Head of Risk and Compliance Advisory – 6-month FTC
About People’s Partnership:
At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future‑saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit‑chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fuelled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.
What you’ll be doing:
The Head of Risk & Compliance Advisory plays a pivotal role in supporting the business to confidently navigate risk, ensuring high-quality, pragmatic guidance is embedded into everyday decision‑making. Reporting to the Business Risk Director, this role leads a team of trusted Business Partners who work closely with stakeholders across the organisation, helping to identify, assess and manage risk in a proactive and commercially minded way. With a strong focus on governance, collaboration and influence, you will champion a positive risk culture — ensuring risk and compliance considerations are not just managed but truly integrated into how the business operates and grows.
- Provide leadership and direction to the risk and compliance business partners team, fostering a culture of ethical conduct and risk awareness
- Collaborate with business units to address risk‑and compliance related issues and provide guidance on mitigating risks to avoid and delimit risk crystallisation
- Provide clear, timely, and expert advice on risk and compliance matters to business leaders and teams.
- Support the identification, assessment, and management of risks.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across risk frameworks, reporting, and processes.
- Act as a point of escalation for key risks, emerging themes, issues and incidents and breaches.
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience in a senior risk management or related role, with a focus on risk mitigation through business partnering
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex business and risk requirements
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels
- Demonstrated leadership experience, including the ability to build and lead a high‑performing team
- Results‑oriented mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement.
What you can expect from us:
- Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
- Real living wage
- Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
- Employee healthcare
- Parental and adoption leave
- Learning & development opportunities and study support
- Travel season ticket loans
- Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
- Onsite gym
- Social clubs and events
You can learn more about how we support our employees on our website.
Disability Statement
People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. This role may support hybrid working. To make use of this arrangement, employees must have an appropriate home working environment, including a private workspace and reliable, secure high speed internet that enables them to perform their duties effectively. We are a disability committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best “you”.
