Senior Enterprise Risk Manager (Contract)

Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for more than 40 years, earning a reputation for an innovative approach to investing in secondaries, co-investments, and primary fund investments, as well as capital formation across commingled funds, evergreen vehicles and customized solutions. Our specialist investment capabilities span multiple strategies across private equity, infrastructure and real assets, and private credit. Through our collaborative and committed culture, we find new ways to solve complex problems together and deliver innovative investment opportunities across private markets. Pantheon currently manages approximately $82.3 billion in AUM across all its strategies, serving more than 750 institutional and 638 private wealth clients worldwide

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Purpose of Position

The Senior Enterprise Risk Manager will support the Enterprise Risk function on a fixed-term basis to support the delivery of key regulatory and risk management initiatives. The role will focus on supporting compliance with regulatory requirements relating to PIN and PINT (Provision 34), advancing the firm's Internal Controls System (ICS) framework, and further enhancing operational risk management capabilities across the business.
The position will report directly to the Head of Enterprise Risk and will work closely with senior stakeholders across all business functions to strengthen risk governance, controls documentation, and regulatory readiness.

Key Responsibilities

Internal Controls System (ICS) Framework

- Support the enhancement, and implementation of the firm's Internal Controls System (ICS) framework.

- Partner with business owners to identify, document, and assess key processes, risks, and controls.

- Drive the centralisation of risk and control documentation to meet evolving regulatory expectations.

- Ensure risk and control inventories are complete, accurate, and maintained within the firm's designated governance platform.

- Challenge and validate control design and effectiveness to support a robust control environment.

Regulatory Programme Delivery

- Support the delivery of regulatory commitments relating to PIN and PINT, including requirements under Provision 34.

- Coordinate with first and second line stakeholders to gather, review, and evidence regulatory deliverables.

- Assist in preparing materials, documentation, and management reporting for regulatory reviews and internal governance forums.

- Track progress against regulatory milestones and identify risks, issues, and dependencies impacting delivery.

Enterprise and Operational Risk Management

- Support the continued enhancement of the enterprise and operational risk management frameworks (such as Fraud and Operational Resilience frameworks).

- Identify control gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities for framework improvement.

- Support incident, issue, and remediation management activities where required.

- Support and management of data privacy related framework enhancements

Stakeholder Engagement

- Build strong working relationships with business leaders and risk owners across the organisation.

- Provide guidance and challenge on risk and controls best practice.

- Facilitate workshops and working sessions to support process mapping, risk assessment, and controls documentation activities.

- Deliver clear and concise reporting to senior management and governance committees.

Knowledge and Experience Required

- Significant experience within Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Internal Controls, or Risk Transformation within financial services (incl. operational resilience, outsourcing, or third-party risk frameworks).

- Experience supporting risk framework enhancement, or governance programmes.

- Strong understanding of risk and control frameworks, including Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs), process mapping, and controls documentation.

- Experience implementing or enhancing Internal Controls System (ICS) frameworks.

- Strong knowledge of financial services regulatory expectations and governance requirements.

- Demonstrable experience partnering with senior business stakeholders and control owners.

- Excellent analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

- Ability to work independently, manage multiple workstreams, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.

- Experience within asset management, private markets, banking, or investment management environments would be advantageous.

- Experience supporting regulatory engagements or remediation programmes.

- Knowledge of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) systems.

- Experience developing centralised risk and controls libraries.

This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. You may be required to perform other job-related duties as reasonably requested by your manager.

Pantheon is an Equal Opportunities employer, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't perfectly align we'd still encourage you to apply.