First Line Risk

6 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Hymans Robertson LLP Full time

**The Role**:
We are seeking a First line Risk & Assurance lead for our pensions market to join us on a permanent, part time basis, working 4 days a week.

As the First line Risk & Assurance Lead (Pensions), you will be supporting our Head of Service Delivery (Pensions) and working closely with our network of Risk Champions and second line Risk & Regulatory compliance teams to carry out the following:
**Reporting and returns**
- Work with our Risk Champions and Heads of Business Units to collate first line reporting to support the Head of Service Delivery/Market Lead
- Pensions in discharging risk related responsibilities.
- Support the Head of Service Delivery (Pensions) with the collation of information and reporting required in relation to our Designated Professional Body licence status and Institute & Faculty of Actuaries Quality Assurance kitemark.
- Support the Head of Service Delivery (Pensions) with collating reporting in relation to e.g., anti-money laundering (AML) and the managements of conflicts of interest.

**First line Committee Attendance**
- Attendance at relevant first line committees
- Attendance at our Model Quality Group

**Assurance**
- Work closely with our Business Units and our second line Risk & Regulatory teams to set appropriate first line self-audit/controls testing programmes (aligned with our wider monitoring and assurance plans across the three lines of defence).
- Co-ordinate delivery of the self-audit programme in the pensions market
- supporting Business Units to deliver agreed audits and progress actions to address agreed findings.
- Support Head of Service Delivery (Pensions) to ensure that internal audit and second line assurance/compliance monitoring actions are closed off as agreed.
- Support Head of Service Delivery and Business Units as required with any external audit activity e.g., Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

**Risk control and risk event actions**
- Support Head of Service Delivery and Business Units as required to ensure timely management of risk events and control related actions.

**Frameworks and policies**
- Support Business Units to embed changes and enhancements to our risk management and regulatory compliance frameworks.
- Working closely with the second line Risk team, support policy owners with mandatory policy review exercises.
- Supporting Business Units with ensuring that any Business Unit specific policy related documents are accurate and up to date.

**Regulatory compliance**
- Working closely with our second line Regulatory compliance team:

- Support Business Units to comply with our regulatory requirements around e.g., AML, Bribery and Corruption, management of conflicts of interest, Gifts and Hospitality.

**Training**
- Deliver training to business units as required on risk management/regulatory compliance related topics e.g., adherence to AML processes, risk event reporting requirements etc.

Other ad-hoc/project related work as required e.g., supporting with system rollouts in first line.

To succeed in the role, you will be/have:

- Pro-active and pragmatic
- with a focus on using your judgment and initiative.
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Logical and organised with good attention to detail;
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills and experience of dealing with different stakeholders across a business.
- Ability to prioritise and manage several different projects at the same time spanning different areas of work.

**Qualifications/Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Experience in a risk management related role in financial services in an FCA regulated environment.
- Experience of working with Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel and ideally SharePoint.

**Desirable**:

- Risk management degree or IRM certificate in Enterprise Risk Management.

We work alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, offering independent pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions.

That's the who and the what. More important is the 'why'. The work we do may not always seem the sexiest. But it's difficult, it's complex, and it's important. We help our clients, their employees, members and customers make decisions that have real and direct consequences on their financial futures.

For 100 years we've taken this responsibility seriously. Together, as a team and with our clients and partners, we're here to build better futures.

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