Standard Life plc
SMCR Risk Consultant

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Job Type: 12 month fixed term contract
Location: Edinburgh, Birmingham or London on a hybrid basis, with normally a minimum of 2 days a week working in the office and the rest working at home.
Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here. [https://www.standardlifeplc.com/careers/flexible-working]
Closing Date: 4th September
Salary and benefits: £43,500 to £65,000 depending on experience, plus an indicative bonus range of 16% to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.
Who are we?
We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
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We’re currently recruiting for a Senior Consultant to join our SMCR Team which is part of the Risk Function. The vacancy arises as a result of exciting strategic projects that will trigger a significant number of senior management applications. The role will involve working with key business partners advising them and reviewing draft Senior Management Function applications and supporting documents to ensure they meet high standards whilst working to challenging timescales. If you have experience of this type of work we'd love to hear from you.
- Review Senior Manager Function applications and supporting documentation to ensure they meet the high standards required and to maintain appropriate records.
- Support delivery of team's responsibilities under the Group Risk Annual Plan, to fulfil the Group Risk Mission and Mandate.
- Provide advice and assurance in alignment with the Group Risk's Mission to promote informed decision making and controlled risk-taking that improves customer outcomes and delivers long term value for shareholders.
- Building close working relationships, gaining credibility and an appropriate level of influence in business areas.
- Managing a variety of Risk Management related tasks and activities concurrently, meeting expectations on agreed deliverables and timescales.
- Continuously developing and maintaining technical knowledge and applying this in conjunction with business awareness in order to provide review, challenge and consultancy.
- Expressing technical information in plain language for stakeholders with a range of technical knowledge.


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The ideal candidate will have the following personal attributes and skills:
- Exceptional experience of the UK SMCR regime and applications under it in a large regulated firm.
- Ideally extensive experience of working in the Risk function of a similar type organisation to Standard Life.
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.
Find out more about working at Standard Life
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