Job Title: (Position Filled) Head of Risk & Assurance
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000
Location: London
The Company
A leading Casino Operator is seeking a Head of Risk and Assurance to identify and manage potential Risk across the business.
The Role
Head of Risk & Assurance will be responsible for and identifying and assessing potential risks to the company as a result of non-compliance with internal policies and work with the business to reduce risk levels.
The job is inspired by the mantra, “prevention is better than cure.” It’s all about avoiding threats and mitigating the effects of those which are essentially unavoidable.
The Head of Risk & Assurance will be responsible for advising the senior management team on potential risks to the business that are likely to affect its ability to hold the legal and regulatory licences needed to conduct its business and that could affect its reputation as one of UK’s leading Casino operators.
They are expected to work with the CRO in providing organisational expertise in risk management and use this to lead, develop, implement and continually evaluate how the organisation recognises and addresses risk - including establishing clear risk ownership and effective incident management planning.
Some of the areas of responsibility will be, but are not limited to:
Companywide policy management process
Annual assurance audit plan
Risk KPI monitoring
Risk performance reporting
Risk register management
Remedial action plan management
Third party audits and policy evaluation
Incident management planning
Risk function project management
Corporate risk management group chair
Health & Safety risk group chair
Compliance and Risk Committee secretary
Key to the role is the fact that the Head Of Risk & Assurance will be responsible for ensuring that the company operates with an effective third line of defence and work with the operations and compliance teams to ensure that the 3 lines of defence principal is applied across the whole of the business.
Ensuring that Health & Safety requirements are met is another key factor and therefore, while not responsible for Health & Safety policy delivery, applicants should at least have experience of Health & Safety requirements in a retail environment and be willing to develop their knowledge to a level where a recognised qualification appropriate to the role can be obtained
Reports to Chief Risk Officer
Key Accountabilities
Compliance Responsibilities
Ensures that appropriate risk and assurance processes are in place to further protect company licences and brand reputation.
Support the CRO in the planning, design and implementation of an overall risk management process for the organisation.
Completing risk assessments that identify, describe and estimate the risks affecting the business.
Producing risk evaluation reports with criteria such as costs, legal requirements and environmental factors established.
Analyse documents, statistics, reports and market trends for risk assessment purposes.
Produce group compliance & risk update reports.
Regularly evaluating previous handling of risks.
Establishing and quantifying the organisation's 'risk appetite'.
Project manage on risk functionality.
Advise on corporate governance involving external risk reporting to stakeholders.
Carrying out processes such as developing and maintaining incident management plans.
Conducting audits of policy and compliance to agreed standards, including liaison with internal and external auditors.
Generate and manage annual assurance audit plan.
Risk and control register management.
Deliver on Policy, Procedure & Guidance (PPG) process management.
Manage the corporate risk management process.
Lead and support remedial action plan management.
Ensure the company’s Health & Safety Policy meets current requirements and appropriate processes are in place to achieve full compliance.
Manage third party audits and policy evaluation.
Lead and/or perform internal investigations, as required.
Attend and manage the Health & Safety risk group meetings.
Attend and manage the Corporate Risk Management meetings.
Act as secretary and contribute to the Compliance & Risk Committee meetings.
Skills and Knowledge
Basic Requirements
Minimum 3 years, experience in a similar risk management role, ideally within the gambling industry
An in depth understanding of the three lines of defence risk management model and demonstrable experience of its successful application.
Proven track record in developing risk management processes that support a regulated business in protecting its ability to trade.
Experience of designing and undertaking risk-based audits
Essential Knowledge
Established risk identification and prioritisation processes
Risk reporting and monitoring systems
Risk evaluation and prevention techniques
NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Qualification or similar
Desirable Knowledge
Knowledge of the UK Gambling Act and Gambling Commission’s Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice.
Understanding of gambling products
NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or similar
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