Group Senior Risk Manager Job In London

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Group (Senior) Risk Manager

Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id R0006742

From day one, our mission has been to create an independent business with a unique culture – one that is controlled by the people who work for it. Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people has always been key to our success. 

People come to Howden for lots of different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. That’s what sets us apart, and why we nurture and retain the best talent in the market. Whatever your priorities – work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

We are looking for a Group (Senior) Risk Manager (based in London) to join us in this to drive greater transparency and consistency in all enterprise risk management issues across the group globally. The role will be a part of a small team which is highly visible, requiring interaction with senior stakeholders across all business divisions internationally.

The individual must be an independent, self-starter who is able to lead initiatives and collaborate with senior management constructively and effectively. The individual will support the Group Risk Director, divisional Chief Risk Officers and local risk and compliance teams globally to embed the Group risk management framework and methodologies for identifying, assessing mitigating and escalating risks.

Technical:

• Support the Group Risk Director in the socialisation and embedding and further development of the risk management framework across the Group (including the assimilation of data from our internal risk management software, Camms).

• Align risk reporting strategy with the Group's broader goals and objectives and to anticipate potential risks that could impact these objectives 

• Facilitate risk assessments across the Group, including (but not limited to) the analysis of current mitigation to key risks, identification of emerging risks, analysing root causes, perform scenario analysis, and comparison of entity risk appetite statements / tolerance. Highlight gaps and / or weaknesses with corresponding solutions.

• Maintains relationships with key stakeholders, providing risk management guidance, challenge and consultation

• Responds appropriately to urgent issues as they arise

Reporting & Relationships:

• Strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with other risk teams and key stakeholders across all divisions, providing valuable second-line risk input and challenge. A high degree of professionalism required

• Seek opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the Group Risk team through working collaboratively with colleagues and other teams / departments (e.g. Internal Audit, Legal) and with external contacts (e.g. External Audit).

• Maintain awareness of organisational structures and activities, including cross-border activities and intercompany relationships/dependencies, in order to understand business dynamics, pressures and needs

• Responds to the stakeholders requirements as appropriate

People Management/Personal Development:

• Actively undertakes personal development to ensure up to date knowledge and understanding of best practice

• Remains aware of external, industry, legal and regulatory developments etc. to ensure practice and outputs are of a sufficiently high quality

Knowledge/Experience:

• Ideal candidates will have previous working experience of operating in a risk management department of a financial services firm in the UK. Big 4 experience is preferable but not essential. Insurance sector expertise preferable.

• Knowledge and experience of risk and control assessment methodologies

• Strong analytical, written communication and presentation skills to identify risk trends, root causes and mitigations with attention to detail

• Critical thinking skills with the ability to independently solve problems with data

• MS Office including MS Excel to an intermediate level (including Macros, V-Look ups and Pivot tables)

Skills/Behaviours:

• Ability to understand and convey complex matters relating as part of incident management oversight, coordinating with all functions on the reporting, investigation and escalation of operational incidents

• Consultative approach, proactively sharing best practices

• Good planning, organisation, delivery and time management skills

• Ability to prioritise effectively

Qualifications:

• Strong academic record

• Risk management or audit related qualification desired but not essential e.g. IRM, ACA

Our Culture: People First

We’ve travelled far since opening our first office in 1994. Back then we were local experts – based in London, with direct access to the world’s biggest insurance market. We’re still locals, and we still deliver the right advice and the right insurance to our clients. But now, we’re local all over the world. With 15,000 global colleagues and a partner network spanning more than 100 territories, we are the largest independent insurance broker in the world. But our values haven’t changed since day one, when we set out to create a company grounded in:

• An employee-ownership model 
• Aligned external investors
• The trust and integrity born of friendship
• Expertise
• Independence

Our focus on being a people-first business has always been at the very heart of Howden. Our vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture; one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. Our employee ownership model sets us apart in the market. It’s created a culture of collaboration and innovation, where we’re driven to think bigger and empowered to challenge convention. 

Our flat structure and entrepreneurial spirit help us attract the best people and empower them to be the best version of themselves. And when we bring in and nurture great talent, more follows. That makes us better – and that’s better for everyone. 

Diversity & Inclusion

At Howden we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances.

Permanent

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In November 1994, David Howden founded a business that was literally the smallest insurance broker in the world. It had no clients and no track record. But it did have five things:

Equity ownership – the people doing the business, owned the business

A minority external investor with a long-term outlook

A product specialty

3 friends (and a dog)

A commitment to building a business with independence enshrined in its fabric

Today, the business has a global footprint of more than 14,500 employees in 50 countries spanning Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas. For the FY22 our Group’s organic growth was 19%, our revenue exceeds (USD) $2bn, and we handle $30bn in written premiums for clients.

Howden Group is an independent, global insurance group headquartered outside North America, comprising:

Want to see what kind of organisation Howden Group is? Click here  to learn about what makes us who we are. 

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