Job reference: JL/44961Sector: Asset Management & FundsRegion: LondonSenior Enterprise Risk Manager – Investment ManagementLondon | Hybrid80,000–110,000We are working with a major UK investment organisation to appoint a Senior Enterprise Risk Manager into a highly visible second-line risk position.This is an opportunity for an experienced Enterprise Risk professional to join a lean, hands-on risk function and take meaningful ownership across the organisation’s enterprise risk framework.The role requires someone who is comfortable operating at both a strategic and detailed level.
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You will work closely with senior stakeholders, investment teams and risk owners, providing independent oversight and challenge while also being prepared to get into the detail and personally drive work forward.The environment is deliberately different from a large, heavily siloed risk function.
There is significant breadth, visibility and autonomy, with the opportunity to lead individual initiatives and help further develop the organisation’s risk maturity.The roleThe remit will include:Developing, enhancing and embedding the Enterprise Risk Management frameworkRisk appetite, Key Risk Indicators, risk registers and governanceIdentifying and assessing strategic, operational, investment and emerging risksEmerging-risk and horizon-scanning activity, including scenario analysisDeveloping and enhancing risk and control frameworksProducing high-quality risk reporting and insights for senior management, Risk Committees and BoardsRisk-event management and root-cause analysisSupporting improvements to the wider control environmentWorking with risk owners and investment teams to identify practical risk mitigationsProviding constructive second-line challenge while developing strong relationships with the businessHelping embed a proactive and commercially relevant risk cultureSupporting the continued development of risk systems and processesThe personWe are particularly interested in individuals with broad Enterprise Risk Management experience gained within financial services, ideally within investment management, asset management, pensions or a similarly investment-led organisation.You should have experience operating within a second-line risk function and understand how to balance independent oversight and challenge with being a pragmatic partner to the business.Importantly, this is not a role for someone who wants to operate solely at policy level or within a narrow risk specialism.
The successful individual will enjoy working in a lean environment, be willing to get into the weeds when required and be comfortable taking responsibility for delivering work themselves.We would particularly like to see evidence of where you have built, enhanced or embedded risk frameworks, improved risk maturity or implemented tangible changes to the way an organisation manages risk.Experience across areas such as risk appetite, KRIs, risk registers, controls, emerging risk, incident management and senior risk reporting will all be relevant.Experience with Enterprise Risk Management systems is useful, with Protecht particularly advantageous. xrnqpay This would suit someone who wants breadth, autonomy and genuine influence within a relatively small risk function, while remaining close to both the investment business and senior decision-makers….