Assistant Manager/Manager, Enterprise and Operational Risk Management and Risk Culture, Insurance and Banking

Overview

In this role you will help financial services clients strengthen non-financial and operational risk management across their enterprises. You’ll work on risk transformation programs, design and implement risk frameworks, and shape risk culture with cross-functional teams. The role offers early client exposure and involvement in high-impact engagements across the UK and internationally. You’ll collaborate with senior practitioners, contribute to growth initiatives, and highlight your ability to deliver clear insights under ambiguity. This is a hands-on opportunity to influence risk strategy in a leading professional services firm.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• coaching and development
• return-to-work support
• wellbeing focus
• client exposure
• inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to Risk Transformation projects, including Future Risk Operating Models and Vision
• Design and implement Risk Management Frameworks (risk strategies, appetite, governance, culture)
• Liaise with clients face-to-face and remotely
• Plan and execute engagement projects and manage deadlines
• Analyse current practices and benchmark against market-leading tools to drive insights
• Provide research and analysis on Risk Culture, Operational Risk and other non-financial risk topics
• Collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams and support an inclusive culture

Key requirements

• Experience in Financial Services (insurance including Life, General Insurance and Lloyd’s market or banking) within Operational Risk Management, Risk Culture, and/or ERM frameworks
• Degree level education or equivalent
• Strong analytical skills, ability to synthesize complex information and produce high-quality outputs
• Proactive, creative thinker who can challenge the status quo and handle ambiguity
• Strong client-facing and networking abilities to build opportunities
• Willingness to travel to client sites
• Desirable: familiarity with PRA and FCA regulatory requirements

• Relationship building
• Initiative and self-motivation
• Creative thinking and problem solving
• Operational Risk Management
• Risk Culture
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks and operating models

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