Risk jobs in United Kingdom

We are looking for a Risk and Market Intelligence Manager with a strong analytical skill set, covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, and proven experience in identifying and assessing emerging risks. The role will lead and develop our organisation-wide Risk and Intelligence Framework (RIF) for identifying, evaluating, and managing market risk.

In this role, you will oversee the day-to-day running of our market risk pipeline, ensuring that concerns, insights and emerging risks are captured, evaluated and progressed promptly through the appropriate decision-making routes. You will take a lead role in the continuous triage of concerns, applying clear criteria and structured assessment methods to ensure risks are prioritised effectively and, where necessary, fast-tracked for immediate senior consideration. You will maintain an auditable pipeline of activity and provide accurate, timely reporting to senior leaders and Board committees.

You will also be responsible for developing the SRA's capability and confidence in recognising market risks. This includes maintaining and evolving our regulatory Harms Framework for market risk, providing education and coaching to colleagues, and ensuring consistent application of risk criteria across the organisation. Working through influence, you will facilitate collaboration across teams and contribute to wider organisational forums to support knowledge sharing and aligned responses to risk.

A key part of the role will involve monitoring external best practice and building relationships with peer organisations to strengthen our approach to identifying and mitigating market risk. You may also have responsibility for line managing colleagues, supporting their development while driving continuous improvement in how we understand, prioritise and act on market risk across the organisation.

• Establish and lead on the development of our approach to evaluating and managing emerging risk in the legal sector
• Make a real impact in the public interest as part of the largest legal regulator in England and Wales.
• Work collaboratively internally, and externally with other stakeholders

• Experience of identifying and assessing emerging risks at a strategic level
• Broad analytical toolset including quantitative and qualitative methods: postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience
• Deep experience of complex prioritisation, involving or emerging information and trade-offs
• Experience of leading and working within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of matrix working in complex organisation
• Experience of leading through influence
• Ability to produce reasoned, defensible analysis that can be relied upon to determine regulatory policy and prioritised action.
• Experience of communicating ideas and findings with both internal and external stakeholders, and to quality assure outputs.
• Ability to think both logically and creatively.
• Strong team player.

The full specification for the role can be found at the bottom of the advert on our website.

We operate on a hybrid working model which means working 1-2 days in the office and the rest of the week from home.

Please click 'apply' to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements of the role. Your Cover Letter should be no longer than 2 pages.

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Closing date for applications is 12 January at 09:00.