SMCR Risk Manager

Job Type: 12 month fixed term contract

Location: Edinburgh, Birmingham or London on a hybrid basis, with normally a minimum of 2 days a week working in the office and the rest working at home.

Flexible working:All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

Closing Date: 24th June

Salary and benefits: £55,000 to £75,000 depending on experience, plus an indicative bonus range of 16% to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

We’re currently recruiting for a Risk Manager to join our SMCR Team which is part of the Risk Function. The vacancy arises as a result of exciting strategic projects that will trigger a significant number of senior management applications. The role will involve working with key business partners advising them and overseeing the compilation of the applications to ensure they meet high standards whilst working to challenging timescales.

If you have experience of this type of work we'd love to hear from you.

• Support and, as relevant, lead delivery of respective team's responsibilities under the Group Risk Annual Plan, to fulfil the Group Risk Mission and Mandate.
• Develop team (as relevant), including delivering manager‑led aspects of the Annual People Plan.
• Influence key stakeholders across the Group and externally to drive positive risk outcomes and gain buy‑in on risk management initiatives.
• Provide advice, independent opinion and assurance in alignment with the Group Risk's Mission to promote informed decision making and controlled risk‑taking that improves customer outcomes and delivers long‑term value for shareholders.
• Building close working relationships, gaining credibility and an appropriate level of influence in business areas.
• Managing a variety of Risk Management related tasks and activities concurrently with minimal support, meeting expectations on agreed deliverables and timescales.
• Continuously developing and maintaining technical knowledge and applying this in conjunction with business awareness in order to provide review, challenge and consultancy.
• Expressing technical information in plain language for stakeholders with a range of technical knowledge.

• Exceptional experience of the UK SMCR regime and applications under it in a large regulated firm.
• Ideally extensive experience of working in the Risk function of a similar type organisation to Standard Life.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome; applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. If your experience differs from what we’ve advertised but you believe you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

We will make adjustments to the recruitment process where necessary to support all candidates.