Senior Risk Analyst

Location: Aztec West, Bristol (with occasional Project/Site visits)
HYBRID Working : 3 days per week office attendance and 2 days per week working remotely/from home
Duration: Approval until end December 2025 (with HIGH probability of renewal)
Status: CONTRACT – INSIDE IR35

Morson Talent are working with a major player in the Energy sector who have a current requirement for a Senior Risk Analyst to join their established Project team, on a contract basis. All work is associated with a major energy infrastructure construction Project in the Southwest. This contract opportunity will be based at our client’s offices at Aztec West in Bristol with infrequent visits to the Project site in Somerset. The role is offered on a hybrid basis with typically 3 days per week office attendance and 2 days per week worked remotely/from home. Competitive all-inclusive daily rate - inside IR35.

Broad Scope

• The Integrated Project Controls – IPC (Risk) team, aims to act as a centre of excellence for project controls implementation. It is the intelligent owner of the single source of delivery performance information, operating as an integrated enabler for the successful delivery of the Project.
• The role of Senior Risk Analyst will act as an expert of the Risk team, following the Risk strategy uniformly across the project.
• They will ensure the implementation of Risk specific processes and framework.
• They will follow all governance arrangements for the Risk team providing effective reporting of Risk and Opportunity information in a timely and accurate manner, supporting others to achieve the same results.
• They will manage the delivery of specific contracts which range in value from £10m to £500m.

Principal Accountabilities

• The Senior Risk Analyst will be the face of Risk management in their nominated Programme/Area in the Project, bringing confidence to stakeholders that they are performing the right steps to identify, analyse, respond to and manage their Risk Outputs.
• Providing assurance of the maintenance of all Risk and Opportunity data for the Programme/Area within the Risk software system e.g. ARM.
• Assurance of the delivery of Risk and Opportunity reports to a defined reporting cycle, including commentary on key time-related drivers and performance issues ensuring the quality of the output
• The Senior Risk Analyst will support the Programme/Area Directors implement Risk management by:

o Reviewing and challenging the significant issues that may impact programme/area objectives
o Supporting issue and opportunities reviews and workshops and specialist risk focussed sessions (i.e. scenario planning).
o Analysis of risk data and the connection of this data across the Project, in conjunction with the project controls managers and risk leads
o Challenging the uncertainties of risk data over time to allow prioritisation and decision making.
o Ensuring a comprehensive risk portfolio is maintained and reflective of the current project position.

• Working with colleagues in IPC to ensure that the Project schedule and cost estimates are informed by high quality risk information (at delivery and portfolio levels).
• Work with the PCMs to support the programme/area teams and where appropriate Tier 1 Contractors to assess contractor-held Risk and their views on Programme-held risks and opportunities that impact upon them.
• Identify and support the implementation of enhancements to integrated risk management procedure, process, reporting and tools.
• Accountable for the production and presentation of accurate, insightful project controls information at the Programme Reviews and Board Meetings, ROTCs, Portfolio Risk Review as required.
• Responsible for the management and verification of information within the PowerBI dashboards and providing proposals for improvement from the Programme/Area teams.
• Lead Risk management and Risk software specific training to the Programme/Area team, PM community and apprentices and provide recommendations of additional training requirements, or improvements to existing training.

Criteria: Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Knowledge & Skills

• Able to deliver accurate and concise Risk insights to drive evidence-based decision making, utilising commercial and technical information, to influence project decisions and support the management of risks/opportunities.
• Understanding and/or practical experience of wider project controls disciplines enabling Risk management to be integrated with cost, schedule and change, and provide assurance that risk and opportunity reporting and outputs of risk analysis aligns with other project data.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to facilitate risk conversations with colleagues at all levels, including Executive and Director leadership.
• Effectively communicates complex issues and concepts (unique insights) in simple ways, to both technical and non-technical senior audiences.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise and delegate tasks to other team members.
• Possesses high work standards and sets ambitious, yet attainable goals. Constantly drives to streamline and simplify to deliver business value.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues within and across organisational boundaries to achieve mutually successful outcomes.
• Ability to assure the quality of others work supporting them in developing to effectively deliver outputs.
• Ability to expertly use and guide others in the use of Risk management software
• Ability to draw from best practice across industry to implement changes for improved performance.

Qualifications & Experience

• Desirable degree level or equivalent qualification in project management, project controls, engineering, or another related field
• Industry recognised project controls and/or risk management qualifications, such as Management of Risk Practitioner and/or APM Risk Level 2.
• Demonstrable experience of working as an expert in risk management and expert knowledge of risk/project controls including the tools, and a variety of techniques used to deliver project insight and assess performance
• Experience of working in a project management environment and desirable construction experience
• Experience of working in a highly regulated industry

Tools and Software
The jobholder may be expected to have expertise in the use of any/all of the following (or similar equivalent) software tools:

• Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access)
• ARM (Risks, Opportunities).
• Safran (QSRA).
• Power BI (Business Intelligence Analytics).