Senior Risk Business Partner

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1 year ago
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Senior Risk Business Partner - Brighton/WFH/Hybrid

£65,000 to £70,000 plus excellent benefits, bonus and career opportunities/ Based in Brighton with WFH opportunities, 1 or 2 days per week in the office

A leading technology strong professional services company seek an experienced Senior Risk Business Partner with the ability to transform projects and organisations through strategic risk management.

  • My client is seeking a Senior Risk Business Partner to join their dynamic Capital Delivery team, where you will be a trusted advisor to various teams, guiding risk management, controls, and commercial initiatives.

  • You will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that risks are understood and controlled effectively, supporting business outcomes and driving the success of our strategic goals.

    As a Senior Risk Business Partner, you will:

  • Lead risk management initiatives.

  • Coach teams and continuously enhance the risk culture across Capital Delivery.

  • Your leadership will play a crucial role in improving risk processes, simplifying controls, and aligning our operations with business objectives.

    Responsibilities for the Senior Risk Business Partner will include:

  • Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor within a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside leadership to develop and implement high standards to optimise business operations.

  • Provide ongoing risk management advice to identify, assess, and control risks, ensuring sound business decisions are made to achieve strategic objectives.

  • Lead and guide the application of framework requirements to align risk strategies with business goals, supporting risk forums and evaluating control environments.

  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including enhancing existing processes and controls to ensure compliance with business standards and policies while simplifying procedures.

  • Take an active role in driving Quantitative Risk Assessment and fostering greater commercial acumen across project teams.

  • Lead risk workshops, engaging stakeholders across design, construction, commercial, and management teams to ensure risks are managed appropriately and solutions are implemented effectively.

  • Develop scalable risk management solutions, including best practices, tools, and processes that will have a long-term impact on risk management culture and performance.

    About you and your experience as a Senior Risk Business Partner:

  • Proven experience as a Senior Risk Business Partner, with a track record of improving organisations and projects through strategic risk management.

  • Demonstrable experience managing risk at the project, programme, and portfolio level, particularly within the construction industry.

  • Familiarity with risk modelling systems both Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and Quantitative Cost risk Analysis (QCRA).

  • Expertise in NEC contracts (NEC4) and contractual sensitivities.

  • Strong experience chairing risk workshops and engaging with diverse stakeholders to drive risk management outcomes.

  • Ability to develop and implement risk management systems, processes, and reporting frameworks, ensuring alignment with best practices.

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, from site teams to the boardroom.

  • A proven leader who can coach and develop people and teams, driving cultural change and enhancing performance.

  • Ability to critically assess information, challenge assumptions, and ensure robust risk management strategies.

  • A recognised risk management qualification (e.g., AIRMIC, IRM) is highly desirable.

    Candidates will ideally have some utilities experience, but open to industries who can bring different perspective and ideas into the business. Focus on communications and managing conversations upwards with key stakeholders. Taking complex information and translate it to a format which is understood by all stakeholders to make informed decisions on actions. Not looking for candidates to run risk registers, need to be hands on and drive the high level view of risk.

    Senior Risk Business Partner - Brighton/WFH/Hybrid

    £65,000 to £70,000 plus excellent benefits, bonus and career opportunities/ Based in Brighton with WFH opportunities, 1 or 2 days per week in the office

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