Head of Financial Risk recruitment

A contract opportunity has arisen for a Head of Financial Risk with a UK based insurance firm (General Life). The responsibilities for this include, but are not limited to;

Role

This role has arisen to provide interim resource alongside ongoing recruitment for permanent resource.

The post holder will provide support to the Chief Risk Officer, work alongside projects in Finance, and assist with risk planning for the future.

The role is for 6 months and will then transition into a new structure with new permanent team members.

The post holder will manage 2 staff members who are technical (one GI expert and one Life expert). In the short term they will also manage one credit risk staff member, but management of this post will soon transfer to Finance.

Candidate

Experience in Risk Oversight

Experience in Insurance, and Life in particular, is essential.

Candidates should be used to working with, challenging and operating with other actuaries in a constructive manner.

Candidates must be able to translate actuarial content into board level language, set up frameworks and provide an effective challenge to the business, both commercially and prudently.

For further information, or to apply for this role, please contact Ben Goodfellow (ben.goodfellow@jcwresourcing.com), or call on 0207 324 6242.