Enterprise Risk Manager
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About the Role
Responsible for managing enterprise risk framework, RCSA cycle, and reporting while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and effective risk governance.
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Responsibilities
- Own end to end delivery of the group RCSA cycle across all Principal Risk Types
- Maintain the integrity of the group risk register, including risk descriptions and residual risk ratings
- Maintain the group control catalogue and Key Control population
- Design, calibrate and operate the Key Risk Indicator framework
- Produce risk management information for committees
- Support maintenance of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework
- Act as Product Owner for risk technology and change deliveries
- Support the operational risk event lifecycle
- Coordinate across FCA, JFSC and ADGM regulated entities
- Act as credible second line partner to the business
Requirements
- Experience in enterprise risk management within financial services
- Knowledge of FCA, JFSC, and FSRA/ADGM regulatory frameworks
- Hands on experience with RCSA cycles, risk registers, and control catalogues
- Ability to produce committee grade risk reporting
- Experience as Product Owner for risk technology
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Overview
- We are seeking an Enterprise Risk Manager to take ownership of the day to day operating disciplines of the company's group enterprise risk framework. The role is responsible for the integrity, traceability and reporting of the group risk register, control catalogue, Key Risk Indicator suite and Risk
Responsibilities
- Own end to end delivery of the group RCSA cycle across all Principal Risk Types, including scoping, scheduling, First Line engagement, methodology application and PRT sign off within agreed timelines.
- Maintain the integrity of the group risk register, including completeness of risk descriptions, residual risk ratings under the Zodia Risk Assessment Methodology (ZRAM), control linkage and quarterly inherent and residual risk updates.
- Maintain the group control catalogue and Key Control population, driving completeness and quality of control descriptions, thresholds, testing evidence and activity commentary.
- Design, calibrate and operate the Key Risk Indicator framework, establishing meaningful linkage between indicators and the underlying risks they measure, with clear escalation thresholds and reporting cadence.
- Produce risk management information for the Executive Risk Committee, the Board Audit and Risk Committee and other committees and fora, including risk appetite metrics, the risk dashboard and ad hoc papers requested by the CRO/COO.
- Support maintenance of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, supporting standards and operating procedures, including periodic review cycles, version control and approval evidencing.
- Act as Product Owner on behalf of the CRO for risk technology and change deliveries, covering the risk limits framework embedded within the trading platform, real time exposure monitoring, traded risk surveillance tools and GRC tooling.
- Represent the Risk function with confidence in design, prioritisation and delivery forums, and act as a credible delegate when the CRO is unavailable.
- Support the operational risk event lifecycle, including capture, classification, impact quantification, root cause analysis and remediation tracking.
- Coordinate across the FCA, JFSC and ADGM regulated entities, applying sensitivity to differing local regulatory expectations on risk governance, reporting and senior management accountability.
- Act as a credible second line partner to the business, providing constructive challenge and pragmatic guidance on the design and effectiveness of First Line controls.
- Support First Line owners in embedding risk and control thinking into new products, initiatives and operational change.
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