What you will be doing as Enterprise Risk Business Partner?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated team of professionals, where you will work closely with senior leadership teams, gaining valuable experience in addition to being mentored and developed to deliver your full potential.
You will be responsible for:-
Working with the Head of Enterprise Risk to support and embed a comprehensive enterprise risk management framework within Thames Water.
Managing the implementation of enterprise risk management policies and processes across all business units.
Establishing effective lines of communication with internal key stakeholders/risk owners.
Collaborating with the business in the Identification and assessment of operational risks.
Ensuring enterprise risk management reporting requirements, internally and externally, meet the UK Corporate Governance Code and other statutory obligations.
Enhancing risk management philosophy and culture within Thames Water.
Providing support to ensure that risk management is an integral part of the decision-making process and is closely linked to Thames Water's business objectives and performance metrics.
Managing the risk registers and facilitating the identification, assessment and prioritisation of key risks within the business and assisting in the escalation of any risk for inclusion within the PR dashboard.
Building value relationships with business colleagues to support decision-making in the identification of risks.
What you will should bring to the role?
Essential
Extensive enterprise risk management experience supporting the implementation of effective risk management strategies and frameworks in an organisation.
Strong understanding and working knowledge of current risk management frameworks.
Must be able to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, as well as have excellent presentation skills.
Able to operate effectively in a flexible, agile, way in the context of changing priorities of the wider team and the business.
Experience working with senior teams to deliver risk reports and analysis and being a trusted advisor.
Provide subject matter expertise.
Experience in developing and delivering risk training
Demonstrable experience developing collaborative working relationships, excellent interpersonal skills, able to influence, build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to deliver quality deliverables to tight deadlines.
A strong sense of personal resilience and the ability to remain focused on the bigger picture.
Tenacity, drive and enthusiasm, completer finisher, proactive, comfortable constructively challenging business leaders, enthusiastic, motivated, adaptable and proactive.
Desirable:
Insightful business awareness with the ability to understand and analyse changing business contexts to assess and manage risk.
Ability to deliver at pace, meeting changing priorities.
Experience in developing, implementing and administering risk management information software solutions.
Experience in the utility industry, regulated environment or FTSE250.
Strategic thinker – fosters innovation.
Qualification:
Recognised qualification in Risk Management (e.g. BA Risk Management, CertIRM) or working towards one.
What’s in it for you?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small, friendly team, developing your experience and gaining an invaluable insight into working for a large organisation such as Thames Water.
- Competitive salary from £50,000pa to £65,000pa
- Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (Plus bank holidays)
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, background, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.