Risk and Market Intelligence Manager

SOLICITORS REGULATION AUTHORITY; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal regulatory body in Birmingham is seeking a Risk and Market Intelligence Manager. This role focuses on developing and leading the Risk and Intelligence Framework to address emerging market risks effectively. Candidates should have a postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience, possess strong analytical skills, and have extensive experience in prioritizing complex information. This position operates on a hybrid model, with 1-2 office days and the rest remote, providing opportunities for impactful work within the public interest. Application deadline is 12 January.

Qualifications

• Experience of identifying and assessing emerging risks at a strategic level.
• Broad analytical toolset including quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Ability to produce reasoned, defensible analysis.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day running of the market risk pipeline.
• Develop the organisation-wide Risk and Intelligence Framework (RIF).
• Monitor external best practice to strengthen market risk approaches.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strategic risk assessment

Team collaboration

Complex prioritization

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

We are looking for a Risk and Market Intelligence Manager with a strong analytical skill set, covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, and proven experience in identifying and assessing emerging risks. The role will lead and develop our organisation-wide Risk and Intelligence Framework (RIF) for identifying, evaluating, and managing market risk.

The role

In this role, you will oversee the day-to-day running of our market risk pipeline, ensuring that concerns, insights and emerging risks are captured, evaluated and progressed promptly through the appropriate decision-making routes. You will take a lead role in the continuous triage of concerns, applying clear criteria and structured assessment methods to ensure risks are prioritised effectively and, where necessary, fast-tracked for immediate senior consideration. You will maintain an auditable pipeline of activity and provide accurate, timely reporting to senior leaders and Board committees.

You will also be responsible for developing the SRA's capability and confidence in recognising market risks. This includes maintaining and evolving our regulatory Harms Framework for market risk, providing education and coaching to colleagues, and ensuring consistent application of risk criteria across the organisation. Working through influence, you will facilitate collaboration across teams and contribute to wider organisational forums to support knowledge sharing and aligned responses to risk.

A key part of the role will involve monitoring external best practice and building relationships with peer organisations to strengthen our approach to identifying and mitigating market risk. You may also have responsibility for line managing colleagues, supporting their development while driving continuous improvement in how we understand, prioritise and act on market risk across the organisation.

What's in it for you

• Establish and lead on the development of our approach to evaluating and managing emerging risk in the legal sector
• Make a real impact in the public interest as part of the largest legal regulator in England and Wales.
• Work collaboratively internally, and externally with other stakeholders

What we are looking for

• Experience of identifying and assessing emerging risks at a strategic level
• Broad analytical toolset including quantitative and qualitative methods: postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience
• Deep experience of complex prioritisation, involving or emerging information and trade-offs
• Experience of leading and working within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of matrix working in complex organisation
• Experience of leading through influence
• Ability to produce reasoned, defensible analysis that can be relied upon to determine regulatory policy and prioritised action.
• Experience of communicating ideas and findings with both internal and external stakeholders, and to quality assure outputs.
• Ability to think both logically and creatively.
• Strong team player.

Useful and additional information

The full specification for the role can be found at the bottom of the advert on our website.

We operate on a hybrid working model which means working 1-2 days in the office and the rest of the week from home.

To apply

Please click 'apply' to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements of the role. Your Cover Letter should be no longer than 2 pages.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages.

Closing date for applications is 12 January at 09:00.