Operational Risk Senior Manager- Financial Risk Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom and 2 (Hybr[...]

Phoenix Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company seeks an Operational Risk Senior Manager to oversee financial risk management and drive the implementation of the Risk Management Framework. This role offers a hybrid working model, with a competitive salary up to £84,000, benefits, and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

Up to £84,000 salary dependent on experience

Bonus potential

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension plan

Career breaks

Income protection

3x volunteering days

Qualifications

• Proven strategic thinker and creative problem solver.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations.
• Strong communicator with understanding of sensitivities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial risk management and promote risk culture.
• Drive implementation of Risk Management Framework.
• Influence key stakeholders for positive risk outcomes.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

Operational Risk Senior Manager- Financial Risk

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wythall, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
London, England, United Kingdom
(Hybrid)

Job Description

Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role could be based in either our London, Birmingham, Telford or Edinburgh offices with time spent working in the office and at home.

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

Closing Date: 13.6.25

Salary and benefits: Up to £84,000 dependant upon experience, plus bonus potential, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

The role

To oversee the financial risk management, ensuring risks such as People, Change Management, Governance are effectively identified, assessed, mitigated and reported. The role is critical to promote informed decision making and controlled risk-taking that improves customer outcomes and delivers long term value for shareholders. Supporting the implementation and oversight of the Group’s Risk Management Framework and partner with the Senior business stakeholders including ExCo members.

Responsibilities

In conjunction with aligned Head of Operational Risk, drive the implementation of an effective Risk Management Framework for the Group to identify, measure, monitor, manage and report on the risks to which the Group and its customers are exposed

Provide advice, guidance and challenge to the business on Risk Management Framework (Risks and Control Environment, Risk Policies, Risk Reporting and wider elements including Risk Appetite and KRIs.

Deliver oversight and opinion on the integrated risk and control framework (RMF and ICF) covering all risks and controls for financial risk areas such as Finance. Deep specialism in operational risks in these areas, such as those for Financial Reporting.

Business Partnering support on all Operational Risk in financial risk areas, including financial reporting and control.

Influence key stakeholders across the Group and externally level to drive positive risk outcomes and gain buy-in on risk management initiatives.

Promote effective challenge and ensuring that independent risk opinions are provided to the Business stakeholders or appropriate decision making body on the implications of all proposals that could materially change the risk exposure of the Group

Promote strong risk culture in which the Risk Management Framework is valued and embedded, the identification and management of risks to customers is central to decision making and key judgements and assumptions are transparent.

Proven strategic thinker and creative problem solver with the ability to analyse and synthesise sophisticated issues and identify common themes and solutions.

Ability to navigate ambiguous situations, drive decision making, manage change, and learn quickly in a multifaceted business environment.

Develop the Risk Managers in the Operational Risk oversight team

Proven track record for building strong relationships and influence with senior stakeholders across business areas and working across boundaries. Including at C suite and their direct reports level.

Proven strategic thinker and creative problem solver with the ability to analyse and synthesise sophisticated issues and identify common themes and commercial solutions.

Ability to operate independently across complex, concurrent risk activities.

Ability to navigate ambiguous situations, drive decision making, manage change, and learn quickly in a multifaceted business environment.

Strong communicator, who understands others’ perspective and sensitivities surrounding different issues and adapts language, tone, style and content of communications to suit a broad range of audiences, including the Board and Regulators.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Please note that we reserve the right to remove adverts earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

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Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates

• Locations 30 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh, EH1 2DH, GB 1 Wythall Green Way, Birmingham, B47 6WG, GB 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN, GB Windsor House, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4NB, GB (Hybrid)