Risk Management Specialist

4 weeks ago


West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Hitchenor Wakeford Limited Full time

At Hitchenor Wakeford Limited, we are looking for a highly skilled Risk & Compliance Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in continually improving and enhancing our control framework to improve commercial performance and mitigate key risks.

This role will involve partnering with the contracts management team across the group to ensure that our risk management processes are effective and efficient. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing the risk and controls framework, ensuring the integrity of the Risk Register & Management Book, and managing direct reports and consultant resources.

Key responsibilities will include:

  1. Leading and managing the risk and controls framework (RACM).
  2. Responsible for the integrity of the Risk Register & Management Book.
  3. Management responsibility for direct reports and consultant resources directly contributing to the achievement of the divisions performance targets.
  4. Day to day management of assurance consultant's framework working with them to identify risks and ensure appropriate risk mitigation strategies are in place and operating.
  5. Work closely with the Project Controls function to effectively reduce capital programme risk through agreeing risk mitigation strategies.
  6. Liaise with key stakeholders ensuring that controls are adequately documented, and risks are well understood.
  7. To formally undertake commercial investigations in a professional manner, seeking support or feeding into Internal Audit, in line with the Speak Up Policy and Process and/or working with HR in line with the Conduct Policy.
  8. Responsible for designing the annual compliance monitoring programme for capital and non-capital partners with a clear delivery plan and resource requirements.

The ideal candidate will have experience in risk-based auditing, excellent knowledge and experience of commercial risk management, and strong interpersonal skills. They will also have strong analytical skills and the ability to challenge existing frameworks, processes, and controls. A comprehensive knowledge and experience of auditing techniques and best practice is also essential. In addition, the candidate should be an experienced communicator at all levels with demonstrable skills in management, leadership, and conflict resolution. Knowledge and understanding of Corporate Governance is also required.



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