Senior Financial Risk Manager
London | Global Specialty Insurance Market
An exciting opportunity has arisen within a high-growth global specialty insurer for an experienced Financial Market Risk professional to join a highly visible and commercially focused Risk function.
This role offers broad exposure across investment, treasury, actuarial, and capital management activities, partnering closely with senior stakeholders to support and challenge financial market risk decisions across the business. The successful individual will operate in a lean, agile environment with significant visibility to executive leadership and genuine influence on strategic decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
* Partner closely with Investments, Treasury, Actuarial, Capital Modelling, and Finance teams on financial market risk matters.
* Support oversight of market, credit, liquidity, and investment risks across the balance sheet.
* Review and challenge investment strategy, portfolio exposures, and new asset class proposals.
* Produce risk opinions, deep-dive analysis, and committee reporting for senior stakeholders.
* Contribute to stress testing, scenario analysis, ORSA, and capital management activities.
* Support oversight and validation of investment and credit risk assumptions within capital models.
* Engage with internal and external investment managers regarding portfolio risk and market developments.
* Represent Financial Market Risk within governance forums and committee meetings.
Candidate Profile
We are keen to speak with individuals currently operating within insurance, asset management, pensions, or broader financial services environments who possess strong financial market risk expertise and a commercial mindset.
Experience sought includes:
* Financial market risk, investment risk, or credit risk management experience.
* Strong understanding of fixed income and insurer investment portfolios.
* Exposure to ALM, stress testing, liquidity risk, or capital modelling activities.
* Knowledge of Solvency II or economic capital frameworks.
* Strong analytical capability alongside excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
* Experience presenting within governance or committee environments.
* Ability to operate effectively within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious risk professional seeking broader strategic exposure and the chance to influence risk management within a growing international insurance platform.
For a confidential discussion, please apply