Risk & Assurance Advisor

About the role

REA Group, a property services company, is hiring a Risk & Assurance Advisor for a 12-month contract based in Richmond, aiming to end in November 2027. The role sits within the Customer & Consumer and Product Risk & Assurance team, which supports business leaders and control owners in identifying and managing risk early and strengthening risk culture. The advisor acts as a risk and compliance subject matter expert helping implement the REA Risk Management Framework.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the Head of Risk and business leaders in implementing the REA Risk Management Framework across assigned portfolios
• Provide practical risk and compliance advice and run risk workshops to identify, assess and report on key risks
• Support risk assessments for strategic initiatives, projects, products, suppliers and operational changes, including technology, data and AI-related change
• Conduct Change Risk Assessments and support controls and treatment plans for product and process change
• Maintain the Business Unit Risk Profile, including compliance obligations, controls, KRIs and treatment plans
• Support the identification, assessment, management and escalation of risks, issues, events, near misses and customer-impacting incidents, including post-incident reviews
• Analyse and report on risk exposure and update leadership and risk governance forums
• Work with Legal, Privacy, Security, Compliance, Internal Audit, Resilience and other specialist functions

Required profile

• At least 2 years' experience in an Operational Risk, Compliance, Audit, Assurance or related role, with good knowledge of risks and controls
• Experience in risk profile, change-risk or compliance reviews, including controls testing, highly valued
• Experience with customer, privacy, fraud, data, AI, third-party or regulatory risk regarded favourably
• Desirable: technology risk management, audit or compliance review experience, or understanding of product development

Required skills

• Strong business and report writing skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise projects and initiatives
• Ability to build trusted relationships and give constructive, commercially aware challenge

What we offer

• A hybrid and flexible working approach
• Flexible leave options, including birthday leave and additional leave
• Parental leave for primary and secondary carers
• Volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and a community café that donates 100% of its revenue to charity
• Hackdays