Risk Manager

Responsibility for all aspects of risk management across assigned clients, challenging the risk management and controls within those clients. Leading and mentoring more junior team members to develop their understanding of risk management and the Asta companies and clients. Responsible for reviewing and owning reporting to both client and Asta governance forums.

Key Responsibilities

• Risk management framework: Support the development and maintenance of allocated framework sections, in liaison with other team members and the Head of Risk. Provide feedback and improvement suggestions for other sections of the framework, to other team members and the Head of Risk.
• Risk identification and monitoring: Responsible for identifying, documenting and rating risks in relevant clients, including reviewing work undertaken by direct reports. Ensuring a complete record is maintained in Decision Focus of all the risks in the allocated clients. Organising and facilitating risk workshops to identify and rate risks in clients. Challenging client management on the risks identified, control effectiveness and the ratings. Maintain risk registers for allocated clients, including regular challenge with the management.
• Risk reporting: Responsible for preparing and presenting the regular and ad hoc reporting for the client Assurance Working Group, Syndicate Boards and Committees.
• Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong working relationships with relevant staff in clients and at Asta, to establish a strong risk culture. Provide formal training for staff in Asta and at clients where appropriate and maintain regular contact to ensure risk management processes are effective and reporting is accurate.
• Risk appetite & KRIs: Maintain the risk appetite statements and monitoring for allocated clients and risk categories, in line with the overall framework. Provide regular reporting against client risk appetites, discussing breaches with Syndicates and documenting the reasons and actions required. Oversee the maintenance of the Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) for review at Committee and Board level, flagging exceptions for management action.
• ORSA: Prepare ORSA documentation for allocated Syndicates and contribute updates to the ORSA framework for allocated risk categories.
• Stress & Scenario testing: Complete reverse stress testing (RST) for allocated Syndicates, and provide challenge and input to overall approach for operational risk modelling and RST scenario testing.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Communication: Excellent interpersonal and written skills that enable the job holder to build trust with senior members of Asta and the managed syndicates, and persuade them of the business benefits of an embedded enterprise-wide risk management culture.
• Credibility: Possess an enthusiasm for risk management that persuades others of its value. Potential to become confident and able to deal at senior levels within Asta and the managed syndicates to influence business leaders.
• Integrity: The ability to make a principled stand where required.
• Flexibility: The ability to retain a sense of perspective and recognise the occasional collision between “real world” situations and reality. Good organisational skills with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Personality: The ability to work both independently and within a wider team.
• Initiative: The ability to contribute to on-going development/improvements through original thinking, persuasive argument and a considered approach.

Desirable Experience:

• Strong understanding of the insurance market and risk, with a basic understanding of the activities of a Lloyd’s syndicate.
• Experience of working in an underwriting or underwriting-related area or a good understanding of underwriting risk and basic underwriting processes would be an advantage.
• A keen interest in the understanding of risk management and control concepts.
• Strong understanding of Solvency II and other regulatory requirements; an understanding of how they impact on the business desirable.

Job Benefits

Davies are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome candidates of all genders, gender identity and expression, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, nationality, and belief (or lack thereof). Join us and enjoy our ever-evolving benefits, including but not limited to:

• Reward platform – discounts for over 800 retailers
• 25 days holiday (rising with service)
• Well-being centre
• Recognition programme
• Family friendly employer
• Pension - company contribution at 10%
• Life Assurance (10 x basic salary)
• Private medical with an annual health check
• Development, training, and professional qualification
• Employee volunteering programme

About Asta

We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses. We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management. Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.