Risk Director

Seeking an experienced Risk Director to join a diversified holding group preparing for IPO. Ideal candidate has proven enterprise risk leadership across subsidiaries, strong capital markets/IPO readiness experience, and a track record embedding risk frameworks in multi‑business portfolios.

Main responsibilities

• Lead enterprise risk management for a multi‑company holding group (identify, assess, monitor, report).
• Design and implement group‑level risk framework, policies and appetite aligned with board and executive strategy.
• Drive IPO risk readiness: coordinate due diligence, financial disclosures, internal controls (SOX readiness where applicable), and risk disclosures for prospectus/registrar.
• Develop and oversee consolidated risk reporting and KPIs for board and audit/risk committees.
• Lead stress testing, scenario analysis and capital/ liquidity planning across subsidiaries.
• Establish and manage risk governance: roles, committee charters, escalation pathways and risk culture program.
• Oversee credit, market, operational, regulatory and reputational risk assessments across diverse businesses.
• Coordinate external auditors, legal counsel, underwriters and advisors on risk matters during IPO process.
• Implement risk systems, data analytics and automation to enable timely risk insights.
• Coach and build a small group of risk managers across portfolio companies; ensure consistent methodologies.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and engagement with regulators across jurisdictions where the holding operates.