Senior Risk Manager Finance - FTC 6m

About Us

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.

We are Direct Line Group – home to some of the country's best-known brands including Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege and Green Flag.

What you’ll be doing

At Direct Line Group (DLG) we’re transforming how we manage risk and controls. As part of this, we’ve created a Chief Controls Office (CCO) within the first line of defence, dedicated to strengthening risk management, embedding a robust control environment and fostering a strong risk-aware culture across the business.

We’re looking for a Senior Risk Manager to play a key role in partnering with the Group Chief Financial Office and Finance Leadership Team. If you have a background in finance risk management and/or financial control frameworks (e.g. SOX) within Financial Services, this is an opportunity to drive meaningful change in a fast-moving environment.

As a trusted risk and controls specialist in our first-line Finance CCO team, you’ll be responsible for:

Key Accountabilities

1. Embedding a strong risk culture: ensuring Finance understands and takes ownership for its risks and control environment.
2. Supporting risk management and the Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) process for Finance: ensuring risks are properly identified, assessed and managed.
3. Improving control documentation and evidencing: ensuring Finance has a clear, well documented and auditable control environment.
4. Supporting control remediation activities: addressing control deficiencies with the right actions taken at the right time to strengthen the control environment.
5. Acting as a trusted risk advisor: supporting decision making and enhancing risk oversight for the Finance function.
6. Enhancing risk reporting: leveraging Workiva and other MI to provide clear, actionable insights.
7. Collaborating across teams: working closely with the Central Control Testing & Assurance Teams, as well as the Central Policy, Framework and Reporting Team within the Chief Controls Office.

What you’ll need

Technical

1. Extensive risk and controls experience within a highly regulated environment (ideally insurance).
2. Technical knowledge of financial control frameworks and assurance processes.
3. A track record of embedding control frameworks or delivering control enhancements in Finance or Actuarial environments.
4. Strong stakeholder management skills – ability to influence, collaborate and drive action at senior levels.
5. Excellent communication skills – able to translate complex risk topics for a range of audiences.

Ways of working

Our hybrid model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. When you'll be in the office depends on your role, but most colleagues are in 2 days a week, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you.

This role will be based at our London Office.

What we’ll give you

We wouldn’t be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That’s why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role. Our core benefits include:

1. 9% employer contributed pension.
2. 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover.
3. Additional optional Health and Dental insurance.
4. Up to 20% bonus.
5. EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
6. Private Healthcare.
7. 30 days annual leave.
8. Buy as you earn share scheme.
9. Employee discounts and cashback.
10. Plus many more!

Being Yourself

Difference makes us who we are. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work – that’s why we champion diverse voices, build workplaces that work for people, and invest in the things that matter. From senior leadership to inclusivity networks, adaptive working to inclusion training, we’ve made it our mission to give you everything you need to be authentically you. Discover more at directlinegroupcareers.com.

Together we’re one of a kind.

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