk Identification & Analysis

• Drive the proactive identification of emerging risks that could potentially impact the business and the wider organisation.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, regulatory changes, and market dynamics to identify new risks that may need to be addressed.
• Provide regular reports to leadership on emerging risks, including insights on their potential impact and strategic recommendations for management.

Risk and Control Culture Development

• Act as a change agent for promoting a strong risk and control culture within the business function.
• Collaborate with leaders to ensure that risk awareness is embedded in decision-making processes and day-to-day activities.
• Develop and deliver risk and control culture initiatives to foster an environment where risk management is seen as a critical and valued part of the business.
• Influence behaviour by embedding risk-conscious thinking throughout all levels of the business function.

Training & Development

• Design, deliver, and oversee risk management training programs to increase risk literacy and awareness within the business function.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to business leaders and teams on risk management best practices and frameworks.
• Ensure that all business stakeholders are adequately equipped to identify and manage risks in line with company policies and procedures.

Risk Reporting & Monitoring

• Support the business in the development of accurate and timely risk reports for senior leadership, providing clear insights on the current risk profile and emerging risks
• Ensure that key risk and control metrics are tracked and reported consistently.
• Engage with internal audit, compliance, and other risk teams to ensure effective risk monitoring, reporting, and follow-up on action plans.

A bit about you

Your friends might describe you as the one who always sees the bigger picture. You thrive on clarity, collaboration and helping teams make confident, well-informed decisions.

At Nucleus, we’ve always placed high value in cultural contribution and growing our diversity of thought, over technical capability. But it would great if you had some of the following:

• Experience in developing and embedding risk management frameworks within business operations.
• Strong track record in leading or supporting the identification and management of emerging risks.
• Experience in designing and delivering training or educational programs related to risk management.
• A strong understanding of business operations, controls, and regulatory environments.
• Proactive & Results-Oriented: A self-starter who takes initiative and drives results with a focus on continuous improvement. Action and delivery focused.
• Resilient & Adaptable: Able to navigate complex and evolving environments and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Collaborative: Works well with teams, building relationships across departments and functions to achieve shared goals.
• Ethical & Trusted: Demonstrates high ethical standards, integrity, and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and trust.
• Strong relationship builder: Able to build strong relationships quickly and maintain them, building trust and fostering an environment of high challenge and high support
• Excellent communicator: Able to deliver difficult messages in a supportive manner, showing honesty and good intent. Excellent report writing skills with the ability to deliver technical messages in an understandable way.

A little about us

We are the Nucleus Financial Platforms group and we help make retirement more rewarding. Here at Nucleus, people come first - whether it’s our colleagues, or the advisers and customers we support, we know that working in partnership and collaboration leads to the best outcomes. Together, we’ve shaped the platform to how it is today. We work hard, and we celebrate hard too.

Our ambition is to create a platform with a difference, putting the customer centre stage meant tearing up the rule book and starting from scratch. We’ve come a long way since then, but our mission remains just as focused. That’s why our culture, values, and social responsibility are things we keep at the top of our agenda – because we know they matter and have a big impact.

Our culture is one of the many things that sets us apart from the pack. We want to have an environment where our people feel that they can make a real difference, know they’ll be rewarded for their efforts and more importantly, enjoy themselves at work.

Are we a perfect match? Check out this video and find out!

Inclusion and diversity at Nucleus

As with most things in life, who cares, wins. We really care about inclusion.

For us it’s not a tick box exercise; inclusion and diversity are embedded in our culture and everything we do. It’s a commercial imperative. It isn’t about being PC. It’s about being future-relevant and durable. We owe it to ourselves and the industry to ensure we are playing our part in creating a fair, balanced and transparent financial services sector.

More diversity means broader experience, a wider set of perspectives and a better collective ability to problem-solve. And it means being more representative of customer groups, which supports areas such as product development.

At Nucleus, we offer a generous blend of benefits for the things that really matter to our people, including a non-contributory pension, bonus, enhanced parental leave, paid time off for emergencies, health and wellbeing initiatives and flexible working options.

If you’d like to find out more about us or the role, you can get in touch with our recruitment team