Risk and Governance Manager (12 Month FTC)

Risk & Governance Manager (12 month FTC)

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Admiral Risk team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract basis.  This role is central to nurturing and strengthening Admiral’s Risk Governance framework, ensuring it remains resilient, adaptable, and closely aligned with our Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF).

As Risk & Governance Manager, you will play a key role in fostering a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility for risk across Admiral. You will support and guide the Risk Management Committee, working closely with colleagues to ensure risks are thoughtfully identified, assessed, managed, and communicated. Your work will help maintain a healthy balance between risk and reward, supporting our collective success.

Key Responsibilities

• Governance Framework Leadership
  Shape, maintain, and continuously enhance our suite of Risk Management Standards, ensuring they reflect our values, internal policies, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
• Committee Management & Oversight
  Support the governance and smooth operation of the EUI Risk Management Committee, encouraging open communication, effective escalation, and collaborative decision-making, while ensuring alignment with Board-level risk oversight.
• Risk Oversight
  Provide thoughtful second line oversight and constructive challenge to first line governance activities, helping to embed effective risk management practices across all business areas.
• Control Effectiveness & Assurance
  Assess the adequacy and effectiveness of key controls for current and emerging risks, identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting teams in addressing any weaknesses.
• Risk Reporting & Insight
  Lead the creation of risk reports and dashboards for senior committees, including the Board Risk and Conduct Committee, delivering clear, actionable insights and recommendations.
• Emerging Risk & Scenario Analysis
  Facilitate collaborative stress testing and scenario analysis to evaluate our resilience against key and emerging risks, supporting strategic planning and informed risk appetite decisions.
• Risk Event Oversight
  Monitor and support the remediation of risk events, ensuring lessons learned are shared and systemic issues are addressed together.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Education
  Build strong, trusting relationships across EUI, delivering engaging education and awareness sessions to enhance our risk culture and governance maturity.

Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of risk governance frameworks and their importance within a regulated business.
• Ability to build consensus, influence senior stakeholders, and drive positive governance improvements.
• Experience in committee management, risk reporting, and control assurance.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data and translate it into meaningful, actionable insights.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and facilitation skills.
• Self-motivated, forward-thinking, and commercially aware.

Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

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