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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:
Enterprise Risk Framework & Governance
- 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 escalate 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
Risk Identification & Assessment
- 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
Risk Reporting & Insights
- 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
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