Senior Risk Manager

Connells-Group-2; Fenny Stratford; Presencial; GBP 75.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Connells Group is seeking an experienced Senior Risk Manager within its second line of defence (2LOD) Risk function to strengthen the enterprise risk capability, partnering with senior stakeholders to embed a proactive risk culture and to enhance governance frameworks across the organisation.

You will lead risk identification, assessment, reporting and management information, challenge first-line assessments, and support regulatory alignment, control testing and resilience initiatives to inform

Formación

• Significant experience in enterprise risk management within a complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks, governance and regulatory expectations.
• Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders effectively.

Responsabilidades

• Support development and enhancement of the Group Risk Management Framework (GRMF).
• Drive consistent application of risk policies, standards, and methodologies.
• Monitor risk profile and elevate emerging risks to Risk Committee and governance forums.
• Champion a strong risk culture across the organisation.
• Support training, awareness, and communication on risk management.
• Identify opportunities to enhance risk processes, tools, and reporting capabilities.
• Contribute to maturity uplift of enterprise risk capability.
• Lead and facilitate risk identification and assessment across units.
• Ensure risks are articulated, scored and aligned to risk appetite.
• Produce executive-ready risk reports, dashboards, and insights.

Conocimientos

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Governance frameworks

Executive reporting

Data analysis

Regulatory awareness

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Senior Risk Manager within Connells Group's second line of defence (2LOD) Risk function. This is a critical role in strengthening Connells Group’s enterprise risk capability, supporting the identification, assessment, management, and reporting of risks across the organisation.

You will act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, embedding a proactive risk culture, enhancing governance frameworks, and ensuring that risk insights effectively inform strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the ongoing development and enhancement of the Group Risk Management Framework (GRMF), ensuring alignment to regulatory expectations and industry best practice
• Drive consistent application of risk policies, standards, and methodologies across the business
• Monitor the firms risk profile and elevate emerging risks to the Risk Committee and relevant governance forums in a timely manner.
• Champion a strong risk culture across the organisation
• Support training, awareness, and communication initiatives to embed risk management practices
• Promote clarity around roles and responsibilities (1st, 2nd, and 3rd line model)
• Identify opportunities to enhance risk processes, tools, and reporting capabilities
• Support implementation of automation and digital risk tooling where appropriate
• Contribute to maturity uplift of enterprise risk capability
• Lead and facilitate risk identification and assessment activities across business units
• Ensure risks are clearly articulated, appropriately scored (impact/likelihood), and aligned to risk appetite
• Challenge first-line assessments to ensure robustness, consistency, and transparency
• Ensure risk practices align with relevant regulatory requirements and expectations
• Support control environment assessments, including identification of weaknesses and improvement actions
• Collaborate with Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure alignment and minimise duplication
• Produce high-quality, executive-ready risk reports, dashboards, and insights
• Enhance risk MI to provide forward-looking, decision-useful information (trends, emerging risks, stress points)
• Support development of risk heatmaps, scenario analysis, and thematic reviews
• Contribute to the Group's RCSA (Risk and Control Self-Assessment) process and operational resilience programme.
• Oversee the tracking and management of risk events, issues, and remediation actions
• Ensure timely escalation of material risks and breaches
• Monitor delivery of mitigating actions and challenge delays or inefficiencies

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, supporting effective risk ownership and accountability
• Build strong relationships across functions (Operations, Finance, HR, IT, Compliance, Audit)
• Provide constructive challenge while maintaining a solutions-oriented approach

The ideal candidate:

• Significant experience in enterprise risk management within a complex organisation (financial services, property, or related sectors advantageous)
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks, governance, and regulatory expectations
• Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders effectively
• Experience producing Executive-level reporting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Confident, balanced approach to risk: commercially aware without compromising independence