Senior Risk Manager
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Senior Risk Manager within Connells Group's second line of defence (2LOD) Risk function. The Senior Risk Manager plays a critical role in strengthening Connells Group’s enterprise risk capability, supporting the identification, assessment, management, and reporting of risks across the organisation.
You will act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, embedding a proactive risk culture, enhancing governance frameworks, and ensuring that risk insights effectively inform strategic decision-making.
This operates at a Group level and is intentionally broad, providing flexibility to support priority risk areas as required.
Key Responsibilities:
Enterprise Risk Framework & Governance
1. Support the ongoing development and enhancement of the Group Risk Management Framework (GRMF), ensuring alignment to regulatory expectations and industry best practice
2. Drive application of risk policies, standards, and methodologies across the business
3. Contribute to governance processes, including Executive Risk Committee and Board-level reporting
4. Monitor the firms risk profile and escalate emerging risks to the Risk Committee and relevant governance forums in a timely manner
5. Champion a strong risk culture across the organisation
6. Promote clarity around roles and responsibilities
7. Identify opportunities to enhance risk processes, tools, and reporting capabilities
8. Support implementation of automation and digital risk tooling where appropriate
9. Contribute to maturity uplift of enterprise risk capability
Risk Identification & Assessment
10. Lead risk identification and assessment activities across business units
11. Ensure risks are clearly articulated, appropriately scored (impact/likelihood), and aligned to risk appetite
12. Challenge first-line assessments to ensure robustness, consistency, and transparency
13. Ensure risk practices align with relevant regulatory requirements and expectations
14. Support control environment assessments, including identification of weaknesses and improvement actions
15. Collaborate with Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure alignment and minimise duplication
Risk Reporting & Insights
16. Produce executive-ready risk reports, dashboards, and insights
17. Enhance risk MI to provide forward-looking, decision-useful information (trends, emerging risks, stress points)
18. Support development of risk heatmaps, scenario analysis, and thematic reviews
19. Contribute to the Group's RCSA process and operational resilience programme
20. Oversee the management of risk events, issues, and remediation actions
21. Ensure timely escalation of material risks and breaches
22. Monitor delivery of mitigating actions and challenge delays or inefficiencies
Stakeholder Engagement
23. Act as an advisor to senior leaders, supporting effective risk ownership and accountability
24. Build strong relationships across functions
25. Provide constructive challenge while maintaining a solutions-oriented approach
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
26. Significant experience in enterprise risk management within a complex organisation (financial services, property, or related sectors advantageous)
27. Strong understanding of risk frameworks, governance, and regulatory expectations
28. Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders effectively
29. Experience producing Executive-level reporting
30. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
31. Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex risk concepts
32. Confident, balanced approach to risk
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