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Risk and Assurance Manager - Luxury Jewellery Business

Employer
Michael Page
Location
London
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
21 Apr 2019
Reference
14002882/001

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Job Details

Protect shareholder value by ensuring that security risks are properly managed across global entities, involved with the sale/processing of high value jewellery. Responsible for ensuring all security risks owned by the security function are identified, quantified and appropriately mitigated.

Client Details

Our client is an international corporation that specialises in diamond exploration, diamond mining, diamond retail, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. It operates in 35 countries and sells approximately 35% of the world's rough diamond production.

Description

  • Directing service providers, ensuring that deliverables are established and agreed, and that third parties are meeting their programme and quality commitments.
  • Developing outputs from third party assessments into prioritised business unit level and entity level improvement plans that identify critical controls to mitigate risks.
  • Systematically reviewing improvement plan progress with business unit managers and adjusting plans and commitments as necessary.
  • Maintaining security and risk status dashboards for each of the operating companies and providing management reports.
  • Acting as the main point of contact with the Insurance Team.
  • Seeking insurance approvals and providing details of specific security arrangements that might be required by policy underwriters.
  • Maintaining and administering insurance exposure registers for global operations.
  • Working as part of a management team to define and document minimum requirements for: physical protections, security technology, manned guarding, process security, background screening, event security, etc.
  • Developing and deploying training, and training materials, providing bespoke ongoing security awareness programmes for various groups within the workforce

Profile

 

 

 

 

 

  • Strong leadership skills.
  • High-quality security risk management skills.
  • Consensus building and persuasive.
  • Able to communicate security concepts to management / staff at all levels within the business.
  • Significant experience / knowledge of retail security (ideally within the luxury goods sector)
  • Good (non-technical) knowledge of security technologies (CCTV, access control, alarm systems, secure storage, etc.).
  • Good knowledge of basic security controls / processes (physical protections, manned guarding, surveillance, background screening, procedural security, etc.).
  • Experience conducting threat and vulnerability assessments.
  • Formal security / risk management qualification (bachelor's degree level or higher)

Job Offer

 

 

 

 

 

  • Risk Management role with a focus on operational security
  • Exposure to a range of business units
  • Luxury Goods business
  • Central London location
  • line management of 2 individuals
  • Part of a larger team of 11

Company

Michael Page specialises in the permanent, temporary and interim recruitment of qualified accountants. In fact, our organisation was founded to provide selection and recruitment services for accounting professionals and has been a market leader in this field for more than 35 years. We have earned the trust of clients in industry and commerce, the banking and financial services markets and the public and not-for-profit sector. We also have an exemplary track record of completing assignments for everyone from small, boutique practices to the Big Four firms. Michael Page has pioneered a unique, consultative approach to recruitment, enabling us to find the best fit between our client’s needs and the candidate’s experience and abilities. With an emphasis on delivering results and establishing long-term relationships, our consultants waive commission in favour of quarterly profit share – that means impartial career advice and an entire team pulling together on your behalf. Many of our consultants have a background in accounting and finance – that’s real, grass roots expertise at your disposal. Combine that with the global reach you get from a company that has over 164 offices in 34 countries and you’re looking at a pretty formidable package. We are confident no other consultancy is better qualified to help you make that crucial, next step in your career. Take this opportunity to browse our accounting, tax and treasury jobs to find out more about our specific expertise: • Industry and commerce • Financial services • Public and not-for-profit • Taxation • Specialist markets • Treasury • Newly qualified ACA Alternatively, if you're looking to hire, please send us a job brief or get in touch to find out how our track record could add value to your recruitment process” Visit the Michael Page website for more information

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