Enterprise Risk Manager London | Financial Services | Senior-level position We are working on a highly confidential search for a global financial services organisation seeking an experienced Enterprise Risk Manager. This is a senior and highly visible role sitting at the intersection of enterprise risk, business transformation and integration. The successful candidate will lead the Risk function’s involvement in acquisitions, large-scale change programmes, regulatory initiatives and the introduction of new business activities. You will work across both financial and non-financial risk disciplines, ensuring that new businesses and strategic changes are successfully incorporated into the organisation’s risk framework, governance structure and control environment. Key responsibilities Lead the Risk workstream for acquisitions, integrations and major transformation programmes. Translate strategic initiatives into clear risk, governance, regulatory, operational, technology, data and reporting requirements. Design and implement target operating models for the Risk function. Coordinate delivery across market risk, counterparty credit risk, liquidity risk, model risk and operational risk teams. Assess how acquisitions and new business activities affect the organisation’s overall risk profile, risk appetite and control environment. Establish appropriate governance forums, working groups and steering committees. Monitor delivery progress, dependencies, resource requirements, implementation risks and key decisions. Define meaningful metrics to measure whether an acquisition has been successfully integrated into the Risk framework. Produce high-quality executive and board-level reporting on integration progress, risks and strategic dependencies. Support operational-readiness assessments and go-live decisions. Review the design and operating effectiveness of risk controls, identifying weaknesses and ensuring improvements are embedded into business-as-usual activity. Challenge programme assumptions and proposed solutions where they do not align with risk-management principles or governance standards. What we are looking for The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate: A strong, practical understanding of market risk, counterparty credit risk, liquidity risk, model risk and operational risk . Experience working on large-scale change programmes, business integrations or acquisitions . Direct responsibility for designing and implementing a target operating model . The ability to establish clear metrics for assessing integration success, including governance, risk appetite, policy alignment, control effectiveness, data quality, systems, reporting, issue remediation and successful transition into BAU. Strong controls knowledge, including how to assess whether a control is appropriately designed and has operated consistently and effectively over time. Broad enterprise risk and GRC experience within financial services or another highly regulated environment. A strong understanding of financial products, trading activity and the risks and controls associated with them. The ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders without relying on direct authority. Experience producing executive or board-level management information. Strong programme coordination, governance and delivery capabilities. Experience required Approximately seven or more years’ experience within enterprise risk, risk transformation, risk change or a related discipline. A proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives. Experience engaging with senior leadership, programme teams, technology functions and specialist risk teams. Exposure to regulatory or internal audit engagement would be advantageous. This role would suit someone who combines credible enterprise risk knowledge with hands-on transformation and integration experience. It is not purely a programme-management position: the successful candidate must understand the underlying risk disciplines and be capable of challenging whether risk frameworks and controls have been implemented effectively.
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