Risk Manager, ERM in London

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What Is the Opportunity? This senior role sits within the Travelers Europe (‘TRVE’) Enterprise Risk Management (’ERM’) team supporting the Chief Risk Officer (’CRO’) to develop and embed the Travelers Europe Risk Management Framework (’RMF’) and Risk Appetite Framework (‘RAF’) in view of business plans. Under general supervision, this role supports the TRVE ERM programme by working on financial risks, mostly through model validation, and non-financial risks with Risk Owners (or subject matter experts) in the business units (or the first line of risk management). The role requires knowledge and application of Prudential Regulatory Authority (‘PRA’), Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’), Lloyd’s, Central Bank of Ireland (‘CBI’) and Bermuda Monetary Authority requirements. This is a second line role working across all principal risks (Insurance, Market, Operational, Credit, Liquidity and Strategic) in collaboration with other experts to achieve objectives.

What Will You Do? Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Leads preparation of the Validation Report to PRA and Lloyd’s requirements and other documents that may be required, including the Validation Policy and Validation Standards and supporting documentation.
• Assists with monitoring compliance of validation processes in line with regulatory requirements reporting to the Model Oversight Committee, Business Risk Committee and Board Committees.
• Is a relationship manager for the business units (‘BU’), through ad hoc and regular Risk and Control Self-Assessment (‘RCSA’) meetings, to ensure full and consistent understanding of risk assessments, and to communicate the expectations Risk and Control Owners need to meet.
• Ensures there is strong collaboration across other lines of risk management.
• Works with business owners to identify and assess the internal control environment leading the reporting of risk events and challenging business actions to remediate deficiencies; and reports findings, recommendations and updates to the Boards and Committees.
• Reviews and challenges quarterly risk assessments and risk exposure reports, using experience and external benchmarking.
• Escalates priority items, unresolved or unexplainable issues to the CRO and Risk Owners.
• Collaborates with BU to identify and mitigate emerging risks often through working on transformation / strategic projects as the ERM subject matter expert.
• Collates and aggregates financial and non-financial risk exposure data, preparing risk reports for Boards and Committees, risk appetite performance and risk register summaries.
• Assists with the oversight of remediation activities as they progress and/or complete.
• Develops and maintains ERM documentation (frameworks, policies and process definitions) and updates/produces risk reports owned by the Boards, ORSA, Risk Book (aka ORSA Record), climate MI and others.
• Assists with the design and implementation of stress tests to be carried out on risk types modelled in the TRVE Capital Models in order to provide sufficient objective review and challenge on the functioning of the model and accuracy and appropriateness of its outputs for all model uses.
• In partnership with model parameter owners, assist with the design and implementation of appropriate tests to provide objective review and challenge of model inputs and the expert judgement involved in preparing those inputs.
• Assists with carrying out any specific validation tests, deep dives and thematic reviews required by regulations and guidance from the CBI, PRA and Lloyd’s.
• Assists with communicating the outcomes of all tests carried out to Model Oversight Committee, the ERC and the Boards; assists with communicating the impact and consequences of any failed tests and working with stakeholders to develop timescales and priorities for resolution.
• Perform other duties as assigned. This is an individual contributor role.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Project management - experience of working with functional management and building good relationships required, including the ability to manage and make significant contributions to risk projects and report/present to stakeholders using Microsoft tools.
• Bachelor (BSc) or Master (MSc) of science degree or higher in financial risk management.
• Studying towards, or holds, Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS), Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (FIA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM) or similar.
• Insurance - Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), Lloyd’s Market Associations (LMA) or others that are similar.
• Risk Management - Institute of Risk Management (IRM) or Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) or others that are similar.

What is a Must Have?

• Qualifications and/or experience of quantitative (or financial) and non-quantitative (or non-financial) risk management methods and tools in the UK/EU insurance industry.

What Is in It for You?

• Private Medical Insurance: On commencement of employment, you are eligible for single cover provided by Travelers, with the option to add cover for your dependents, at your expense through payroll deduction.
• Retirement: Travelers will make a core contribution of a percentage of salary to your Pension Plan. Additionally, if you decide to contribute to the plan, you will receive an increased company contribution.
• Holiday Entitlement: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 25 days holiday entitlement annually, plus the opportunity to purchase additional days to allow for up to a total of 35 holidays per year.
• Wellness Programme: The Travelers wellness programme is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health programme provides access to free professional counseling services and other resources that support your daily life needs.
• Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards programme that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

Employment Practices: Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.