Corporate Risk Manager

Are you a passionate people leader with strong coaching skills and a proven track record in developing others? Do you have a solid analytics and data background within risk management? Are you confident in using data to drive insights and support risk-related decision-making?

If your answer is 'yes' to all of these, keep reading.

Want to know a little about us?

At Novuna Consumer Finance, we provide fast, flexible finance solutions for some of the UK's biggest retail brands. Whether customers are buying furniture for their new home, an important piece of jewellery, or home electrical goods, we're passionate about delivering phenomenal customer experiences.

We're proud to be a Top 50 Inclusive employer. We're a signatory of the Women in Finance and the Race at Work Charter and we're Disability Confident Committed.

What does the role involve?

Reporting to the Senior Corporate Risk Manager, the Corporate Risk Analytics Manager is a key member of the Corporate Risk team, who will lead and shape the analytics and data function, a business-critical team producing high quality data and analysis that supports the effective management of risk across the team and wider business. You will have direct responsibility for three team members, with a strong focus on their development and coaching, empowering them to become more self-sufficient and hands-on in their roles.

Please note, this is a 12 month fixed term contract. This is a hybrid role based in our Leeds office, requiring office attendance three days per week, with flexibility needed during the training period.

Some of your key duties will include:

• Take ownership of producing and distributing key internal data reports that are essential to the team's daily operations, to support informed decision-making
• Work closely with the wider Corporate Risk team to provide a well-rounded perspective on the activity and performance of the retailers we manage
• Produce business-critical provision calculations estimating projected financial impact on Novuna from retailer failures, with the results shared with other key business functions
• Responsible for effectively monitoring the B2B portfolio whilst consistently looking to improve both the effectiveness and automation of existing systems and processes across the function

What are we looking for?

You're a strong people manager with a passion for leading and developing others. You excel at coaching and teaching soft skills, helping team members grow and progress within their roles. You are confident in putting forward your own point of view and comfortable challenging others constructively, including senior colleagues, to support better decision-making and continuous improvement. With a sharp commercial mindset, you're able to balance risk while supporting business goals, making sound decisions that align with both operational needs and strategic priorities.

Also, we're looking for the following:

• Experience in producing and analysing data to support management-level decision-making
• A natural collaborator, to work effectively across the Corporate Risk team and the wider business with stakeholders of all levels
• Experience working with SAS, SQL, Oracle and Databricks would be highly advantageous, along with proficiency in Power BI to effectively present and visualise data insights
• A background in an FCA-regulated financial institution is desirable, though not essential

What can we offer you?

At Novuna we take our people promise seriously. If you join us, you'll have a chance to make a difference, opportunities to learn, and time to shine.

In addition to a market-benchmarked salary and excellent bonus scheme, our offer to you includes:

• Company car or cash alternative - with fantastic EV incentives
• Flexible hybrid working
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell 5 days
• Full wellbeing package including BUPA, digital GP service, 24/7 employee assistance, plus wellbeing events throughout the year

What's the next step?

Interested? Start your application today and see what Novuna can offer you.

Novuna has been named one of the top 50 most inclusive employers for the fourth year running and this is also reflected in our recruitment process. We are committed to ensuring our application process is inclusive and accessible to all candidates.

We're Disability Confident Committed, so if you're a person with a disability, if you're neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.