Your new role

We are looking for an experienced and strategic Senior Risk Partner to join our team at DFS Group. In this role, you will be accountable for implementing and delivering the DFS Group’s Risk strategy, ensuring key operational deliverables are met, and supporting the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in managing principal risks across the business. This is a key role in driving our risk culture and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Lead the implementation and delivery of the Risk strategy across the Group, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Take ownership of identifying, capturing, and reporting principal risks and material controls, working closely with the SLT and GLT to assess and mitigate these risks.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, including leveraging external knowledge to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices, providing expert guidance on risk governance frameworks.
• Champion the embedding of a strong risk culture across the Group, taking ownership of training and development needs and supporting their delivery.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the Group, developing a deep understanding of key business areas to provide valuable risk mitigation support.
• Provide strategic advice to the leadership team on risk and emerging risks, assessing potential threats and opportunities to inform business decisions.
• Identify, monitor, and manage emerging risks and trends, ensuring they are captured, reported, and managed in accordance with the risk management framework.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture within the risk team, working closely with peers to achieve shared goals.
• Collaborate with the legal and regulatory compliance teams to define and analyse risks, ensuring all potential threats are addressed.
• Ensure the Group Board receives appropriate management information (MI) and documentation to ensure compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, especially related to risk management and material controls.

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