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Job Description

We are currently recruiting for an exciting opportunity to join our Group Risk Management team.

Reporting to the Senior Risk Manager, you will be supporting the team in managing and developing the processes and strategy of risk management throughout the IntegraFin Holdings plc group to meet both its business objectives and regulatory requirements.

The Role

Managing a small team, your primary responsibilities will include:

Supporting the Risk function in co-ordinating the development and maintenance of the IHP Group Risk Management Framework.
Evolving a Group-wide risk management function that balances framework, policy and processes with forward thinking capability and direction.
Assisting in developing and embedding the operational risk capital assessment framework, policies and processes across the group.
Embedding an appropriate risk culture across the business by collaborating with key stakeholders and building a network across the business.
Assisting the first line in the development and maintenance of risk appetite statements, metrics, trigger points and escalations linked to the Group’s strategy appropriate to the Group’s operations.

Representing the second line at any required meetings, ensuring that all relevant risks are discussed and, where necessary, escalated appropriately and mitigated.

Enabling the business functions to take ownership of risk with the necessary training, support and direction from the risk function.

You must have sound knowledge and understanding of governance, risk management, compliance and internal controls ‘good practice’ applicable to the Group. Extensive experience of risk management within a regulated financial services environment is also essential. Any previous people management experience would also be of benefit, but you must be able to demonstrate experience of buddying and coaching and be keen to develop other members of the team even if you have not had any formal line management experience. Knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements from the FCA (investment firms prudential regime) and the PRA (insurance) are fundamental together with experience of operational risk management and capital assessment modelling.

In this role you will be the standard bearer for doing the right thing, ensuring that our governance, risk management, compliance and internal controls are exemplary. You must be objective, take accountability and have the confidence and courage to challenge both the executive and non-executive directors views with constructive suggestions and suitable alternative proposals as and when required. You must have excellent communication skills and be an effective communicator at all levels with impact and influence in both oral and written form. You should be highly self motivated with the ability to use your own initiative.

We offer a competitive remuneration package, including company discretionary bonus, excellent pension contributions, an attractive staff share scheme, BUPA health insurance, buying and selling of annual leave and sponsorship of relevant professional qualifications.

The role is based in our central London office, working a minimum of two days a week in the office and three days a week from home.

About Us

Transact is a leading UK investment wrap platform for financial advisers and their clients. Our culture is collaborative, inclusive and open minded. We work hard to continually challenge the way we do things to maintain our market leading status. As a customer-centric and client focused business, we put our clients, like Mrs Miggins, at the heart of everything we do.

Our platform enables clients and their advisers to manage their financial portfolio in one single online place, and is supported by unrivalled personal service. Our goal is to make all aspects of portfolio management as easy and efficient as possible for everyone involved, through the features we develop, our integrations with other systems, and the support we provide.

Our purpose: We enable the Miggins family and their adviser to hold their investments on a single platform across wrappers. We provide custody, tax wrapping, trading and reporting.

Our strategy: We make financial planning easier for advisers by delivering great service. Our platform helps advisers grow revenues and reduce risk and cost in their business. We will always have control of our technology, wrappers and service.

Our values: We do the right thing for customers, advisers, staff, shareholders, suppliers and the wider community.

Transact's parent company, IntegraFin Holdings plc, is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. Established in 2000, today we have over £64 billion of funds under direction on behalf of over 8,000 advisers and 235,000 investor clients (as at September 2024).

Transact is a part of the IHP Group which also includes Time4Advice. The IHP Group exists to make financial planning easier for clients and advisers through the provision of financial adviser software and personal service.

Equal Opportunities

We provide a diverse and inclusive workplace and ensure that all of our staff respect and understand individual differences. We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Take a look around the company https://www.transact-online.co.uk/

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