Enterprise Risk Manager - 12 Month Contract - Investment Management

Job Description

Meraki Talent are working with a mid-sized investment manager to help them identify an Enterprise Risk Manager.

Reporting into the CRO your duties will include:

• Lead the ICARA process ensuring all documentation is updated and submitted for review / approval by the appropriate committees.
• Maintaining and assisting with the development of the risk management framework/ policy and operational risk policies
• Ensuring risk appetite is well understood and embedded within the business
• Training the business on the operational risk policies.
• Collation of the outputs of the framework e.g. RCSA’s, risk events, KRI’s to present a coherent view of risk to senior management.
• Oversight, challenge and management of risk events, including adequate documentation, ensuring lessons learned are embedded into the 1st line of
• defence process improvements on an ongoing basis.
• Management of the framework for tracking governance, risk and compliance actions, ensuring periodic reporting on timeliness of completion to senior management
• Maintain detailed, working knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements pertinent to the operation of effective systems and controls, including SYSC, SMCR and outsourcing.
• Ensure timely and effective reporting on operational risk matters to committees, in line with committee terms of reference.
• Undertake review and approval of certain projects where there is a high degree of operational risk, e.g. change/addition of new outsourced provider.

We are looking for:

• Ideally Investment management experience within an operational risk role / Enterprise risk management
• Experience supporting firm-wide projects and identification of risks within a project
• Holds knowledge of regulatory requirements within the UK Financial Services markets
• Has experience and knowledge of risk management concepts, methodologies and practical implementation
• Brings hands-on experience of an operational risk role, within an FCA-regulated Investment Manager
• Previous line management experience is
• Holds a professional qualification in Risk management from the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) is desirable

Hybrid London based 1 or 2 days in the office, this is a 12 month fixed term contract