Risk and Business Continuity Planning Manager

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Overview

We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 78,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That's right, we're big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that's where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

We are seeking a passionate Risk and Business Continuity Planning Manager to join our Group Risk team. In this role, you'll focus on driving long-term sustainable growth by integrating risk management and business continuity planning into decision-making processes. Working closely with various business units, you'll ensure that appropriate risk management strategies are in place to protect Kingfisher.

This role is ideal for someone with operational Business Continuity planning experience in matrix organisations, who is ready to make a significant impact.

If you're ready to help safeguard our future, we'd love to hear from you!

What's the job?

• Ensure that robust business continuity plans (BCP) are in place across the Group. Assist teams in completing their BCP, collaborating across teams to ensure plans align and challenge where plans are insufficient.
• Coordinate risk management activities across the organisation ensuring that all areas of the Group follow the risk management framework. Review and challenge teams on their risk identification and mitigation procedures, ensuring they align with the business' risk appetite.
• Facilitate workshops for both BCP and risk topics with senior partners.
• Draft committee papers and other reports to senior risk governance groups.
• Partner with the business to strengthen risk awareness and culture, complete risk deep dives in significant and strategically important areas and advise on risk mitigation improvements.

What you'll bring

• Professional certification in risk management, accountancy or internal audit (IRM, ACA, CIA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred.
• Experience of implementing business continuity plans across large corporate organisations.
• Ability to project lead and work autonomously
• Experience of working in an enterprise risk management function, with a strong understanding of risk processes, mitigating controls and risk frameworks (either ISO31000 or COSO).
• Working Knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint, including their reporting capabilities

Be Customer Focused - constantly improving our customers' experience

• I listen to my customers

• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human - acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing

• I am respectful

Be Curious - thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas

• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile - working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative

• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive - acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship

• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable - championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions

• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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