Enterprise Risk Manager

The Role

The Enterprise Risk Manager sits within the Global Risk and Compliance team and is a key advisor to the firm on Enterprise Risk Management. This role holder is required to have extensive expertise of Enterprise Risk Management, and the ability to anticipate both internal and external challenges. They will be required to provide day-to-day oversight of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, and to use their influence to deliver improvements across the firm.

The Enterprise Risk Manager reports to the Head of Enterprise Risk Management and will be required to collaborate with various teams across the firm including, but not limited to, International Compliance, Legal, Risk & Compliance, Information Security, and practice area / regional colleagues within the Risk space, on complex concepts.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery and continuous improvement of the firm's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework, designing, implementing and operationalising a wide range of improvements.
• Support the drafting of regular risk reporting to management, ensuring it is fit for purpose and timely, aligning to Committee schedules and business requirements, up to and including the Executive Risk Committee, Executive Leadership Group and Audit & Risk Committee.
• Lead on the enhancement of current risk reporting, to communicate risk findings to key stakeholders in a clear and concise manner and ensure proactive management of risks.
• Conduct regular and on-going risk assessments in line with the Firm's Enterprise Risk Management Framework, ensuring the integrity and timely completion of risk and control identification across specified regions and key functions. Evaluate risk levels and implications, work with regions and key functions to develop and track both qualitative and quantitative Risk Appetite metrics, and Key Risk Indicators, formulate action plans and track action items to mitigate key risks.
• Support the continuous improvement of the firm's emerging risk oversight framework, in line with best practice.
• Provide advice, guidance and challenge in relation to ERM oversight and internal control effectiveness.
• Lead the development and implementation of the firm's risk culture framework and supporting reporting templates.
• Foster a strong risk culture within the organisation.
• Support the implementation and embedding of the ERM functional strategy.
• Be considered an SME in relation to best practice risk management processes and prepare and deliver ad-hoc training and communications on risk management topics and trends. Where required by the Head of ERM/CRCO, oversee various incident reporting logs.
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the operating environment for the firm, including knowledge of the wider legal sector as well as developments at key comparable Firms and clients.
• As may be requested by the CRCO from time to time, compile and analyse data and information about the Firm, its practices and regulatory obligations.
• Act as a primary contact for the business where risk matters are concerned, escalating to the CRCO and/or consulting other stakeholders as and when required.
• Maintain relationships across the network to ensure business and enterprise risks are regularly escalated to the team.
• Drive the development and embedding of risk management activity into key processes as and when required by functional management. 
• Act as primary liaison with Internal Audit to oversee assurance activity and ensure integration between IA and ERM, including overseeing completion of Legal, Risk & Compliance audit findings.
• Represent the Risk & Compliance function on committees, project boards and working groups as and when required, keeping Risk & Compliance team members informed of developments and coordinating comments from the broader Risk & Compliance function.