Job Description

You'll review and challenge all aspects of investment, credit and liquidity risk alongside capital management and reinsurance purchase, monitoring the macroeconomic and geopolitical environment to assess their impact on us as a business. You will also lead and provide assurance across all of the Financial Risk reporting.

You'll prepare updates for our ExCo, Board, and relevant risk committees and be empowered to provide oversight and thoughtful challenge at our governance committees (eg Investment Risk forum, Reinsurance and Capital Working groups, etc.). With the same leadership approach, you will be tasked with developing, coaching and mentoring the wider Financial Risk team.

What else you'll be doing:

• Lead the second line oversight of Solvency Risk, including risk appetite and capital plans (excluding internal model validation)
• Provide risk SME to the business and to other financial risk teams, including input into: oversight of climate change risk management; stress & scenario testing; calibration of the internal capital model
• Review and update the relevant risk policies and framework to ensure adequacy for regulatory needs and business requirements (e.g. Solvency II)
• Develop and maintain the reporting, key risk indicators (KRIs) and management information (MI) for relevant risks
• Keep abreast of relevant industry and regulatory developments; seek external information on relevant issues which may affect DLG

Hours: 35 hours (Monday - Friday)

Benefits

We recognize we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, that's why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:

• Generous 9% employer pension. Regardless of whether you contribute into your pension or not, DLG pay 9% into your pension (but you can take this as cash if you want!)
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus of up to 20%
• Generous holidays - 30 days (excluding the bank holidays). Plus, the option of buying or selling up to 5 days each year!
• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance
• Free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
• Electric Vehicle car scheme which allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way
• Free private medical cover for you!
• Buy-as-you-earn share scheme
• Employee discounts and cashback

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Actuarial or investment experience, coupled with experience in investment/economic risk and/or capital modelling/management in first- or second-line functions