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• Company

  Hays City

• Location

  UK-London

• Remuneration

  pension, 25 days holiday

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  26 Aug 2008

• eFC Ref no

  449253

Working for a large Life company based in London, this is an excellent opportunity for a Risk Analyst looking to develop their career further in this field.

Owing to expansion an excellent opportunity is on offer at this leading life assurance group.  In this high profile role, where you will be expected to travel overseas, you will be exposed to a broad range of operational risk issues.  More specifically your duties will include:

RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a result of our commitment to enhancing our risk management capabilities, we are seeking to appoint Operational Risk Analysts to join our expanding risk team.
Working with the Operational Risk Manager and the Risk Management team, the role provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to the success of the business by enhancing our risk management capabilities across the enterprise with particular focus on operational and group risk.
This Life company provides a wide range of investment products, pensions, annuities, life and health insurance including traditional life, accident and health and group insurance for large and small organisations.
Responsible for in-depth analysis of operational and group risks.
Supporting the management of the operational and group risk frameworks.
Supporting and enhancing our enterprise risk management framework.
Involved in stress and scenario testing programmes.
Analysis and implementation of operational risk management mitigation techniques.
Analysis of the wider risk environment - e.g. macro-economic risk, emerging risks etc.,
Engaging in the day-to-day management of the identification, measurement and control of risks within this Life company.
Producing risk documentation as required.
Producing, analysing and enhancing Risk Assessments for new initiatives/ products/ internal changes as required.
Producing risk management reports as necessary. 
Providing risk management support for the business/functional units.
Analysing risk publications and regulatory documentation.Carrying out and analysing controls and risk identification assessments.Responsible for documenting findings and challenging risks in a professional way.
This Life company offers ongoing career development opportunities in a successful international financial services group.
 

ESSENTIAL CORE COMPETENCIES:
 
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Good inter-personal skills, ability to liaise with people at all levels.
- Methodical, innovative and analytical with a good attention to detail.
- Good team player with the ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to investigate problems and resolve them quickly and accurately.
- Good time management / organisational skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Highly methodical, logical and good attention to detail.