Risk and Market Intelligence Manager Contract Type Permanent Working Pattern Full time Working Hours 35 hours per week Salary £60,409.75 for Birmingham and £66,450.73 for London Location Options Birmingham with part of the week working from home, London with part of the week working from home Function Type Policy, Education and Research We are looking for a Risk and Market Intelligence Manager with a strong analytical skill set, covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, and proven experience in identifying and assessing emerging risks. The role will lead and develop our organisation-wide Risk and Intelligence Framework (RIF) for identifying, evaluating, and managing market risk. The role In this role, you will oversee the day-to-day running of our market risk pipeline, ensuring that concerns, insights and emerging risks are captured, evaluated and progressed promptly through the appropriate decision-making routes. You will take a lead role in the continuous triage of concerns, applying clear criteria and structured assessment methods to ensure risks are prioritised effectively and, where necessary, fast-tracked for immediate senior consideration. You will maintain an auditable pipeline of activity and provide accurate, timely reporting to senior leaders and Board committees. You will also be responsible for developing the SRA's capability and confidence in recognising market risks. This includes maintaining and evolving our regulatory Harms Framework for market risk, providing education and coaching to colleagues, and ensuring consistent application of risk criteria across the organisation. Working through influence, you will facilitate collaboration across teams and contribute to wider organisational forums to support knowledge sharing and aligned responses to risk. A key part of the role will involve monitoring external best practice and building relationships with peer organisations to strengthen our approach to identifying and mitigating market risk. You may also have responsibility for line managing colleagues, supporting their development while driving continuous improvement in how we understand, prioritise and act on market risk across the organisation. What's in it for you Establish and lead on the development of our approach to evaluating and managing emerging risk in the legal sector Make a real impact in the public interest as part of the largest legal regulator in England and Wales. Work collaboratively internally, and externally with other stakeholders What we are looking for Experience of identifying and assessing emerging risks at a strategic level Broad analytical toolset including quantitative and qualitative methods: postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience Deep experience of complex prioritisation, involving or emerging information and trade-offs Experience of leading and working within multidisciplinary teams Experience of matrix working in complex organisation Experience of leading through influence Ability to produce reasoned, defensible analysis that can be relied upon to determine regulatory policy and prioritised action. Experience of communicating ideas and findings with both internal and external stakeholders, and to quality assure outputs. Ability to think both logically and creatively. Strong team player. Useful and additional information The full specification for the role can be found at the bottom of the advert on our website. We are recruiting for this role in our Birmingham and London offices. You will be based in the office nearest to your location, working 1-2 days a week in the office and the remainder of the week from home. If you have any questions that are not answered in the advert or on our website, or would like to have a confidential chat you can contact us via: recruitment@sra.org.uk. To apply Please click 'apply' to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements of the role. Your Cover Letter should be no longer than 2 pages. To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages. Closing date for applications is 12 January at 09:00. The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards. We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life. Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation. Attached Role Profile Risk and Market Intelligence Manager Role Profile.docx - 39KB Opens in a new window Converted File Risk and Market Intelligence Manager Role Profile.docx.pdf - 48KB Opens in a new window Vacancy closing date: 12/01/2026, 09:00 The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff. Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.