Senior Life Risk Assurance Leader

mgpru; Stirling; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

M&G plc is seeking a Risk Manager - Assurance & Insights to lead Life Non-Financial Risk assurance across the Life business. You will provide independent risk opinions on control effectiveness and remediation, and help shape the assurance plan.

In this role you will coach analysts, coordinate cross-functional reviews, and translate assurance findings into concrete improvements for governance and risk management. Flexible/hybrid working applies.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Operational Risk, Non-Financial Risk, Risk Assurance in financial services.
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks, governance, regulatory expectations and control environments.
• Experience leading assurance reviews, thematic assessments, deep dives and independent challenge activities.
• Experience root cause analysis, remediation effectiveness reviews and control effectiveness assessments.
• Ability to translate assurance findings into actionable business insight and recommendations.
• Strong analytical capability and governance outputs.

Responsibilities

• Lead targeted assurance and deep-dive reviews across material Life risk themes and business areas.
• Undertake thematic analysis of Issues, Events, RCSAs, control outcomes and other risk information to identify recurring or systemic concerns.
• Lead root-cause and lessons-learned reviews, challenging whether management has identified and addressed underlying risk drivers.
• Assess control design, operating effectiveness and remediation effectiveness, including input to Provision 29 and Control Environment Assessment activity.
• Develop evidence-based risk opinions and insights on cross-Life view of risk appetite, recurring risk themes, change activity, systemic weaknesses and emerging risks for Executive and Board governance.
• Support delivery of the assurance universe and annual assurance plan established by the Senior Manager.
• Lead cross-business reviews requiring coordination of central NFR and Compliance SMEs.
• Translate assurance findings into identified opportunities to strengthen risk management, controls and operational effectiveness through insight.
• Coach Senior Analysts in assurance techniques, critical analysis and opinion writing.

Skills

Operational Risk

Non-Financial Risk

Risk Assurance

Root Cause Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Cross-functional Review

Governance & Regulation

Education

IRM

ACCA / CIMA

Job description

M&G plc is seeking a Risk Manager - Assurance & Insights to lead Life Non-Financial Risk assurance across the Life business. You will provide independent risk opinions on control effectiveness and remediation, and help shape the assurance plan.

In this role you will coach analysts, coordinate cross-functional reviews, and translate assurance findings into concrete improvements for governance and risk management. Flexible/hybrid working applies.