Salary to £55,000 + car allowance, discretionary performance + all usual large company benefits

Our client a broad based asset financier are seeking to hire a Group Risk Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining processes, policies and procedures to identify and manage risk in across a number of divisions of our clients business.
• Responsible for managing significant risks to the group's customers, reputation, assets and the interests of stakeholders.
• To strengthen the group risk management function to effect transition towards greater independence.
• Undertake initial and continuing risk assessment for large asset-based lending exposures in two of our clients leasing businesses.
• Participate in material recoveries cases, including liaising with approval committees/external professionals/lawyers, proposing action plans to maximise recovery and monitoring progress.
• To assist the Head of Risk Management in the planning, designing and implementation of an
  overall risk management process as it effects transition to greater independence.
• To be involved in other projects as and when required by the Head of Risk Management and
  Board.
• Risk assessment; analysing upside and downside risks as well as identifying, describing and
  estimating the quantitative and qualitative risks affecting the business.
• Risk evaluation; comparing estimated risks with risk criteria established the company such as costs, legal requirements and environmental factors.
• Risk reporting, including corporate governance involving external risk reporting to stakeholders.
• Conducting audits of risk and credit policies, including liaison with internal and external
  audiences.
• Providing support, education and training to staff on risk.

Key Skills:

• Candidates should have 3 years or more experience in a relevant risk management or recoveries
  role in a professional organisation, e.g. accountancy firm, law firm, asset finance company or
  bank.
• Relevant professional qualification (legal, insolvency, accountancy, banking) an advantage.
• A strong understanding of systems and processes for business and modelling experience (Excel).
• A strong understanding of statutory and management accounts.
• The role involves direction of asset-based recoveries in England and Scotland and a knowledge of the legal framework for recoveries in these areas is an additional advantage but is not essential.
• Knowledge of DPA and other relevant regulatory frameworks (CCA, CCD) an advantage
  but, again, not essential.

Package
Salary to £55,000 + car allowance, discretionary performance + all usual large company benefits including, company pension, 28 days annual leave, health care, life cover & income protection.

Contact:  Sean Toms sean_toms@robinson-toms.com  + 44 1743 821472