Risk Business Partner

About The Role

AXA Global Healthcare are looking for a Risk Business Partner to support managers and areas across the business, ensuring delivery of an effective risk management system. Supporting the Operational Risk Manager, you'll work closely with the business to implement solutions, by providing expert advice and opinion on risk impacts.

At AXA we work smart, this role is non-office based meaning you can predominantly work from home, with occasional travel to our office in Tunbridge Wells for meetings with your team.

What you'll be doing:

• Support implementation and maintenance of an effective risk management system
• Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships in order to work closely to assess and manage risks associated with activities
• Monitor and report on risk performance, providing recommendations for improvements
• Provide appropriate training to ensure relevant people are equipped with the knowledge and understanding to allow them to discharge their risk related responsibilities
• Support the identification, management and implementation of AGH Group Policy and AXA Group Standards
• To provide risk advice to project working groups
• Conduct internal control assessments to identify areas of improvement and mitigate potential risks, reviewing and testing procedures
• Collaborate with internal audit teams to provide assurance on the effectiveness of controls and identify opportunities for improvement
• Track and monitor risk incidents within the business
• Root cause analysis of key trends and themes across incidents, with recommendations for improvement
  
  
  

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.

About You

What we’re looking for:

• Relevant experience working within a regulated financial services firm with a significant level of involvement in delivery of a risk management function
• Capable of understanding and assimilating complex information quickly and accurately
• Ability to develop strong professional relationships, with strong influencing and communication skills, with an ability to challenge both tactfully and in a value adding way
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Awareness of the financial services industry and the regulatory context within which it operates (health insurance industry preferred but not essential)
• Self-driven and proactive
• Proven and effective report writing and written skills
  
  
  

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

What We Offer

At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary dependent on skills and experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• AXA employee discounts
• Gym benefits
  
  
  

To apply, click on the ‘apply for this job’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long term health condition or disability and require reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to ruth.tennant@axa-uk.co.uk.

About AXA

With a presence in over 60 countries, and 165,000 employees serving the needs of 107 million customers, AXA is big.

But never too big to care for every single person who works here. So when you join us, we promise to put our collective might behind you and your career.

You’ll work in an open and supportive environment where you’ll be developed, challenged and encouraged to move around to achieve even bigger and better things – nationally and internationally. You’ll learn directly from senior leaders, from the best in our business. And you’ll enjoy real responsibility, really early on.

Every large company today talks about supporting diversity and inclusion. But at AXA, these values form an integral part of everything we do. For us, it’s about bringing together the best talent, helping people to realise their full potential by being 100% themselves at work and delivering outstanding service to everyone – regardless of difference.

Proud to be part of the AXA Group, AXA – Global Healthcare specialize in supporting the healthcare needs of globally mobile citizens, around the world. From a routine medical checkup to a lengthy hospital stay, individuals and businesses have relied on the global support and protection AXA offer, for more than 55 years. Today, we support members living in more than 200 countries from our global hubs in the UK, Europe, Asia, India, USA and Middle East.