Senior Financial Risk Manager

Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role could be based in any of our offices in London, Birmingham or Edinburgh with time spent working in the office and from 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. You can

Salary and benefits: £85,000 to £110,000 dependent upon experience, plus an indicative bonus range of 30% to 60%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Closing date: 28th October

Who are we?

We're Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone's journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we've been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

The Senior Financial Risk Manager will play a senior role in Financial Risk Operations, leading high-quality risk reporting and governance activity across external and regulatory disclosures.

We are looking for an experienced financial risk professional who can bring structure, judgement and strong stakeholder management to complex, cross-functional reporting. The role will coordinate input from various areas across Standard to ensure outputs are clear, accurate, and suitable for Boards, Committees, regulators, investors and senior stakeholders. Key deliverables include risk-related input to the Annual Report and Accounts, Interim Report, SFCR, Statutory Accounts, debt prospectus, ORSA and external surveys, including managing governance requirements around these deliverables.

The successful candidate will also support the departmental planning process, governance coordination, oversight of governance processes, process improvement, resource allocation and finance activity, while improving the efficiency and effectiveness of recurring reporting and governance cycles. This senior role requires excellent written communication, proactive ownership, sound judgement and the ability to constructively challenge and influence senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

What are we looking for?

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We're reviewing applications as they come in and may close this role before the closing date, so apply early to avoid missing out.

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