Investments Risk & Assurance Manager

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What you’ll doRisk Framework Implementation:
• Support the design and development of the Vodafone Investments’ Risk Management Framework, lead its implementation and align it with Vodafone Group risk management principles and standards.
• Establish practical and scalable risk processes across Vodafone Partners, Joint Ventures, Ventures and Platforms.
• Define risk governance, risk ownership and escalation processes across the Investments portfolio.
• Develop risk appetite statements, risk taxonomies, reporting methodologies and risk assessment standards appropriate to the Investments environment.
• Drive adoption of the framework and embed risk management into business decision-making and investment governance processes. Risk Oversight and Reporting
• Facilitate identification, assessment and management of strategic, operational, regulatory, governance and reputational risks.
• Maintain and oversee divisional risk registers and control assessments.
• Provide challenge and guidance to risk owners on mitigation plans and risk treatment actions.
• Develop insightful reporting for the Vodafone Investments Leadership Team, Boards and governance forums.
• Escalate material risks and emerging issues in accordance with agreed governance processes. Compliance Management
• Support the maintenance of a risk-based compliance programme across Vodafone Investments.
• Ensure effective implementation of relevant Vodafone policies, standards and controls.
• Coordinate compliance assessments and monitoring activities across partner markets, investments and joint ventures where appropriate.
• Provide guidance on regulatory, integrity and compliance-related matters, working closely with Group Compliance and Legal teams Assurance & Controls
• Implement assurance activities to assess the effectiveness of risk controls and framework adoption.
• Coordinate management assurance reviews and thematic assessments across the portfolio.
• Track remediation actions and support continuous improvement of the control environment.
• Work closely with Group Risk, Compliance, Finance and Internal Audit functions to ensure alignment with the wider Vodafone assurance model. Stakeholder Management
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders across Vodafone Investments.
• Provide practical and commercial advice that balances risk management requirements with strategic and commercial objectives.
• Deliver training, communication and awareness initiatives to strengthen risk and compliance capability across the division.

Who you are
• Significant experience in enterprise risk management, compliance, assurance or governance roles within a multinational organisation.
• Experience designing or implementing risk management frameworks and operating models.
• Strong understanding of risk management methodologies, controls frameworks and assurance approaches.
• Experience operating within complex governance environments involving subsidiaries, partnerships, joint ventures or investment structures.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organisational change.
• Experience preparing reporting and insight for senior leadership and board-level stakeholders.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance, ethics, anti-bribery and corruption, third-party risk and corporate governance principles.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and evolving environments and build practical solutions from first principles
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience of influencing stakeholder behaviour and delivering training.
• Fluency in English is essential.
• Experience of and/or demonstrated interest in tech and telco industries highly preferred but not essential.

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