Chief Risk Officer

New Street Consulting Group (NSCG); City Of London; Sur place; GBP 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

New Street Consulting Group (NSCG) is recruiting a Chief Risk Officer for a rapidly evolving wealth management group. You will build the Group Risk function, define the risk operating model and embed governance across multiple entities.

You will partner with the executive team, lead risk governance, controls and oversight, and drive risk-informed decision making through ongoing integration and transformation programmes.

Qualifications

• Senior management experience in risk within wealth management or financial services.
• Proven track record building risk frameworks and second line functions.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate risk into business decisions.

Responsabilités

• Build and lead the Group Risk function
• Create a consistent risk framework across multiple entities and business lines
• Own enterprise, operational and conduct risk management
• Strengthen risk governance, policies, controls and oversight
• Partner closely with Operations, Compliance and the leadership team
• Support integration activity during growth and transformation
• Ensure risk management is proportionate, commercial and embedded into decision-making

Connaissances

Senior risk leadership

Wealth management experience

Commercial risk mindset

Governance and controls

Description du poste

Our client is a rapidly evolving wealth management group that has grown through acquisition, integration and transformation.

What exists today is a collection of strong businesses without a fully integrated Group Risk function sitting across the whole organisation. They are seeking a Chief Risk Officer to build that framework.

This is not a role for someone looking to maintain a mature function. It is for someone who enjoys creating structure, defining how risk should operate and building a second line that adds value rather than bureaucracy.

You'll have the backing of an engaged executive team and a genuine opportunity to shape how risk is managed across a complex, regulated business.

What you'll do

• Build and lead the Group Risk function
• Create a consistent risk framework across multiple entities and business lines
• Own enterprise, operational and conduct risk management
• Strengthen risk governance, policies, controls and oversight
• Partner closely with Operations, Compliance and the wider leadership team
• Support integration activity as the business continues to evolve
• Ensure risk management is proportionate, commercial and embedded into decision-making

What you'll bring

• Senior risk leadership experience within wealth management, private banking, investment management or broader financial services
• Previous experience leading a Risk function as CRO, Group CRO, Chief Risk Officer or equivalent
• Experience designing or rebuilding risk frameworks rather than simply maintaining existing structures
• A pragmatic and commercially-minded approach to risk

Highly desirable

• Experience supporting business integration, acquisition activity or major transformation programmes
• Exposure to multiple regulated business models across wealth, investments, advice or banking
• Experience operating in environments where governance frameworks needed building or significant enhancement

Why this opportunity:

Few CRO positions genuinely offer the chance to create something from the ground up.

This role combines executive influence, strategic ownership and practical delivery. You'll inherit a business with significant momentum and have the opportunity to establish the framework, governance and culture that supports the next phase of growth.

For the right individual, this is a rare chance to leave a lasting mark on a well-established financial services business.