Risk Governance & Planning Manager

abrdn plc; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services provider is seeking a Risk Management professional to own governance and planning within the Risk Management function. You will support the executive committee with risk reporting, coordinate the annual ICARA cycle, and ensure adherence to Risk & Compliance policies. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Risk Management and excellent communication skills, working in a flexible environment that encourages diversity and inclusion. The position is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Benefits

40 days' annual leave

16% employer pension contribution

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in Risk, Compliance or Audit roles within Financial Services.
• Knowledge and experience in Risk Management Frameworks design and implementation.
• Experience in developing policies, standards, tools, and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define agenda and prepare materials for the Executive Risk Committee.
• Support clearance of Audit & Risk Committee papers by Executive Management.
• Develop and own the annual ICARA plan with clarity on dependencies.

Skills

Experience in Risk, Compliance or Audit roles

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Professional qualification such as IRM

Job description

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

This role sits within our Risk Management function, which is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk; this may include establishing risk management procedures and processes to ensure adherence to policies. The Enterprise Risk Management area is responsible for supporting the achievement of an organization's objectives by addressing the full spectrum of its risks, and managing the combined impact of those risks as an interrelated risk portfolio.

About the Role

You’ll play a key part in owning governance and planning for the RMF&S Team by supporting Aberdeen Group plc executive and board-level risk reporting, coordinating the annual ICARA cycle and supporting governance arrangements as they relate to the implementation of the ERMF.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of RMF&S and Group CRO to define the agenda, prepare and publish the relevant materials and act as Secretary for the Group's Executive Risk Committee.
• Supporting CoSec and the Regulatory Framework & Services Team to ensure risk related Audit & Risk Committee papers are cleared by Executive Management, and work with the Risk Framework Manager to ensure R&C owned papers are provided to the ARC and plc Board to time and quality.
• Work with the Corporate & Prudential Team, and Finance, to develop and own the annual ICARA plan, ensuring clarity of dependencies, key milestones and the necessary sequencing of Aberdeen Group plc Board and MIFIDPRU Entity Boards (and their respective sub-committees), holding key stakeholders to account as appropriate.
• Support the Head of Risk Management Framework & Services in ensuring that all Risk & Compliance policies and standards are maintained in line with the Policy Governance Framework.
• Own the design and delivery of the periodic ORMF, working with the Risk Framework Manager to ensure key second line operational risk stakeholders are suitably engaged in the design and delivery of the ERMF as appropriate.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Demonstratable experience in Risk, Compliance or Audit roles within Financial Services.
• Knowledge and experience in relation to the design and implementation of Risk Management Frameworks.
• Experience in the development of policies, standards, tools and methodologies.
• Excellent communication & stakeholder engagement; ability to articulate complex concepts in an effective way.
• Ideally, possess a suitable recognised professional qualification such as IRM or similar.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits - including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas - our vectors of growth - focused on our clients' changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we've adopted a 'blended working' approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements - for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability - please let us know and we'll be happy to help.

We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.