Risk Finance Leader, EMEA

Aon plc; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aon plc is seeking a Head of Risk Financing & Analytics for EMEA to shape the analytics strategy and drive growth across the region. You will lead client engagements, advance analytics capabilities, and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver innovative risk solutions.

The role combines strategic leadership, cross-border collaboration, and a focus on capital efficiency, resilience, and client impact. Hybrid work arrangement with global exposure and leadership opportunities.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in risk financing, analytics, capital modelling or risk consulting.
• Proven track record leading client-facing analytics initiatives.
• Experience leading teams across multiple geographies.
• Strong stakeholder management with executives and clients.
• Numerate with a quantitative degree; postgraduate designation helpful.

Responsibilities

• Own the RFA strategy and growth agenda across EMEA.
• Partner with Commercial Risk Solutions and Client Leadership to deliver analytics-led solutions.
• Support major client pursuits and tenders by articulating analytics value.
• Develop and deploy next-generation analytics tools and capabilities.
• Foster innovation in climate, cyber, AI, political risk, supply chain and catastrophe risk.
• Establish standard approaches, tools and methodologies for analytics delivery.
• Provide thought leadership and risk insights to support better decisions.
• Lead and develop a multi-geography risk financing and analytics team.
• Develop and deliver the RFA growth, investment and profitability strategy.

Skills

Risk financing

Analytics

Capital modelling

Client-facing

Leadership (geographies)

Education

Degree in quantitative field

Postgraduate qualification (advantage)

Tools

Analyzer

Diagnostic tools

Job description

Head of Risk Financing & Analytics, EMEA

Are you passionate about helping organisations make better risk and capital decisions? Do you have the vision to build the future of analytics and risk financing across one of the world's leading professional services firms?

Join Aon as Head of Risk Financing & Analytics (RFA), EMEA and play a pivotal role in defining and delivering our client-facing analytics strategy across the region. The team helps large multinational organisations quantify, finance and optimise their risk exposures to improve resilience, capital efficiency and business performance.

This is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work both virtually and from a number of our EMEA office locations.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

As Head of Risk Financing & Analytics for EMEA, you will set the strategic direction for Aon's consulting analytics proposition across the region. Combining client engagement, business growth, innovation and leadership, you will help large multinational organisations better understand, quantify and finance their risk exposures while ensuring Aon's analytics capabilities remain best-in-class.

Key responsibilities include:

• Owning the Risk Financing & Analytics strategy and growth agenda across EMEA.
• Partnering with colleagues across Commercial Risk Solutions, Industry Practices and Client Leadership teams to bring innovative analytics-led solutions to clients.
• Supporting business development activity, including major client pursuits and tenders, by articulating the value and differentiation of Aon's analytics capabilities.
• Driving the development and deployment of next-generation analytics tools and solutions, including Analyzer and Diagnostic capabilities.
• Fostering innovation in emerging risk areas, including climate, cyber, AI, political risk, supply chain disruption, reputation risk and natural catastrophe exposures.
• Establishing standard approaches, tools and methodologies for analytics delivery across the region.
• Providing thought leadership and delivering risk insights that help clients make better business decisions.
• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of highly skilled risk financing and analytics professionals across multiple geographies.
• Developing and delivering the RFA growth, investment and profitability strategy aligned with Aon's broader business objectives.

How this opportunity is different

This is a rare opportunity to influence the future direction of Aon's analytics and risk financing capabilities across an entire region. As a member of the Aon Global Risk Consulting EMEA Leadership Team, you will work closely with senior leaders across EMEA and globally to shape strategy, drive innovation and accelerate growth.

You will collaborate with experts across risk consulting, broking, analytics and industry practices, helping clients navigate some of the most significant and sophisticated risks facing organisations today. Combining strategic leadership, client engagement, innovation and commercial impact, this role offers outstanding visibility and the opportunity to build solutions that support some of the world's leading businesses.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Significant experience in risk financing, analytics, capital modelling or risk consulting gained within a consulting, insurance, reinsurance or related professional services environment.
• A consistent track record of leading client-facing analytics initiatives and translating technical solutions into commercial value for clients and partners.
• Demonstrated success leading, mentoring and developing high-performing teams across multiple geographies.
• Strong partner management and influencing skills, with experience engaging senior executives, clients and business leaders.
• Highly numerate with a degree in a quantitative field; a postgraduate qualification or relevant professional designation would be helpful.