Risk Manager

Legal & Compliance Sliema, Malta


Description

Position at LeoVegas Group

ABOUT THE ROLE
               
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for identifying and mitigating risks in a dynamic environment? We're seeking a Risk Manager to join our fast-growing tech company. In this role, you'll lead the charge in developing and implementing risk management strategies that protect our business and drive innovation. If you're ready to make a significant impact by safeguarding our future while supporting our growth, we want to hear from you.  

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:       
  • Ensuring that there is appropriate review, update and approval of policies owned by Risk Management, ensuring these continue to meet business, stakeholder and regulatory expectations.
  • Owning and maintaining the Enterprise Risk Methodology and Framework Policies, used across the company and determining the governance protocols for risk escalations
  • Oversight of the Risk Governance process, including production of appropriate management information for relevant Committees. Providing the team support in effective running the committees where needed.
  • Working closely with risk owners to develop risk appetite, KRIs, and ensuring risk assessments processes are adequately followed and aligned with the enterprise risk management frameworks.
  • Overseeing the completion and quality of Risk Assessments within the centralised Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tool.
  • Ensuring that the logistics of risk assessments and reporting are fit for purpose and timely, aligning to committee schedules and business requirements.
  • Assisting risk/control owners, product managers and wider parts of the Group in correctly utilising the GRC tooling in their risk assessments.
  • Helping to track and deliver progress against our principal Risk Management programme adoption, execution, and remediation milestones.
  • Monitoring the output of internal audit and other oversight functions and coordinating any inputs needed from Group Risk in the matters or issue/incident remediation plans that impact standing risk exposures.
  • Ensuring that the Group Risk is appropriately complying with applicable regulations and that the function operates suitable systems and controls. This would also include your involvement in driving efficiency where possible through automation, tooling and process improvements.
OUR SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
Essential skills:
 
  
  • Big 4 experience in a Risk Advisory role or similar in-house experience and holder of a professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CRISC, PMI-RMP, or CERA).
  • Experience in building and managing teams.
  • Experience with GRC Tooling and other technological means to measure risk positions and provide actionable risk analysis reporting to senior leadership
  • Experience in aligning to the other key risks across the risk taxonomy, including operational, financial and strategic risk as well as intersecting risks.
  • Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in data collection, analysis, and reporting and proven analytical and numeracy skills with the ability to analyse data and identify risks trends.
  • Good understanding of systems, management information, and reporting systems.
Nice to have skills:   
  • Prior knowledge of the betting and gaming industry.
  • Project management skills.
WHO ARE WE? 
At the core of LeoVegas Group, is Team Leo. Our culture is our foundation and is what enables us to innovate, build, and lead as we trailblaze our way through the igaming industry. We’re a team of over 1400 innovators, initiators, and groundbreakers working in a fast-paced and agile environment across 11 offices world-wide.       
BENEFITS    
  • Competitive salary based on your experience.
  • Well-being allowance to support your active lifestyle.
  • Work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks per year
  • Private health insurance to keep our Team Leo healthy and happy.
  • Personal development plan to help you reach your goals and ambitions.
  • Employee assistance program to help and guide you in challenging moments.
  • Roaring discounts all over Malta island for you to explore.
  • Team activities and events to have some well deserved break and a bit of fun!
  • If you are not based in Malta we will also provide you with a relocation package, which includes 3-week accommodation and flight!
JOIN US! 
            
In our pride, we like to empower our teammates to find their roar and run with their wildest ideas. We don’t wait around for things to happen, we pounce and make it happen!             
If you think you would be a good fit for the Leo pride - give us a roar!              
            
**As our company working language is English we’d like to see your CV in English please**