Risk and Assurance Manager
Salary: £66,000 per annum to £72,500 per annum (London weighted salary) or £58,000 per annum to £64,500 per annum (Regional salary), dependent on experience.
Location: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford.
Reporting to the Head of Risk and Assurance and working with a Risk and Assurance Manager and a Risk Analyst within the Transformation and Change team.
This role will provide a great opportunity to help embed and strengthen risk management and assurance across a large organisation, enabling better decision making and helping us deliver reliable, repeatable and consistent services for our residents. You will help shape and mature our new group‑wide approach to risk and assurance. You'll lead efforts to get buy‑in from across the business and ensure the approach is rolled out effectively, drawing on your knowledge of the sector and best practice to continuously improve how L&Q manages risk, controls and assurance.
Responsibilities
Your impact in the role:
* Support the maturing of the Group‑wide approach to risk, controls and assurance.
* Lead efforts to get buy‑in from across the business and ensure the approach is rolled out and followed effectively.
* Ensure our reporting is data‑driven and clearly presented, communicating effectively through L&Q’s governance structures.
* Deliver a second‑line assurance programme, working with risk and control owners to review how well controls are working and advising on improvement or simplification.
* Use knowledge and insights to set risk appetite at a strategic level and guide the business on how to apply it in day‑to‑day decision‑making.
* Embed and continuously improve our group‑wide approach to critical incident and business continuity management.
Key relationships
* Part of a small central team that supports the business in understanding its risks, how well current controls are working, and identifying ways to improve them.
* Work closely with leaders and teams across the Group to help them understand the risks in their accountable areas and develop practical, effective ways to manage them.
How will you help achieve departmental targets and goals
* Ensure we meet targets to increase compliance with our risk and assurance framework – consistent expression of risks, strong controls and assurance.
* Help ensure every area demonstrates routine self‑assessment of their control effectiveness and contributes to providing the second line of assurance, working closely with the third line, internal audit.
What you'll bring
* Technical expertise in risk management and assurance.
* Experience of risk management and assurance across a large organisation.
* Analytical and problem‑solving skills and mindset.
* Strong ability to build relationships, network with colleagues, lead, motivate and deliver through others to achieve successful outcomes.
* Brilliant communication skills, able to express complex concepts in an easy to consume manner.
Benefits
* Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
* 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
* Westfield Health Cash Plan
* Non‑contributory life assurance
* Up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
* Lifestyle benefits
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Many more…
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