Enterprise Risk Account Manager

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Sector: Transport and Logistics
Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

About Network Rail
Join Network Rail - Where People and Connections Matter.
At Network Rail, we're dedicated to keeping passengers and freight moving safely and efficiently across the country. When you join us, you're not just part of a team - you're part of something that matters to millions. We believe that our people are at the heart of what we do, and every role plays a vital part in building a better, more connected railway. We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. We value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. As a Disability Confident Leader, we'll do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout the recruitment process.

If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!

We offer excellent benefits, including:
Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
Defined benefit pension scheme.
75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
Up to 75% off leisure travel.
Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.
Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.
Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments.

Brief Description
You'll be joining the Route Services finance team, which is part of the corporate structure known as Finance and Business Support, within the Route Services directorate. Your role involves supporting the function to deliver services that are vital to the running of the railway, delivering the provision of services agreed by the routes to allow them to benefit from economies of scale and the optimisation of our critical resources.

About the role

Main responsibilities:

• Provide specialist input to support line managers and risk practitioners in enterprise Risk Management (ERM) including the identification of risk; analyses and assessment of impact on the business; and identification of mitigation measures and internal controls necessary to manage risk appropriately.
• Facilitate business units through the enterprise risk management process, providing expert advice and on-the-job training to improve Risk Management capability.
• Provide specialist advice to managers to enable the prioritisation of business risk using the enterprise risk process, thereby supporting the development of a suitable risk-based business plan and an independent, coherent and consistent evaluation of risk across the business.
• Monitor overall compliance with risk management process, criteria and procedures. Facilitate line managers in achieving compliance with the process.
• Support business areas through account management activity to improve risk management capability and maturity. Providing feedback on compliance and the quality of risk management activities. Working closely with risk coordinators and risk managers.
• Align and maintain business unit risk data with the strategic risks, working with business units to appropriately link risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops educating and upskilling attendees in their role and have a general understanding of the process, the assessment criteria and their post workshop responsibilities. Manage the process for risk workshops, so that attendees are aware of their responsibilities.
• Support the continued development and improvement of ERM.

The ideal candidate

Meet the essential criteria? Apply today to join our team!

Essential

• Subject matter expert in Enterprise Risk Management
• Trained and experienced facilitator with proven experience of facilitating multifunctional groups of senior managers
• Proven influencing and interpersonal skills
• Detailed understanding of risk process and their application in operational risk assessment methods
• Recognised qualification in risk management

Desirable

• Good understanding of the ERM process
• Proven process management and process improvement experience
• Detailed understanding of the railway industry, its key business processes and interfaces
• Proven experience of working in a safety critical industry
• Experience of working in a large complex organisation in a risk capacity
• Educated to degree level

Company

Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges - but also tremendous opportunities. From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.

We're proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious, and offer great training and career development opportunities. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it's crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead.

We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway.

We also know that it's vital to get each individual's training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this is an approach that encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn't just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe, that should come first.

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• My benefits - Our discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers - cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

'Diversity' means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. 'Inclusion' means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourage innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail - making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.