Risk Governance & Planning Manager

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

This role sits within our Risk Management function, which is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk; this may include establishing risk management procedures and processes to ensure adherence to policies. The Enterprise Risk Management area is responsible for supporting the achievement of an organization's objectives by addressing the full spectrum of its risks, and managing the combined impact of those risks as an interrelated risk portfolio.

You’ll play a key part in owning governance and planning for the RMF&S Team by supporting Aberdeen Group plc executive and board-level risk reporting, coordinating the annual ICARA cycle and supporting governance arrangements as they relate to the implementation of the ERMF.

• Work with the Head of RMF&S and Group CRO to define the agenda, prepare and publish the relevant materials and act as Secretary for the Group's Executive Risk Committee.
• Supporting CoSec and the Regulatory Framework & Services Team to ensure risk related Audit & Risk Committee papers are cleared by Executive Management, and work with the Risk Framework Manager to ensure R&C owned papers are provided to the ARC and plc Board to time and quality.
• Work with the Corporate & Prudential Team, and Finance, to develop and own the annual ICARA plan, ensuring clarity of dependencies, key milestones and the necessary sequencing of Aberdeen Group plc Board and MIFIDPRU Entity Boards (and their respective sub-committees), holding key stakeholders to account as appropriate.
• Support the Head of Risk Management Framework & Services in ensuring that all Risk & Compliance policies and standards are maintained in line with the Policy Governance Framework.
• Own the design and delivery of the periodic ORMF, working with the Risk Framework Manager to ensure key second line operational risk stakeholders are suitably engaged in the design and delivery of the ERMF as appropriate.

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Demonstratable experience in Risk, Compliance or Audit roles within Financial Services.
• Knowledge and experience in relation to the design and implementation of Risk Management Frameworks.
• Experience in the development of policies, standards, tools and methodologies.
• Excellent communication & stakeholder engagement; ability to articulate complex concepts in an effective way.
• Ideally, possess a suitable recognised professional qualification such as IRM or similar.

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