Head of Risk & Enterprise Resilience (Hybrid)

SSE PLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Wellbeing benefits

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

SSE plc is seeking a Head of Risk to shape and lead the group's strategic and enterprise risk agenda, providing the Board with an integrated view of risk, resilience and opportunities. The role champions the Enterprise Risk Management Framework across the organisation and embeds risk considerations in strategy, investment and operations.

Working with senior leaders, you will develop data-driven risk intelligence, quantitative modelling and horizon scanning, ensuring robust governance and

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience in enterprise risk management, strategic risk, resilience, assurance or a related discipline within a complex organisation.
• Degree, Master's or relevant professional qualification (e.g. IRM Diploma) with strong expertise in enterprise risk management frameworks and governance.
• Proven ability to advise, influence and provide constructive challenge to Executive and Board-level stakeholders.
• Experience in strategic risk assessment, risk intelligence, horizon scanning, emerging risk analysis, and scenario-based decision making.
• Strong analytical and quantitative capability, with experience in risk modelling, risk quantification, stress testing, exposure analysis and translating complex data into actionable insights.
• Deep understanding of corporate governance, risk appetite, internal controls, organisational resilience and the political, regulatory and commercial landscape in which SSE operates.

Responsibilities

• Lead the identification, assessment and oversight of SSE's strategic, principal and emerging risks, ensuring effective management of risk across the Group.
• Provide the Board and Executive Team with data-driven risk intelligence, horizon scanning and forward-looking insights on emerging threats and opportunities.
• Establish a comprehensive, data-driven risk intelligence capability that draws on relevant internal and external information to identify changing exposures, emerging risk trends and thematic threats.
• Develop and embed SSE's Risk Governance and Enterprise Risk Management frameworks, ensuring consistent risk management practices across all Business Units and Corporate Functions.
• Lead the development and application of proportionate risk modelling and quantification approaches that improve understanding of SSE's most material exposures.
• Lead scenario analysis, stress testing and risk modelling activities to assess resilience, support strategic decision-making and inform investment priorities.
• Define and implement risk appetite, risk acceptance and escalation frameworks, enabling informed decision-making within agreed parameters.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory and corporate governance requirements, including principal risk reporting, viability assessments and external risk disclosures.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Enterprise risk management

Governance

Risk modelling

Horizon scanning

Education

Degree or Masters or IRM Diploma

Job description

SSE plc is seeking a Head of Risk to shape and lead the group's strategic and enterprise risk agenda, providing the Board with an integrated view of risk, resilience and opportunities. The role champions the Enterprise Risk Management Framework across the organisation and embeds risk considerations in strategy, investment and operations.

Working with senior leaders, you will develop data-driven risk intelligence, quantitative modelling and horizon scanning, ensuring robust governance and