Risk and Assurance Manager

Risk and Assurance Manager

Salary: £55,294

Location: Manchester - Agile

Full Time, Permanent

Closing Date: 29th November 2024

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.

At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.

We have an exciting position available for a Risk and Assurance Manager to join us!

You’ll be responsible for managing an enterprise wide risk management programme, a risk-based internal audit programme, and the oversight of the effectiveness of the internal control framework.

The role will work closely with Risk Owners across One Manchester and ensure that the ELT & SLT, Board and Audit & Risk Committee are advised as to any current and potential risks to the profitability, reputation and regulatory status of the One Manchester Group. Working with the Director of Strategy, Governance and Assurance and the Chief Finance Officer, the Risk and Assurance Manager will act as the main point of contact for and manage the day-to-day activities of the Audit & Risk Committee.

Further to this you will be role responsible for the line management of the Risk and Assurance Team.

What we’re looking for:

• Risk Management qualification (e.g., Institute of Risk Management), or relevant experience.

• Experience of designing risk management policies/procedures and Risk Maps.

• Ability to quickly understand a range of operating procedures and practices relevant to audit and risk management plans to assist in producing practical conclusions to issues faced by the function.

• Knowledge of audit planning, testing and system evaluation and recording (including interviewing client staff) in accordance with mandatory standards and local policies and procedures.

• Understands all elements of a risk-based audit assignment over the range of internal audits (routine and non-routine) across different functions.

• Has a good knowledge of enterprise-wide risk and audit processes, not just financial risk management and audit, and an ability to distil outcomes from these processes into practical and focussed recommendations for business process improvement.

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation.

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.

Location: Hulme, GB

Posted Date: 11/28/2024