Risk Consultant

Risk Consultant

• Partner with stakeholders to strengthen decision-making, resilience and business performance


• Gain broad exposure to enterprise-wide risk activity, governance and major change programmes


• Hybrid 80% homeworking and 20% from Stratford Upon Avon

About the role

As a Risk Consultant, you'll help shape and strengthen operational risk management across NFU Mutual. Working within the Operational Risk Management team, you'll partner with stakeholders across the Group to support the effective application of our Risk Management Framework and ensure risks are identified, assessed, managed and monitored appropriately.

You'll provide expert advice and constructive challenge on operational risks, controls and risk events, helping business areas make informed decisions and operate within risk appetite. Using risk data, management information and reporting insights, you'll support governance activities, regulatory requirements and business decision-making.

The role also plays an important part in supporting major business change and transformation activity, assessing how evolving risks and controls may impact the organisation. Alongside this, you'll contribute to thematic reviews, continuous improvement initiatives, risk communications and training to help strengthen risk capability across the business.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain broad enterprise-wide exposure, influence how risk is managed across NFU Mutual and contribute directly to the delivery of business performance, resilience and long-term success.

This role is based in our Tiddington Head Office, just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon. However, we understand how important a positive work-life balance is, so to help you give your best, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support to work up to 80% of your hours from home.

About you

You're a collaborative and credible risk professional who builds strong relationships across a wide range of stakeholders and is confident providing advice, challenge and influence at all levels. With strong analytical and critical thinking skills, you're able to interpret complex information, identify key risk exposures and support effective decision-making. You communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, take a proactive approach to your work and maintain a high level of attention to detail. You'll also enjoy working as part of a team, sharing knowledge and driving continuous improvement.

To join NFU Mutual, you'll also bring:

• Experience applying Operational Risk Management Frameworks, including risk principles, tools and techniques


• Strong risk analysis and data interpretation capability


• Experience producing and presenting risk reporting and management information to support governance, regulatory requirements and business decision-making


• Ability to provide practical risk advice, constructive challenge and support to stakeholders on risk and control matters


• Experience using risk management systems and tools to record, monitor and report risk information, alongside conducting thematic reviews and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement


• Experience working within the insurance or financial services sector

A Risk qualification is desirable but not a pre-requisite for the role.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary £50,000 to £60,000 depending on experience


• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)


• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme


• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities


• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets


• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs


• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more


• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance


• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year


• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme


• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary


• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.


• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.

Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2026 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for eleven consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.

Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top Companies 2026 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.