Senior Risk and Assurance Manager

HM TREASURY; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department is seeking a Senior Risk and Assurance Manager to enhance its risk and assurance framework. Your role will involve leading teams, developing strategic oversight, and collaborating with various governmental entities to safeguard public funds. The ideal candidate has experience in risk management and assurance methodologies, along with strong communication skills. This position offers the flexibility of full-time, part-time, or job share arrangements, along with a generous benefits package including annual leave and pension contributions.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave

Flexible working hours

Generous parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in developing risk management or assurance strategies.
• Skills in building relationships with various stakeholders.
• A background in leading teams to produce positive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement improvement plans for risk and assurance.
• Act as a leader, inspiring collaboration within the team.
• Support the Head of Risk with strategic oversight of risks.

Skills

Risk management experience

Strong communication skills

Ability to challenge constructively

Education

CCAB qualified or IRM qualification

Job description

Senior Risk and Assurance Manager

• Salary: London: £60,670 - £67,500/National: £57,670 - £64,500. If the successful candidate is a current Civil Servant joining on level transfer, HM Treasury will honour their current substantive salary if higher.
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Working Pattern: This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
• Location: London (1 Horse Guards Road), Norwich (Rosebery Court), and/or Darlington (Feethams House).

Are you eager for a new professional opportunity? Join HM Treasury as a Senior Risk and Assurance Manager. You will contribute significantly to the development of the Treasury’s risk and assurance framework. Work within a high-performing, progressive team where your experience will support strategic initiatives, preserve established standards, and offer inventive solutions in a fast-paced, multifaceted workplace.

About the Team

The Treasury’s Risk, Assurance and Counter Fraud team holds a central and strategic position within the wider Finance Team in the Corporate Centre Group. We take charge of identifying, evaluating, and reducing key organisational risks, ensuring strong assurance frameworks are established to aid decision making and protect public funds. The team is responsible for designing and applying effective counter fraud measures, encouraging a culture of alertness and responsibility throughout the department.

Finance is made up of approximately 50 staff based across London, Norwich and Darlington sites.

About the Job

This position is part of the Risk, Assurance and Counter Fraud group within Finance. It plays a key role in guiding and achieving results across many important areas.

The ideal candidate would have an existing understanding and experience of risk management and/or assurance approaches and guidelines.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and put into action an improvement plan that promotes consistent methodology, efficiency, and innovation throughout risk and assurance.
• Be a visible leader in the team, inspiring colleagues and encouraging collaboration.
• Assist the Head of Risk, Assurance and Counter Fraud in maintaining robust strategic oversight of organisational risk management and assurance within the department.
• Provide department collaborators with expert support and constructive challenge to ensure risk and assurance processes at HM Treasury and Arm’s Length Bodies follow standard procedures like the Orange Book and add real value.
• Develop and build relationships with key collaborators at all management levels within the department and externally, including the Audit and Risk Committee, the Government Internal Audit Agency, and the National Audit Office.
• Build and deliver key risk and assurance reports for committees and boards. Provide insights that inform critical decisions and contribute meaningfully.
• Support priority objectives of the team including responding as required to Freedom of Information requests, parliamentary questions, correspondence requests and Cabinet Office commissions.
• Representing HMT at relevant forums, meetings, working groups and in wider functional communities such as the Government Risk Profession

About You

We want applicants with relevant skills, experience in risk management or assurance, and strong communication skills to align with different collaborators. You must constructively challenge and support teams to produce positive outcomes. Also, you should be able to invent and implement strategies that improve risk and assurance.

You will also need to possess the necessary qualifications

Either Consultative Committee of Accounting Bodies (CCAB) qualified or IRM qualification in enterprise risk management (or equivalent).

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• You get 25 days of annual leave, which increases to 30 after 5 years. There are also 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday, except for existing Civil Servants with legacy arrangements.
• We also have flexitime, letting employees take up to 2 extra days off each month.
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours).
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages.
• Access to a substantial Defined Benefit pension plan with employer contributions of 28%.
• Availability of a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice program and options for season ticket loans.
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity.

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

If you need reasonable adjustments to participate in the selection process, please mention this in your online application form. You can also contact the recruitment team at [e-mail].