Commercial Finance Lead at Knauf managing financial performance across multiple regions and ensuring alignment with company goals. Drive initiatives for business growth and process improvement in a family - owned company.
About the role
- Leading implementation and improvement of Financial Risk Management framework at Domestic & General. Overseeing financial risk processes, ensuring compliance and supporting organisational solvency.
Responsibilities
- Manage the execution and continuous improvement of the Group’s Financial Risk Management framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and internal governance standards.
- Oversee processes for identifying, assessing, and prioritising financial risks, including credit, liquidity, market, and capital adequacy risks.
- Ensure robust governance structures for financial risk management, including regular engagement with key risk owners and senior stakeholders.
- Lead the preparation of financial risk reports and dashboards for DGLG and the Board, highlighting emerging risks and mitigation strategies.
- This also includes support on Solvency reporting (SFCR, RSR, ORSA for UK and EU).
- Refine and maintain policies, methodologies, and tools for financial risk measurement and monitoring.
- Perform stress testing and scenario analysis to evaluate the impact of adverse conditions on financial resilience.
- Support regulatory submissions and maintain effective relationships with external auditors and regulators on financial risk matters.
- Drive initiatives to enhance risk analytics, reporting quality, and automation of financial risk processes.
- Working in partnership with Finance to support Solvency II risk requirements (SFCR, RSR, ORSA) including the risk contribution to the ORSA, recovery planning, stress and scenario testing, and capital optimisation.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of financial risk principles, including credit, liquidity, and market risk.
- Experience in implementing risk frameworks within a regulated environment ideally within general insurance sector, (including the implementation and delivery of Solvency requirements).
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in risk modelling and stress testing.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills at senior levels.
- Ability to translate complex financial risk insights into clear, concise reporting for senior leadership and Board committees.
- Proven track record of enhancing risk processes, including automation and improvements to reporting quality.
- Strong judgement and decision‑making skills, with the ability to balance regulatory expectations, business priorities, and financial resilience.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
- 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
- Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
- Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more.
- Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
- Attractive company pension scheme
- Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
- Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services: Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
- Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand-new vehicles
- Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
- Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000
- Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
- OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
- Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
- Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
- Employee discounts – with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers.
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