Risk Manager

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Risk Manager to support a diverse team on nuclear-related projects, handling risk data capture, QRA, and risk budgeting. You will work across multiple packages, maintain risk registers, and apply tools such as Safran, @risk and PRA to deliver informed risk insights.

You will facilitate workshops, report risks to stakeholders, and collaborate with Project Controls and the supply chain to preserve time and cost targets, while upholding quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in Risk Management across project lifecycles.
• Ability to adjust risk strategies in response to change.
• Excellent communication with stakeholders.
• Familiarity with risk standards (ISO 31000, IPA, Orange Book).
• Supported by risk management systems like Safran, @risk, PRA.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design and implement risk management processes tailored to client needs.
• Facilitate risk workshops with subject matter experts.
• Create and maintain risk registers and reports.
• Drive mitigation actions across projects and programmes.
• Conduct QRA for cost and schedule impacts.
• Produce risk reports using PowerPoint, Excel, and Power BI.
• Collaborate with Project Controls and supply chain teams.
• Ensure alignment with client objectives and quality standards.

Skills

Risk Management

Communication skills

Verbal and written communication

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Project Controls

Data analysis

Education

APM Risk Certificate Level 2

MoR Certification

Tools

Safran

@risk

PRA

Power BI

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

ARM

Xactium

Predict

Tableau

Job description

At Soben, we believe our greatest strength is our people. Your growth is central to our success, and we’re committed to helping you build a career you’re proud of. Whether it’s through training, mentoring, or taking on new challenges, every step you take is an opportunity to develop your skills, broaden your experience, and shape your future.

We encourage you to be curious, take ownership of your development, and explore the many opportunities available within our business. Speak with your manager about your goals, seek out projects that excite you, and don’t be afraid to stretch beyond your comfort zone - that’s where real growth happens.

Your career journey is unique, and we’re here to support you every step of the way. Let’s keep learning, keep improving, and keep building something exceptional together.

Job Description

Due to increased opportunities and demand we are recruiting for Risk Managers to join a diverse and supportive team during a period of significant growth. Our nuclear client is at the forefront of industry leading change, and we are keen to speak to like-minded individuals with risk management experience.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

A Risk Manager will be required to support the team and their senior risk managers for work packages and projects of varying size and complexity. Due to the nature of the programme of works, work packages may vary in size with risk managers working across smaller projects or one which could be significantly larger in value. A Risk Manager will be responsible for the accurate capture of risk data, facilitating identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues. They will maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threats/opportunities. They play a key role in ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

As a Risk Manager, you have a passion to provide services as required by our clients, which may include:

• Planning, designing and implementing risk management processes tailoring to the client’s needs and aligning with best practice.
• Facilitation of risk workshops with subject matter experts.
• Creation and maintenance of risk registers and other risk information.
• Challenging risk information to enhance the quality of risk data so that it is robust.
• Drive the implementation of mitigation actions against associated risks across projects and programmes.
• Assist the project team with the identification and development of management responses which are measurable and specific, that support the post mitigated positions.
• Conduct Quantitative Risk Assessment and analysis (QRA) for cost and schedule impacts to support the understanding of the project’s remaining risk exposure.
• Demonstrate basic to practitioner competency with tools such as Safran, @risk, PRA or similar.
• The production of timely and efficient risk reporting using tools such as Microsoft (PowerPoint, Word and excel) and Power BI. Familiarity with web-based database/reporting tools – ARM, Xactium, Predict, Tableau.
• Collaborating with other Project Controls disciplines to maintain alignment of project information.
• Working with the supply chain to understand and incorporate the risks they present to clients.

You have professional Risk Management experience in one or more sectors across the whole Project lifecycle. While nuclear experience is desirable it is not an absolute requirement. You have the ability to adjust risk strategies and process in response to change and have excellent communication skills to convey complex risk information to all stakeholders. You are conversant with risk management systems such as Safran, @risk, PRA. Strategic awareness and critical thinking are key, with the ability to confidently assess the implications of various risk scenarios.

You also:

• Will be able to obtain BPSS level security clearance.
• Are a member of a relevant professional body e.g., Institute of Risk Management (IRM), Association for Project Management
• Familiarity with at least one risk standard or approach (ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA)
• A risk qualification such as APM Risk Certificate Level 2 or Management of Risk (MoR) is desirable
• Have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Have good research and analytical skills.
• Have stakeholder management experience.
• Have experience of working within a Project Controls team.
• Have a desire to work within the nuclear sector.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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