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About the Role

This leadership role reports to the Group CRO and directly to HMA/HIDAC CEOs and Boards, focusing on developing strategic risk management and ensuring top-class risk management across the Hamilton Group. Success requires proactive communication with stakeholders and compliance with regulatory environments, particularly the PRA and CBI.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, maintain, and raise awareness of an effective enterprise, emerging, and operational risk framework, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and standards.
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures for the ERM function.
• Maintain and update risk registers for entities across the group, ensuring clear risk taxonomy and definitions.
• Oversee and monitor the implementation and execution of the Internal Control Framework and Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) process across the HGS platform.
• Provide support and challenge to the business to maintain Hamilton’s control environment.
• Articulate key risks to senior management and relevant governance forums, identifying areas for process/control improvement.
• Support key operational initiatives including business continuity planning, disaster recovery, information security, and operational resilience.
• Produce ERM reports for subsidiary Risk Committees, Boards, and other committees.
• Administer the process for capturing loss events and near misses, investigating and documenting root causes of incidents and planned remedial actions.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of Hamilton’s GRC system, focusing on the Risk & Compliance workspace.
• Provide training to the business to support a strong risk culture.
• Co-ordinate the production of annual ORSA reports.
• Develop, implement, and maintain a process for identifying, assessing, and monitoring emerging risks.
• Act as an advocate and example of the Hamilton target culture, driving culture, values, and talent management.
• Foster an environment of support and collaboration, providing guidance to the business.
• Collaborate, influence, and build relationships at all levels, internally and externally, to enhance strategic success.
• Manage the risk management function and monitor the effectiveness of the insurance undertaking’s risk management system.
• Manage the entity risk function and report directly to the entity Board on risk management matters.
• Ensure entities have an effective risk management framework compliant with local requirements and standards, including appropriate policies and procedures.
• Produce entity-level annual ORSA and any ad hoc ORSAs.
• Ensure effective processes are in place to identify, manage, and monitor risks, including emerging risks.
• Promote a sound and effective risk management culture at all levels.
• Facilitate the setting of risk appetite by entity Boards and ensure it is monitored.
• Provide comprehensive and timely information on material risks to entity Boards, Risk Committees, and other committees.
• Stay updated on industry trends, regulations, and best practices for compliance and innovation.
• Responsibility for implementing the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) process.
• Responsibility for the calculation of the company’s capital requirement (with input from Finance).

Requirements

• Experience in developing and implementing enterprise risk management frameworks.
• Knowledge of regulatory environments, particularly PRA and CBI.
• Experience in managing risk registers and internal control frameworks.
• Familiarity with business continuity planning, disaster recovery, information security, and operational resilience.
• Experience in producing risk reports for governance bodies.
• Experience with GRC systems.
• Experience in coordinating ORSA reports.
• Experience in identifying, assessing, and monitoring emerging risks.
• Experience in fostering a strong risk culture.
• Experience in collaborating and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in managing an entity risk function and reporting to a Board.
• Experience in facilitating risk appetite setting and monitoring.
• Experience in staying updated on industry trends and best practices.
• Experience with capital requirement calculations.

Skills

• Risk Management
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• Operational Risk
• Emerging Risk
• Regulatory Compliance
• Policy Development
• Procedure Development
• Risk Register Management
• Internal Control Frameworks
• Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA)
• Business Continuity Planning
• Disaster Recovery
• Information Security
• Operational Resilience
• GRC Systems
• Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)
• Risk Culture Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Influence
• Relationship Building
• Regulatory Engagement
• Capital Requirement Calculation

Location

• Bermuda

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Leadership
• Senior

About the Company

• Hamilton is a global specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter with three underwriting platforms: Hamilton Global Specialty, Hamilton Select, and Hamilton Re.
• Headquartered in Bermuda, Hamilton has over 600 employees with key underwriting operations in London, Bermuda, the US, and Dublin.
• The company offers a vibrant, entrepreneurial, and collaborative workplace shaped by its values: Be Smart, Be Sensible, Be Open and Be More.
• Hamilton fosters an inclusive, supportive, and empowering culture that embraces individuality and values diverse perspectives.