At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead risk management processes and mentor teams to foster a proactive culture.
- Company: Join a leading consultancy in London with a focus on innovative risk solutions.
- Benefits: Full-time role with competitive salary, professional development, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and networking in the risk management industry.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by managing risks on large-scale projects in exciting sectors.
- Qualifications: Degree in mathematics or construction, with experience in risk management and client relations.
What You Will Do
- Risk Management and Leadership
- Develop, implement and manage appropriate risk management procedures and processes for clients.
- Liaise, engage and communicate with all relevant key stakeholders including senior level management in the risk management process.
- Lead and develop teams in best practices ensuring a pro-active risk management culture is established.
- Present and lead confidently in front of client teams in workshops and meetings.
- Ensure that high quality risk information is obtained and maintained in dedicated risk management platforms that meet audit and compliance requirements.
- Work with project teams to produce QRAs (QCRA and QSRA) and use specialist software for QRA risk modelling and produce detailed reports.
- Analyse large volumes of data to identify patterns, trends and potential risks and escalate accordingly.
- Develop and produce relevant reporting of risk to stakeholders that supports key decision making.
- Regularly update clients on risk status highlighting any issues that may impact cost or timelines.
- Provide unique risk management insights across client projects including emerging risks.
- Team Leadership and Development
- Mentor and develop Risk Analysts and Risk Managers – offering career guidance and feedback.
- Actively contribute to the upskilling of the team through knowledge sharing, provide training sessions and technical peer reviews.
- Support resource planning and delivery oversight across multiple commissions.
- Business Development and Service Line Growth
- Play a leading role in bids and proposals – shaping win themes, writing content and participating in presentations.
- Contribute to service development initiatives including best practice frameworks, templates, toolkits and delivery models.
- Represent the Risk Management service line at events, conferences or thought leadership forums.
- Bring external market insight and policy developments into project delivery and service improvement.
About You
The ideal Risk Manager for this role is someone with an in-depth understanding of risk management and quantitative risk management and its place within the project structure. You will be a forward-thinking individual who drives collaboration and communication both inside and outside of the business. You will have experience in client management and have an appetite to keep learning and maintain your risk management skillset.
Skills, Experience & Personal Qualities
- Degree qualified – preferably with a mathematics or construction related discipline.
- Chartered or specialist risk qualification e.g. IRM Cert and membership to a risk professional body such as IRM, APM.
- Experience in PMO within risk and control or project management with demonstrable experience in managing risk registers, facilitating risk workshops, supporting qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, and reporting risk exposure across complex projects.
- Experience working on large complex engineering projects in a risk management role, ideally within the nuclear, energy or utility sectors.
- Excellent understanding of the principles of schedule management, estimating and cost management.
- Excellent data analysis and technical skills and extensive experience in using risk management software such as Safran, ARM, Acumen and producing QRAs (QCRA and QSRA).
- Strong user of the Microsoft Office suite.
- Previous experience within a consultancy environment desirable.
- Proven ability to build and manage client relationships at senior level.
- Evidence of experience in client presentation.
- Ability to take initiative and pro-actively engage and lead teams.
- Experience in mentoring, supporting and developing junior colleagues.
- Strong written, verbal, listening and presentation skills and able to deliver high quality work in challenging timeframes.
- Strategic thinker with a commercial mindset, pro-active approach and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent leadership skills with a collaborative approach and able to provide professional guidance, advice and training to others.
- Experience working in a client-focused environment with a personal commitment to the delivery of excellent client service.
- Excellent Business Development skills.
- Demonstrable evidence of growing and establishing a network in the risk management industry.
- A keen interest and able to demonstrate an understanding of market issues, events and associated emerging risks and how they relate to projects.
- Positive attitude with a willingness to get involved, and authentic in the workplace.
Associate Risk Manager in London employer: Gardiner & Theobald
Gardiner & Theobald is an exceptional employer, offering a collaborative and innovative work culture that prioritises employee growth and development. As a Procurement Manager, you will have the opportunity to lead impactful projects within the infrastructure sector while benefiting from a partner-led model that fosters mentorship and career advancement. With a strong commitment to social responsibility and sustainability, G&T not only supports your professional journey but also empowers you to contribute to meaningful change in the communities we serve.
We think you need these skills to ace Associate Risk Manager in London
Risk Management
Quantitative Risk Management
Client Management
Data Analysis
Risk Modelling Software (e.g. Safran, ARM, Acumen)
Project Management
Facilitating Risk Workshops
