Job title: Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk Management

Location: London

Function: Enterprise Risk Manager

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Reports to: Director of Enterprise Risk Management

No. of direct reports: N/A

No. of non-direct reports: N/A

Budgetary responsibility: N/A

NGR/P&L: N/A

Purpose of role

We’re Entain. Our vision is to be a leading player in the global betting and gaming sector to deliver entertaining experiences and our purpose is to deliver the most entertaining customer experience supported by market-leading player protection. We're home to a global family of more than 30 well-known brands, with a focus on sustainability and growth.

We are looking for a talented individual to join our Enterprise Risk Management Team. If you would like to work with senior management in a dynamic business, have strong problem-solving skills, intellectual agility and can build deep and productive relationships, our team could be the right opportunity for you.

Key responsibilities

Partner with senior management teams across the business to implement our new ERM strategy, focusing on increasing engagement, embedding value adding ERM and driving a risk aware culture. Key responsibilities Include:

• Facilitating and driving management discussions, decisions and strategies on risk at management and leadership meetings.
• Ensuring effective processes are in place to identify, manage, monitor and report on risks to which the organisation might be exposed, in line with the ERM strategy and principles.
• Supporting the continuous development, implementation and maintenance of the ERM framework.
• Raising awareness and articulating the benefits of ERM within Markets and Group Functions.
• Collaborating with Markets and Group Functional risk resources and sharing good practice.
• Providing independent challenge on Market and Group Function risk registers particularly, the validity of the identified risk, their severity and the relevance of the controls and actions documented.
• Supporting risk owners to ensure that existing and proposed controls and actions are appropriate and being enacted as planned.
• Supporting risk owners to ensure that their risks are being monitored and that risk registers are being updated.
• Providing timely risk advice and support to individuals and teams, including advice on the application of the ERM process where required, and disseminate top-down risk communications.
• Ensuring risks are escalated as appropriate in line with the risk escalation criteria.
• Producing risk information for consideration by the Board, Audit & Risk Committee and Executive through collation, aggregation, calibration, and analysis.
• Developing and delivering ERM training when required.
• Keeping abreast of key developments in the ERM industry and ensuring compliance with all applicable risk management and corporate governance legislation.
• Assisting with the development and implementation of relevant IT and other systems to support the capture, analysis and reporting of risks and control effectiveness.
• Supporting the adoption and embedding of AI in ERM.

Specialist skills and experience

• Strong technical enterprise risk management skills and experience in a large FTSE 100 or consultancy.
• Passionate about the value that can be derived from embedding effective ERM with the ability to clearly communicate risk management concepts.
• Proven ability designing and implementing most / or all aspects of a good practice ERM framework, including:
  • Conducting risk interviews and identifying key risks and internal controls, focusing on what matters
  • Developing key risk indicators suites
  • Practical articulation and operationalising risk appetite
  • Developing insightful risk reporting
  • Using numerous techniques to conduct risk analysis
  • Delivering impactful risk management training
  • Linking ERM to operational risk management activities (e.g. ESG, H&S etc) and other second line activities, such as resilience
• Confident and resilient, comfortable asserting yourself with senior clients (Executive and Board level).
• Excellent presentation skills and experience planning and facilitating workshops / risk exercises with senior level audiences.
• Robust diligence and ability to pay close attention to detail, including impeccable report-writing skills.
• Ability to innovate and think laterally.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills with ability to build trust and rapport, influence, persuade and build strong relationships with a diverse range of senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, with strong planning and organisational skills.
• Proven team management skills, including coaching and development of junior team members and / or peers.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently with little management oversight.

Competencies / behaviours

Diversity and equal opportunities:

As a global employer, Entain is committed to providing a safe, fun, and inclusive culture where our people feel like they truly belong.

We are a multicultural business that values, celebrates and respects individual differences, so whatever your sexuality, gender, gender identity, ability, age, race, religion or belief, you will have a voice here, and the space to do your best work.

Our diverse internal networks provide the support for you to express your views and make a positive difference, all for the good of entertainment.