320 Senior Risk Managers jobs in the United Kingdom
Senior Financial Risk Manager
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A fantastic opportunity to join a leading insurance organisation as a Senior Risk Manager, supporting the CRO in enhancing and embedding a robust Financial Risk Management framework.
This senior role covers key areas including underwriting, capital, market, and credit risk, with regular exposure to the UK Executive team and senior leadership.
You'll work cross-functionally with teams across Actuarial, Underwriting, and Finance, guiding risk appetite, providing oversight and challenge, and shaping key risk mitigation strategies.
Collaborating with group-level risk teams and ensuring alignment with industry best practice, this is a high-impact role for someone ready to influence decision-making at the highest level.
For more information please feel free to reach out.
Senior Financial Risk Manager
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A fantastic opportunity to join a leading insurance organisation as a Senior Risk Manager, supporting the CRO in enhancing and embedding a robust Financial Risk Management framework.
This senior role covers key areas including underwriting, capital, market, and credit risk, with regular exposure to the UK Executive team and senior leadership.
You'll work cross-functionally with teams across Actuarial, Underwriting, and Finance, guiding risk appetite, providing oversight and challenge, and shaping key risk mitigation strategies.
Collaborating with group-level risk teams and ensuring alignment with industry best practice, this is a high-impact role for someone ready to influence decision-making at the highest level.
For more information please feel free to reach out.
Financial Risk Specialist
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We are looking for a Financial Risk Specialist!
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic financial institution? Dudley Building Society is actively seeking a talented individual to join our dedicated Risk and Compliance team. As a Financial Risk Specialist, you will play a crucial role in overseeing and challenging the effective management of financial risks to i.
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Senior Risk Analyst (Financial Risk)

Posted 10 days ago
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A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it's about investing in a brighter future together.
Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.
Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:
Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust
If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!
Your opportunity
+ As part of the Financial Risk team, deliver an effective risk oversight programme including market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty credit risk, and ESG oversight
+ Produce regular and ad hoc risk reporting and analysis to support the Financial Risk governance committees and fund boards
+ Monitor of risk limits and thresholds, and perform risk assessments
+ Identify and develop new, and enhance existing Financial Risk processes
+ Partner with stakeholders to support, maintain, and enhance the risk management tools used by the Financial Risk team
+ Partner with IT to develop and implement enhancements and new functionality to systems that enable the assessment, monitoring, and reporting of risk
+ Build and maintain strong relationships between the Financial Risk team and other teams within Janus Henderson
+ Carry out other duties as assigned
What to expect when you join our firm
+ Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
+ Generous Holiday policies
+ Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass
+ Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
+ Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
+ All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
+ Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
+ Complimentary subscription to Headspace - the mindfulness app
+ All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
+ Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen
Must have skills
+ Excellent analytical skills, with a strong understanding of risk measures and methodologies and regulatory practice in risk management, covering market, liquidity, counterparty and ESG risks
+ Knowledge and understanding of risk models such as MSCI RiskMetrics
+ Ability to work with large data sets, producing metrics and other analytics for reporting and analysis, and the ability to present results
+ Ability to communicate complex concepts and methodologies to a wide range of stakeholders, both written and verbal
+ Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
+ Proactive and self-sufficient attitude, and team-oriented
+ Excellent MS Office skills
Nice to have skills
+ Professional qualifications
+ Coding languages such as python and SQL
+ Strong knowledge and experience with risk management practices across different asset classes, and investment strategies gained from previous investment management industry experience
Supervisory responsibilities
+ No
Potential for growth
+ Mentoring
+ Leadership development programs
+ Regular training
+ Career development services
+ Continuing education courses
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role
At Janus Henderson Investors we're committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Don't worry if you don't think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we're happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at .
Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee's job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).
All applicants must be willing to comply with the provisions of Janus Henderson Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants' past political contributions or activity may impact applicants' eligibility for this position. Janus Henderson is an equal opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. All applications are subject to background checks.
Spanish speaking Financial Crime Risk Manager
Posted 1 day ago
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Key responsibilities:
- Act as the final escalation point for complex cases and risk assessments.
- Conduct high-risk financial crime investigations and ensure compliance.
- Provide coaching & training to enhance team capabilities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to refine fraud prevention strategies.
- Support operational improvements by identifying trends and recommending solutions.
- Fluent Spanish and English
- Strong financial crime expertise with a deep understanding of regulations and risk frameworks.
- Proven ability to handle complex investigations & high-risk escalations.
- Experience providing technical guidance and training in financial crime prevention.
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Spanish speaking Financial Crime Risk Manager
Posted 2 days ago
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Key responsibilities:
- Act as the final escalation point for complex cases and risk assessments.
- Conduct high-risk financial crime investigations and ensure compliance.
- Provide coaching & training to enhance team capabilities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to refine fraud prevention strategies.
- Support operational improvements by identifying trends and recommending solutions.
- Fluent Spanish and English
- Strong financial crime expertise with a deep understanding of regulations and risk frameworks.
- Proven ability to handle complex investigations & high-risk escalations.
- Experience providing technical guidance and training in financial crime prevention.
languagematters is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
IT Vendor Risk & Financial Management Analyst
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Recognised as a Great Place to Work, ITRS is an Enterprise SaaS provider with industry-leading solutions. Our prestigious customer base includes 90% of the world's top investment banks. We are backed by leading private equity investors and are rapidly growing.
Our headquarters are in Shoreditch - London's tech hub – with offices in other UK and global locations from the Netherlands to Manila, NYC and Florida. We pride ourselves on a diverse, friendly, dynamic culture - with a focus on internal promotion and developing our people.
Scope of RoleWe are looking for a systematic person to help with IT Controls, including organising IT Contracts, Costs and help with important ISD controls to join our team. You will be someone who can ensure the accuracy and compliance of contracts, manage costs, supporting and maintaining financial integrity, Security and regulatory compliance.
Reporting to our Global Head of IT in our London HQ, you will have the benefit or a hybrid work schedule.
As an IT Vendor Risk & Financial Management Analyst , you will:Contract Management:
- Organise and agree third party vendors security contact details of current and new contracts for IT Third party vetting process.
- Ensure all contracts comply with company policies, legal requirements, and industry standards.
- Review and add metal data to help maintain our contract database.
- Monitor contract deadlines, renewals, and termination dates, and coordinate with relevant departments.
Cost & Administration:
- Monitor project budgets and costs to ensure adherence to financial constraints and company policies.
- Project administration in costs, contract management, vendor management including RFI & RFP.
- Review and analyse cost reports, forecasts, and budgets to identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Support input and the preparation of IT financial budgets and reports.
- Reconcile discrepancies in contracted services vs services required in use, invoicing, and payment processes with IT, vendors and the finance team.
- Support the termination of IT contracted services that are not required.
Compliance and Risk Management:
- Support gathering of our requirements for IT DRBCP services and SLA requirements.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, laws, and standards related to contracts and costs.
- Support creation of procurement and contract framework and procedures.
- Identify potential risks associated with contracts and propose mitigation strategies.
Communication and Coordination:
- Guide communication between several business departments (e.g., legal, finance) to ensure smooth contract execution and cost management.
- Provide support and training to staff on contract management procedures/ cost control measures.
Documentation and Reporting:
- Maintain organised and accurate records of all contracts, cost reports, and related documents.
- Prepare regular reports on contract status, IT Controls, financial performance, and cost variances for management review.
- Support audits and provide documentation.
Requirements
You will have:- At least 2+ years of experience helping with IT contract administration, cost management, or a similar role.
- Experience with cost management practices.
- Experience working in with common IT Controls
- Professional certification in contract management (e.g., Certified Professional Contracts Manager - CPCM) or related field.
Benefits
- Health Insurance and Dental Health Cover for you and your dependants
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension
- Flexible Hybrid Working
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Travel Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection
ITRS is an Equal Opportunity employer and Inclusion is part of our everyday life. We celebrate diversity and pride ourselves on providing an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and have a voice, allowing everyone to contribute equally. We remain committed to advocating inclusion, diversity, and equality into our ITRS family as we grow and enrich our business.
We welcome applications from everyone in the community as we recognise that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.
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Manager-Risk Management
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At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviours, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
This role is within UK Credit Risk organisation led by UK Chief Risk Officer with the objective to drive responsible growth with best-in-class credit risk strategies through the card lifecycle.
The position provides a unique opportunity for an individual to make a difference by defining and implementing lending and governance strategies for UK consumer and SBS cards. The individual would be responsible for driving lending and affordability strategies, including proactively identifying opportunities or new data solutions to enhance existing frameworks, implementing strategy changes, monitoring internal and industry trends, and collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate is expected to have a comprehensive understanding of industry lending products and dynamics, as well as extensive knowledge of UK regulatory requirements from CONC and Consumer Duty. The individual is required to have experience of processing large unstructured datasets and have strong problem-solving abilities.
The responsibilities include:
+ Evaluating new data sources and stay abreast of industry trends to build upon existing affordability frameworks, and deliver profitable growth strategies, as well as improved customer outcomes
+ Innovating and optimising lending strategies to improve performance efficiencies and customer experience.
+ Collaborating closely with business partners and compliance to drive enterprise-wide projects for the UK market and to achieve sustainable growth objectives
+ Presenting recommendations to risk committees and lead the strategy implementation independently
+ Driving operational excellence and ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ 4 years of credit risk experiences in financial institutions
+ Experience with data-driven analytical tools (e.g. SQL, SAS, HIVE/HADOOP, R, Python, Tableau) to process unstructured dataset in order to extract insights, identify trends, and inform business decisions
+ Comprehensive understanding of UK CONC and Consumer Duty requirements on creditworthiness and affordability
+ Be curious and have a problem-solving mindset, ability to drive process change independently
+ Strong analytical skills and sound business acumen, and interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders across functions
+ Good communication and persuasion skills with an ability to translate technical analysis into business strategy recommendations in laymen's term
+ Demonstrates the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities under pressure
+ Advanced degree in quantitative or a related field is preferred
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:** 25012304
Manager Risk Management

Posted 10 days ago
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At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
UK Credit Risk Team's objective is to define and develop credit risk strategies to drive growth and provide good customer outcomes at acquisition and through the customer lifecycle.
The person will be responsible for conducting detailed analysis and implementing new credit risk strategies for UK consumer and small business card acquisition. This person will focus on tracking and explaining acquisitions metrics, developing & evaluating new data sources, and working on projects together with our business partners.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Generate analytical insights and spot hidden trends from data to quickly react to emerging credit trends
+ Collaborate closely with marketing & product teams to help business achieve growth objectives
+ Evaluate new data sources and stay abreast of industry trends to build upon existing frameworks to deliver profitable risk strategies as well as better customer outcomes
+ Develop strong relationships with colleagues from the Central Risk organization, as well as Operations, Product, Acquisitions and Compliance teams to drive enterprise-wide projects for the UK market
+ Drive operational excellence and ensure full compliance with regulatory requirements
**Minimum Qualifications**
+ At least 4 years' experience in risk management or data analytical roles
+ Bachelor's or equivalent in quantitative field (e.g. Finance, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics)
+ Coding skills in SQL or Python with hands-on experience is required
+ Strong analytical skills with the ability to apply both quantitative methods and business knowledge to build insights and deliver results
+ Knowledge of underwriting and consumer/commercial bureau data
+ Good communication and persuasion skills with an ability to translate technical analysis into business strategy recommendations; conceptualize and sell ideas to internal and external partners
+ Ability to build strong relationships with business partners across the enterprise
+ Proven track record to work independently and within a matrix organization; partnering with capabilities, decision sciences, technology teams and external vendors to deliver solutions quickly and effectively
+ Results driven with strong project management skills and ability to work on multiple priorities
+ Ability to learn quickly and work independently with complex, unstructured initiatives
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Understanding of statistical concepts
+ Knowledge of UK regulatory landscape for consumer lending
+ Experience leading and developing junior team members
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:** 25010509
Manager-Risk Management

Posted 10 days ago
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At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
This role is within the UK Credit Risk Organization lead by the UK Chief Credit Risk Officer tasked with the objective of driving responsible growth with best-in-class credit risk strategies across the customer lifecycle. The position provides a great opportunity to make a difference by developing and implementing customer management controls across Consumer, Small Business and Corporate Cards portfolios. The individual would be responsible for driving customer management strategies, including identifying opportunities or new data solutions to enhance existing frameworks, implementing strategy changes, monitoring internal and industry trends, and collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders. The individual is also required to have experience processing large unstructured datasets and strong problem-solving abilities.
The responsibilities include:
+ Evaluating new data sources to build upon existing credit risk frameworks, and delivering responsible growth strategies, as well as improved customer outcomes
+ Innovating and optimizing customer management strategies to minimize credit losses while improving performance efficiencies and customer experience.
+ Collaborating closely with business partners to drive enterprise-wide projects for the UK market
+ Presenting recommendations to risk committees and lead strategy implementation independently
+ Driving operational excellence and ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ 4 years of credit risk experiences in financial institutions.
+ Experience working on credit risk strategies for Credit and Charge Cards
+ Experience with data-driven analytical tools (e.g. SQL, SAS, HIVE/HADOOP, R, Python, Tableau) to process unstructured dataset in order to extract insights, identify trends, and inform business decisions
+ Comprehensive understanding of UK CONC and Consumer Duty requirements on creditworthiness and affordability
+ Be curious and have a problem-solving mindset, ability to drive process change independently
+ Strong analytical skills and sound business acumen, and interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders across functions
+ Good communication and persuasion skills with an ability to translate technical analysis into business strategy recommendations in simpler terms
+ Demonstrates the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities under pressure
+ Advanced degree in quantitative or a related field is preferred
Non-considerations for sponsorship:
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:** 25013612