Senior Risk Manager - 2plan Wealth Management

The opportunity

As we grow and develop the Risk & Compliance function at 2plan, we are looking for an established Senior Risk Manager to join the team. Supporting the Risk & Compliance Director in the development and maintenance of the risk framework, you’ll help 2plan make strong risk-based decisions and provide guidance and counsel to the Senior Leadership Team. Alongside the Risk & Compliance team, you’ll take responsibility for enhancing and embedding the risk culture, provide independent oversight, assurance and challenge of risk management practices and control performance in the 1^st line.

This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week in our Leeds office.

The benefits:

Salary - up to £85,000
Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 17.5%
Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
Critical illness cover
Income protection - 1x salary
Death in service - 4x salary
25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Key Accountabilities:

Conduct and present risk assessments and reports for the Senior Leadership Team, Board Committees and Group Risk & Compliance
Support the Risk & Compliance Director in ensuring that the risk and control frameworks are operating effectively.
Build and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with stakeholders.
Drive ownership and understanding of the benefits of risk management across the business.
Innovate and develop new risk approaches, utilising industry and subject knowledge and contacts.
Lead the production of risk assessments and opinions for key business decisions, change initiatives and strategic initiatives.
Support the maintenance of the centralised risk database, acting as lead administrator for user access and queries, including the development and roll-out of new functionality.
Work with the business on maintaining risk and incident logs and escalating emerging issues as appropriate.
Design and deliver training and awareness programmes.
Oversee the investigation and resolution of risk incidents and breaches.
Provide strategic risk insights and recommendations.

What will you need to succeed?

Qualifications/ Experience:

Extensive experience working in risk or compliance in either a first line or second line capacity.
Experience of working in a range of risk types (mixture of enterprise risk, operational risk categories or across financial, operational and compliance)
Experience in the intermediated financial services industry is desirable but not essential; or
Experience of wider financial services industry with a large insurer or bank desirable
Studying towards or have completed a professional risk or finance qualification (e.g. CFA, IRM) would be advantageous
Preferable experience producing stress testing or in scenario analysis techniques

Knowledge:

A strong understanding of risk management concepts and practical application
Knowledge of the financial services industry or similar service industry propositions
Awareness of a good range of products within the retail financial services sector
Understanding of FCA regulatory policy and priorities

Skills and Competencies:

Excellent problem-solving skills and logical thinker
Well-developed communication skills to negotiate and influence internally with colleagues at all levels.
A confident risk professional who is comfortable working at all organisational levels and can command the respect of colleagues to demonstrate the benefits of risk management.
Understanding the issues involved in running a business and the trade-off between risk and reward.
Able to provide clear, pragmatic advice to colleagues at all levels of the business.
Effective business writing – keeping the complex simple.
Ability to effectively assess priorities and deadlines.
High self-confidence and motivation
Interpretive thinker to create/develop innovative solutions.
Attention to detail and strong analytical skills including the ability to draw accurate conclusions from limited / incomplete data sets
The ability to visualise and articulate complex concepts to varied groups of stakeholders in a concise and structured manner

Why us?

2Plan Wealth Management was Launched in July 2007 and we have continuously built on our strengths to become one of the leading wealth management firms in the UK. Our head office administration, technology and regulatory teams provide exceptional support to all our financial advisers around the country, enabling them to deliver the best possible service to clients. The client experience is paramount and all our advisers pride themselves on providing up-to-date advice and building long lasting, professional client relationships. We want all our clients to view 2plan wealth management as their trusted go-to adviser for their financial matters.

At The Openwork Partnership, we're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential. We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.

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Senior Risk Manager - 2plan Wealth Management

The opportunity

What will you need to succeed?

Why us?

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