Corporate Risk Manager (m/f/d)
At a glance
Manager-level Risk & Financial Compliance role at Gebr. Heinemann. Hamburg.
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What you'll do
- Advise corporate teams and international entities on spotting and evaluating risks, then help shape practical responses
- Follow risk-reduction actions through to completion and judge whether they are working
- Review numerical and descriptive risk information, then prepare focused updates for management
- Improve group-wide risk processes and governance frameworks, including the tools and methods that support them
- Contribute risk methods for tendering, transitions and M&A, plus other risk-related projects as needed
What you bring
- A completed degree in business, economics, engineering, mathematics or a comparable field
- Several years in risk management, strategic controlling, transformation, process management or a related function
- Strong German and English communication, both spoken and written, plus confidence working across teams and seniority levels
- A structured, self-directed approach and the ability to turn complex analysis into decision-ready insights
Who this fits
This role suits an experienced risk professional who can advise across functions and prepare clear material for different management audiences. You would work full time from the headquarters in Hamburg. The role includes collaboration with international entities and calls for a strong intercultural mindset.
From the employer
Introduction Sentence
We are looking for you to join our headquarters in Hamburg's HafenCity in full-time (38.5 h/week)!
Your new job includes
As Corporate Risk Manager (m/f/d), you ensure that enterprise-wide risks are systematically identified, thoroughly assessed and managed through appropriate mitigation measures. Together with the existing Corporate Risk function, you will further develop the group-wide risk management approach and support corporate functions and international entities in managing risks effectively.
In particular, you will
- advise corporate functions and international entities of the Heinemann Group on identifying and assessing risks and act as a sparring partner in developing appropriate mitigation measures
- track the implementation of risk-mitigating countermeasures and assess their effectiveness analyze quantitative and qualitative risk data and prepare targeted risk reports for management bodies
- further develop the group-wide risk management process as well as existing risk and governance frameworks
- contribute to the functional design, implementation and further development of suitable risk management tools
- help develop risk management methodologies for tender, transition and M&A processes and contribute to special topics and ad-hoc requests related to risk management
Preferred Profile
- A successfully completed degree, for example in business, economics, industrial engineering, financial or business mathematics or a comparable field
- Several years of relevant professional experience in risk management, strategic controlling, corporate transformation, process management or a comparable function, ideally gained in a management consultancy or an internationally operating company
- Very strong analytical skills and the ability to structure and evaluate complex matters and consolidate them into decision-relevant insights
- Experience in preparing targeted reports, decision papers or presentations for different management and stakeholder levels
- Strong communication skills and a confident manner when collaborating across different corporate functions and levels of seniority
- A very high degree of personal responsibility as well as a structured and consistently goal-oriented way of working
- Very good written and spoken German and English as well as a strong intercultural mindset
- Ideally, initial experience in designing or introducing risk management tools as well as knowledge of data analysis using Python or R
If you do not tick all boxes, but still believe you are a match to this role, we are happy to get in touch.
Closure
Are you interested? Good! Apply stating your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Liane König at career@gebr-heinemann.de.
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