Senior Associate Risk Management Delivery

at  Athora

Executive Summary
Role Title: Associate / Senior Associate – Risk Management Delivery
Team: Group Financial Oversight
Function: Group Finance
Location: London, Hybrid
Purpose of this Role
The Vision of the Group Financial Oversight (GFO) team is to develop and maintain a risk and control culture across Athora Finance, ensuring it is at the heart of everything we do. The team oversees, challenges and takes an active part in risk management across the function and is responsible for implementing, enhancing and maintaining risk and control frameworks, and providing internal assurance over the effectiveness of Finance controls.
The Risk Management Delivery Associate provides expertise in identifying, assessing and mitigating risks across the Group Finance function. They support and lead on the implementation of risk management strategies and policies and the maintenance and oversight of procedures, to minimise financial loss, optimise business performance and ensure the company’s assets, reputation and operations are safeguarded.

Key Responsibilities

• Support delivery of all Finance risk management across the Athora Finance organisation, providing Enterprise Risk Management expertise, and using technical knowledge to identify and assess risks and controls from an end to end perspective in order to strengthen the control environment.
• Utilise data analysis tools and methodologies to identify trends and patterns that may indicate emerging risks or control environment weaknesses and work with Group Finance to mitigate these.
• Deliver risk and control assessments, including financial, operational, regulatory and strategic risks. Mapping of key processes and controls. Provide guidance around the control environment to Athora’s Finance organisation and key stakeholders.
• Prepare regular risk oversight Management information to senior managers and key stakeholders; highlighting trends, emerging risks and proposes strategies for risk mitigation; including the Group Financial Oversight Forum.
• Act as an SME leading Group Finance in the identification, assessment and resolution of risk and control related threats and opportunities, minimising the risks to the business and maximising performance
• Communicate Risk management policies and procedures to relevant stakeholders; providing training and awareness programmes to ensure a risk aware culture across Group Finance.

Personal Capabilities Required

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to win commitment from others.
• Ability to think laterally, look ahead to future possibilities, be innovative and find creative solutions in a complex and ambiguous environment.
• Strong attention to detail. High level of integrity, tenacity and resilience. Ability to work on own initiative with a highly flexible attitude, whilst maintaining a high degree of confidentiality.
• Strong Relationship management skills to achieve objectives through others and maintain effective stakeholder relationships across a wide group.
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills with people at all levels internally and externally with the ability to build credible working relationships.

Functional or Technical Knowledge and Skill Required

• Professional qualification or experience in related field (e.g. risk management or audit) with in-depth specialist risk capabilities, knowledge and financial acumen.
• Knowledge of risk management best practice as it relates to insurance and reinsurance.
• Experience of risk assessment; controls design, delivery, testing; and management experience, ideally in a SOx type environment.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Risk Management and insurance regulatory regimes including Solvency II and risk requirements.

Apply By:
14-02-202

• Support delivery of all Finance risk management across the Athora Finance organisation, providing Enterprise Risk Management expertise, and using technical knowledge to identify and assess risks and controls from an end to end perspective in order to strengthen the control environment.
• Utilise data analysis tools and methodologies to identify trends and patterns that may indicate emerging risks or control environment weaknesses and work with Group Finance to mitigate these.
• Deliver risk and control assessments, including financial, operational, regulatory and strategic risks. Mapping of key processes and controls. Provide guidance around the control environment to Athora’s Finance organisation and key stakeholders.
• Prepare regular risk oversight Management information to senior managers and key stakeholders; highlighting trends, emerging risks and proposes strategies for risk mitigation; including the Group Financial Oversight Forum.
• Act as an SME leading Group Finance in the identification, assessment and resolution of risk and control related threats and opportunities, minimising the risks to the business and maximising performance
• Communicate Risk management policies and procedures to relevant stakeholders; providing training and awareness programmes to ensure a risk aware culture across Group Finance