Senior Risk Manager in Milton Keynes

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Senior Risk Manager within Connells Group's second line of defence (2LOD) Risk function. The Senior Risk Manager plays a critical role in strengthening Connells Group's enterprise risk capability, supporting the identification, assessment, management, and reporting of risks across the organisation.

You will act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, embedding a proactive risk culture, enhancing governance frameworks, and ensuring that risk insights effectively inform strategic decision-making.

This operates at a Group level and is intentionally broad, providing flexibility to support priority risk areas as required.

Enterprise Risk Framework & Governance

• Support the ongoing development and enhancement of the Group Risk Management Framework (GRMF), ensuring alignment to regulatory expectations and industry best practice
• Drive application of risk policies, standards, and methodologies across the business
• Contribute to governance processes, including Executive Risk Committee and Board-level reporting
• Monitor the firms risk profile and escalate emerging risks to the Risk Committee and relevant governance forums in a timely manner
• Champion a strong risk culture across the organisation
• Promote clarity around roles and responsibilities
• Identify opportunities to enhance risk processes, tools, and reporting capabilities
• Support implementation of automation and digital risk tooling where appropriate
• Contribute to maturity uplift of enterprise risk capability

Risk Identification & Assessment

• Lead risk identification and assessment activities across business units
• Ensure risks are clearly articulated, appropriately scored (impact/likelihood), and aligned to risk appetite
• Challenge first-line assessments to ensure robustness, consistency, and transparency
• Ensure risk practices align with relevant regulatory requirements and expectations
• Support control environment assessments, including identification of weaknesses and improvement actions
• Collaborate with Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure alignment and minimise duplication

Risk Reporting & Insights

• Produce executive-ready risk reports, dashboards, and insights
• Enhance risk MI to provide forward-looking, decision-useful information (trends, emerging risks, stress points)
• Support development of risk heatmaps, scenario analysis, and thematic reviews
• Contribute to the Group's RCSA process and operational resilience programme
• Oversee the management of risk events, issues, and remediation actions
• Ensure timely escalation of material risks and breaches
• Monitor delivery of mitigating actions and challenge delays or inefficiencies

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as an advisor to senior leaders, supporting effective risk ownership and accountability
• Build strong relationships across functions
• Provide constructive challenge while maintaining a solutions-oriented approach

• Significant experience in enterprise risk management within a complex organisation (financial services, property, or related sectors advantageous)
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks, governance, and regulatory expectations
• Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders effectively
• Experience producing Executive-level reporting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex risk concepts
• Confident, balanced approach to risk