Senior Risk and Control Manager

Overview

As Senior Risk and Control Manager, you strengthen BAM’s risk and control capability within UK&I Finance. You will partner with senior stakeholders to deploy the BAM Control Framework and advance enterprise risk management across a dynamic, project-driven environment. You’ll lead control design, assessments and improvements, driving automation and Lean improvements for better performance. This role offers scope to influence governance, risk sensing and cross-functional collaboration, in a mission-driven company.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company Car or Car allowance
• Pension contributions (8% matched)
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday+2 wellbeing days+1 volunteering day+flexible benefit pot

Responsibilities

• Deploy the BAM Control Framework across the UK&I division and embed it with pace
• Serve as a trusted partner with strong risk, controls and finance expertise
• Support implementation planning, change management, and training with Delivery Assurance and Group teams
• Design and operate risk-based controls; lead walkthroughs, testing, and self-assessments
• Identify control gaps, prioritise remediation, and translate findings into improvement actions
• Promote automation, simplification, and Lean thinking in controls and risk processes
• Support continuous enhancement of Enterprise Risk Management Framework and dynamic risk management
• Assist cross-functional risk forums to ensure consistent risk assessment and escalation
• Enable risk and control owners with clear data, insights, and decision-ready recommendations
• Coach and develop team members; potentially manage the team from a BAU perspective
• Support proactive assurance and practical action plans aligned with risk appetite and priorities

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Risk and Business or related field
• Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) desirable
• Min 10 years’ experience in enterprise risk management, internal controls, assurance, projects and change management
• Experience in a complex or project-driven environment; cross-functional transformation
• Big 4 experience in business assurance/consulting preferred
• Strong understanding of financial processes and control environments; governance and compliance exposure (SOx, governance codes)
• Proven ERM and internal control framework experience; controls design, testing and reperformance
• Change management, process development, training, and process enhancements
• Data handling and analytics skills; familiarity with Power BI, SAP/S4HANA and risk tools
• Ability to produce dashboards and KRIs; manage governance rhythms and audit remediation
• Strong collaboration and communication with mid-to-senior management
• Exposure to construction/engineering environments advantageous

• collaborative mindset
• clear communication
• ability to simplify complex information
• ERM and internal controls frameworks
• control design and testing
• risk-based controls development

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