Senior Financial Risk Manager

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Lead risk reporting outputs, including external and regulatory disclosures, compliance evidence, and external risk surveys.
• Coordinate input from Finance, Risk subject-matter experts, Legal, Company Secretariat, and wider business colleagues.
• Draft and review Board, Committee, regulatory, and external reporting, translating complex information into decision-ready content.
• Support governance planning, operational management, resource coordination, departmental planning, and team objectives.
• Oversee risk committee governance, including planning, agendas, papers, actions, and engagement with contributors.
• Maintain oversight of reporting risks and controls, including relevant RCSAs, and provide constructive challenge on reporting quality and alignment.
• Improve recurring reporting and governance through simpler processes, stronger handovers, effective use of technology and AI, and lessons learned.

Experience and qualifications

• Experience in financial risk, enterprise risk, external reporting, regulatory reporting, or a related field in life insurance or financial services.
• Relevant professional qualification such as Fellow of the IFoA, CERA, or FRM, or equivalent experience in risk, actuarial, finance, or regulatory disciplines.
• Experience producing clear, concise material for Boards, Committees, regulators, investors, and senior stakeholders.
• Understanding of life insurance business models, Solvency UK, risk frameworks, and financial, strategic, emerging, operational, and regulatory risks.
• Ability to coordinate complex reporting or governance processes, including planning, stakeholder engagement, reviews, submissions, and evidence trails.
• Strong written communication, proactive ownership, sound judgement, and ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.

Location and working arrangement

• Role may be based in London, Birmingham, or Edinburgh, with time spent working in the office and from home.

Flexible working

• Part-time, job-share, and other flexible arrangements may be discussed, subject to business requirements.

Salary and benefits

• Annual salary is £85,000 to £110,000, dependent on experience, with an indicative bonus range of 30% to 60%.
• Listed benefits include private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, pension, life assurance, career breaks, income protection, and volunteering days.

About Standard Life

Closing date

• The listed closing date is 28 October.