Enterprise Risk and Assurance Analyst

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment, where investment meets long term impact. Based in Wolverhampton, the successful candidate will work closely with the Enterprise Risk Manager and Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officer (CLCRO) to ensure the effective management of the firm’s enterprise risk frameworks.

What you’ll be doing:

• Operate and support the firm’s enterprise risk management framework, including maintaining risk registers, monitoring controls, and preparing reports.
• Assist in the design, development, and embedding of risk policies, procedures, and assurance frameworks across the business.
• Identify, assess, and quantify operational and enterprise risk scenarios, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Provide clear, pragmatic, and business-focused risk advice with appropriate guidance from the Enterprise Risk Manager.
• Produce accurate and timely risk reports, analysis, and presentations for senior stakeholders, including the senior leadership team and risk and audit committee.
• Support the operation of the firm’s assurance frameworks, including contributing evidence and input for internal and external audits and regulatory reporting where required.
• Collaborate with colleagues across functions to promote a strong risk culture and ensure risk management is embedded in decision-making.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with auditors, assurance providers, system suppliers, and other external stakeholders.
• Communicate technical and complex risk matters in a clear, concise, and relevant way for different audiences.
• Keep abreast of industry developments, regulatory expectations, and best practice to support continuous improvement of the risk function.
• Actively participate in professional development, ensuring knowledge of accounting, finance, investments, pensions, and risk management remains current.

About us:

LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Funds, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits.

Requirements:

• Strong reasoning and problem-solving skills, able to develop pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
• Able to communicate complex and technical risk matters in a way that is clear, relevant, and understandable to different audiences.
• Good report-writing and presentation skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Organised and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines under time pressure.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and sound judgement.
• Understanding of risk governance frameworks in asset management and how to implement them.
• Knowledge of the three lines of defence model and how it applies in practice.
• Ability to identify, assess, and quantify operational and enterprise risks.
• Active commitment to continuous professional development, with an up-to-date understanding of accounting, finance, investments, and pensions.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience).
• Associated risk management practitioner qualifications/certifications (preferred).
• Experience in asset management and/or wider financial services sector (preferred).

What do we offer?

We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer.