Head of Risk Business Partnering

CFC; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in London is seeking a Head of Risk Business Partnering to lead risk management initiatives. This role focuses on embedding enterprise risk frameworks into business processes and requires strong stakeholder management skills. Candidates should have substantial experience in risk management within financial services and hands-on experience with GRC systems. Join a dynamic team where you can influence decision-making and cultivate a strong risk culture.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in enterprise or operational risk management within insurance, reinsurance, or financial services.
• Experience embedding risk frameworks and culture into business processes.
• Hands-on experience with GRC systems and risk reporting.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic and operational risk advisor.
• Lead risk assessments, workshops, and training.
• Maintain and review risk and control records in the GRC platform.

Skills

Enterprise risk management

Stakeholder management

Risk reporting

Tools

GRC systems

Job description

Head of Risk Business Partnering

Department: Risk

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - London

Reporting To: Director, Risk

Description

We’re looking for a standout risk leader to take on a highly visible role at the heart of Risk at CFC. As Head of Risk Business Partnering, you’ll bring our enterprise risk framework to life, turning strategy into action and making risk management a part of our everyday decision-making.

Working across underwriting, operations, and enabling functions, you’ll shape how teams understand and manage risk, building strong relationships and a culture of ownership. As the face of Risk to the business, you’ll lead engagement, education, and communication, ensuring accountability at every level.

Working closely with the Head of Risk Frameworks & Reporting, your focus will be to align our enterprise risk management strategy with effective implementation, helping design controls, support risk assessments, and drive smarter oversight through our Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) platform.

About the role

• Act as a strategic and operational risk advisor, helping business units identify, assess, and manage risks in line with the enterprise framework.
• Lead risk assessments, workshops, and training to build capability and strengthen risk culture across the first line.
• Support key change programmes, providing challenge, guidance, and assurance throughout delivery.
• Maintain and review risk and control records in the GRC platform, ensuring insights inform business decisions.
• Partner with the Risk Framework & Reporting team to ensure the framework is applied consistently and remains practical for the business.
• Serve as the face of Risk to the business, building strong relationships and ensuring risk thinking is embedded in strategic and operational decisions.

About you

You’ll bring solid experience in enterprise or operational risk management within insurance, reinsurance, or financial services, ideally with exposure to MGAs or the Lloyd’s market. A track record of embedding risk frameworks and culture into business processes and decision-making is essential, from risk assessment and control design to scenario analysis.

Hands‑on experience with GRC systems and risk reporting will be key, to enable you to use data and insights to guide senior leadership decisions. The role also calls for strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to act as a trusted advisor, lead workshops and training, and champion a consistent risk culture across the business.

Core Values

Love what you do: We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything: We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to make things better.

Have fun, be good: Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.