Senior Risk and Assurance Manager

North Tyneside Council; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization is seeking a Senior Risk and Assurance Manager to lead a team focused on risk management and assurance across various locations including London and Norwich. The ideal candidate will possess a CCAB or IRM qualification and relevant experience in risk management. Key responsibilities include developing improvement plans, maintaining strategic oversight, and delivering key reports, all while fostering collaboration and effective communication among stakeholders. This role offers flexible working patterns and generous benefits.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 after 5 years

8 public holidays and the King's birthday

Flexitime allowing up to 2 extra days off each month

Flexible working patterns

Generous parental and adoption leave packages

Defined Benefit pension plan with employer contributions of 28%

Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice program

Active staff networks based on interests

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in risk management or assurance.
• Ability to constructively challenge teams.
• Skills in developing and implementing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement improvement plans for risk and assurance.
• Lead and inspire the team while encouraging collaboration.
• Maintain strategic oversight of organisational risk management.
• Support the Head of Risk with expert advice.
• Build relationships with key collaborators at various management levels.
• Deliver risk and assurance reports for committees and boards.
• Respond to Freedom of Information requests and parliamentary questions.
• Represent HMT at relevant forums and meetings.

Skills

Risk management

Strong communication skills

Collaboration

Strategic oversight

Education

CCAB or IRM qualification in enterprise risk management

Job description

Senior Risk and Assurance Manager

Location: London (1 Horse Guards Road), Norwich (Rosebery Court) and/or Darlington (Feethams House).

Salary: London £60,670 - £67,500 National £57,670 - £64,500. Current Civil Servants joining on level transfer will be honoured with higher substantive salary.

Contract Type: Permanent.

Working Pattern: Available full time, part time or job share. Flexible working hours can be accommodated.

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. The team identifies, evaluates and reduces key organisational risks, ensures strong assurance frameworks are established and protects public funds. It designs and applies effective counter fraud measures, encourages a culture of alertness and responsibility.

Finance comprises approximately 50 staff based across London, Norwich and Darlington.

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.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and implement an improvement plan that promotes consistent methodology, efficiency and innovation throughout risk and assurance.
• Lead the team, inspire colleagues and encourage collaboration.
• Assist the Head of Risk, Assurance and Counter Fraud in maintaining robust strategic oversight of organisational risk management and assurance.
• Provide department collaborators with expert support and constructive challenge to ensure risk and assurance processes follow 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, providing insights that inform critical decisions.
• Support priority objectives of the team, including responding to Freedom of Information requests, parliamentary questions, correspondence requests and Cabinet Office commissions.
• Represent 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. You should be able to invent and implement strategies that improve risk and assurance.

Qualifications

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

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 after 5 years.
• 8 public holidays and the King's birthday.
• Flexitime, allowing 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%.
• Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice program and options for season ticket loans.
• A range of active staff networks based on interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity.