Senior Risk Manager – Assurance, Insight & Automation

M&G plc, as a major UK listed financial services provider, is required to operate effective risk management across the organisation. The Senior Risk Manager - Assurance, Insight & Automation reports to the Head of Life Non-Financial Risk (NFR) and provides dedicated 2

LOD Risk oversight, challenge and assurance across the Life NFR agenda.

• Lead and manage the Life NFR oversight, assurance and insight capability, ensuring delivery of high-quality independent challenge, assurance and risk insight across the Life business.
• Develop and maintain the Life NFR assurance universe and annual plan, ensuring alignment to principal risks, business priorities and regulatory expectations.
• Establish and maintain methodologies, standards and quality frameworks to ensure consistency and effectiveness of oversight and assurance activities.
• Lead the development and review of material Risk Opinions, providing independent insight and challenge for Executive and Board governance forums.
• Direct team priorities, workflow and resource deployment ensuring oversight, assurance and insights focus on the most significant risks, business outcomes and regulatory priorities.
• Lead Life NFR approach to Risk Appetite assessment, Control Environment Assessment, control effectiveness and related assurance activities.
• Act as subject matter expert for process effectiveness, control automation and AI-enabled transformation, providing challenge and insight on future-state operating models and control environments.
• Provide independent challenge and assurance over material business, operational and transformation initiatives, ensuring risks, controls and customer outcomes are appropriately considered
• Develop team capability through coaching, mentoring and quality review, building assurance, analytical and opinion-writing skills across managers and analysts.
• Represent Life NFR at senior governance forums and maintain effective relationships with key business and R&C stakeholders.

• Significant experience within Operational Risk, Non-Financial Risk, Risk Assurance or related control disciplines in a financial services environment.
• Significant experience in operating model optimisation, process design, AI-enabled processes, automation technologies and associated risk and control considerations.
• Demonstrable experience identifying and driving opportunities for control automation, process simplification and operational effectiveness improvement.
• Experience assessing future-state operating models, customer journeys and control environments, providing independent challenge and insight.
• Significant experience leading assurance planning, reviews, thematic assessments and independent challenge activities.
• Experience developing evidence-based risk opinions and Board-level insight.
• Experience leading specialist teams, managing competing priorities, coaching and capability development.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate and influence stakeholders up to Executive level.
• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks, governance and regulatory expectations.
• Knowledge of emerging technology, data governance and digital transformation trends.
• Strong analytical capability and ability to translate complex information into actionable conclusions.

• Experience in life insurance, pensions or wealth sectors.
• Experience establishing assurance methodologies, standards and quality frameworks.
• Experience using data analytics to support assurance, risk insight and decision-making.
• Relevant professional qualification (eg. IRM, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, IIA, CII or equivalent).

Role Level: Manager / Expert

We're dedicated to supporting your wellbeing and helping you thrive, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, and financially plan for the future.

Our UK benefits include:

• A valuable pension scheme of up to 18% (13% made up of employer contributions and 5% employee contributions).
• Access to our Share Save and Share Incentive Plan, alongside financial wellbeing and support services to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
• Enjoy 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays), with the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days. Our Time Off When You Need It policy gives you the flexibility - to balance work and personal commitments.
• Our market-leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid…