Senior Risk Manager (financial Services Projects)

Senior Risk Manager

Are you an experienced Risk professional? Are you looking for your next opportunity? And would you like to work for an iconic British institute? We're recruiting a Senior Risk Manager to join our Financial Services team on a 12 month contract. The Senior Risk Manager for Strategic Programmes will be a critical 2nd Line of Defence professional, responsible for providing independent risk challenge, oversight and guidance to core project activities within our main strategic programme; ensuring that project risks are identified, assessed and managed effectively within the project lifecycle; collaborating with risk owners to ensure risks are appropriately managed and well controlled. This will include providing oversight and challenging the performance of managed risk through risk reviews and control forums. You will monitor mitigation plans through to successful delivery. You will work collaboratively with the established strategic programme team and key stakeholders to embed robust risk management standards, challenge risk mitigation strategies and champion a risk aware culture across our Financial Services programmes to ensure adherence to all elements of the Partnership Risk Management & Resilience Framework and Senior Leader’s expectation. This role requires a proactive individual with strong critical thinking and communication skills, capable of influencing programme delivery to achieve successful and resilient outcomes for the Partnership.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide 2nd Line of Defence Oversight of the Project Risk Registers
• Ensure risks associated with strategic programmes are identified, assessed and documented throughout their lifecycle.
• Proactively challenge project teams on their risk identification and assessment processes.
• Identify risk trends and emerging risks.

Essential skills/experience you'll need:

• Demonstrable experience of risk management specifically within large scale projects or strategic programmes
• Proven ability to provide effective 2nd line of Defense challenge and oversight
• Experience in stakeholder management with the ability to adapt style to experience and seniority of stakeholders
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Where you'll be working:

London Central Office, 1 Drummond Gate, London, SW1V 2QQ

Important points to note:

It's important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you'll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles. We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants. We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.