1st Line Risk Lead

Were 1st Central a market-leading insurance company utilising smart data and technology at pace. Rapid growth has been based on giving our 1.4 million customers exactly what they want: great value insurance with an excellent service. And thats the same for our colleagues too; we won Insurance Employer of the Year at the British Insurance Awards 2024 and our Glassdoor score is pretty mega too!

Were on the lookout for someone whos ready to roll up their sleeves and help shape the way we manage risk at First Central Insurance this role youll be right at the heart of our first line of defence making sure our risk management is not only solid but smart and efficient. Youll be building and embedding controls that work while keeping our stakeholders informed and engaged.

If youre all about making things better and keeping things running smoothly wed love to hear from you.

Core skills were looking for to succeed in the role:

• Risk Expertise: Deep understanding of risk management and how to apply it to build a proactive forward-thinking risk culture.
• Stakeholder Management: Confident working with senior stakeholders clearly communicating risk issues and collaborating across teams including 2nd and 3rd line governance.
• Pragmatic Problem-Solving: Able to balance technical risk knowledge with business goals working towards shared risk consumer and commercial outcomes.

Heres a glimpse of what we can offer:

• Starting salary from 49700 - 60000 depending on experience
• Monday to Friday no weekends!
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and an extra You day off for important occasions or just a day for you!
• Fully supportive team throughout

Whats involved:

• Youll provide clear guidance on risk and compliance to stakeholders to support delivery of business priorities
• Youll develop and maintain robust governance frameworks (in line with the Risk framework) to ensure that a strong control environment exists with risk and control accountabilities clearly defined
• Youll support the delivery of control actions across the department working with the Senior Risk Manager to ensure controls are effective and actions delivered in line with target actions
• Youll champion best practice governance through continual process enhancement and improvement
• Youll support the annual attestation programme of work for core processes providing 1st line challenge to the core process owners
• Youll provide specialist Risk Management support and challenge to the FCIM function leading to the identification and assessment of risks and risk controls across the function required to meet strategic goals.
• Youll do risk and loss event identification management resolution and reporting including provision of support to members of FCIM
• Youll support the embedding of a risk aware culture and better risk ownership amongst the business
• Youll engage with both internal and external stakeholders on all risk matters
• Youll coordinate and oversee the delivery of all actions associated with FCIM risk
• Youll maintain the Risk Register and Risk Mitigation Action Log for FCIM related risks
• Youll work with 2nd and 3rd line Governance teams to continuously enhance ways of working and support the evolution of our governance frameworks and decision making

Experience & knowledge

• Youve demonstrable Risk Management and experience at an appropriate level
• Youve knowledge of Financial Services market and regulatory framework
• Youve knowledge of General Insurance products
• Youve used and understand the Protecht risk management system

Skills & Qualifications

• Youve some knowledge of risk management techniques
• Youre a great communicator both verbal and written
• Organisation and timekeeping are second nature to you balancing your workload effectively
• Youve excellent stakeholder management with the ability to build relationships at all levels
• Youve business skills around problem solving and root cause analysis
• Youve the capacity to think across a range of business functions and systems

Behaviours

• Youve a positive attitude towards change and continuous improvement
• You can generate ideas and solutions and uses them to solve problems
• Youve got strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to adopt a logical approach to resolving problems identifying key issues underlying trends and interrelationships
• Youve an ability to deal with any business concerns or relationship issues
• You can demonstrate persistence resilience and tolerance for stress in the face of obstacles
• Youre self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Teamwork makes the dream work! Youve the ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Youve a flexible approach to work and adopts a positive attitude
• You strive to drive business improvements to contribute to the success of the business

So what are you waiting for Apply today!

What can we do for you

People first. Always. Were passionate about our colleagues and know the best people deserve an extraordinary working environment. We owe it to them so thats what we offer. Our workplaces are energetic inspirational supportive. To get a taste of the advantages youll enjoy take a look at all our perks in full here.

Intrigued Our Talent team can tell you everything you need to know about what we want and what were offering so feel free to get in touch.