Risk Analyst Thorpe Wood House, Cambridgeshire Posted 11 hours ago

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water recycling firm seeks a Risk Analyst to join their team. The role involves assessing and managing operational risks, particularly focusing on rising mains. You will work collaboratively with various teams, translate risk-related data, and propose recommendations for effective risk management. Candidates should exhibit strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools. Offering a competitive salary, this permanent, full-time role provides a hybrid working arrangement across the central Anglian region, including flexibility for home working and regular travel.

Benefits

Private health care

Virtual GP service

Generous pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in risk-related data translation.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Full UK driving license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage operational risk across the region.
• Collaborate with teams to develop mitigation plans.
• Investigate and analyse key risk areas.

Skills

Proficiency in Microsoft 365

Analytical abilities

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Adaptability

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Word

SharePoint Lists

SAP

Oracle

Job description

**Risk Analyst****Shape the future of water recycling – join us as a Risk Analyst!**We have an exciting opportunity to join our Water Recycling Networks (WRN) team in a new role as a Risk Analyst.As a Risk Analyst, your primary focus will be on proactively assessing and managing operational risk across the region, with a specific focus on rising mains. While reporting to WRN, this role will be pivotal in bridging the gap between Water Recycling Networks and Water Recycling Operations (WRO) — championing holistic thinking and end-to-end risk management.Collaborative working with colleagues at all levels — particularly local front-line teams — is at the heart of the role. By utilising and translating data, you will identify risk trends, develop a consistent picture of risk, generate recommendations for effective risk management and escalation, and seek opportunities for continuous improvement. You’ll experience a hybrid working environment with office-based work, as well as getting out and about to embed yourself within relevant local front-line teams.This role is critical to achieving outstanding environmental protection and delivering excellent customer service across Water Recycling by improving network resilience and taking a proactive approach in everything we do.**What you’ll be doing*** Promote holistic thinking across WRN and WRO to ensure effective, end-to-end risk management.* Investigate and analyse key risk areas, with a particular focus on the rising main asset class.* Look holistically across inter-connecting processes to coordinate data for risk management, ensuring accuracy and accessibility across the business.* Drive asset status capture across WRN and WRO for comprehensive risk visibility.* Capture and maintain risk profiles for operational changes and interventions, including monitoring KPIs related to rising main health and performance.* Provide clear insight and guidance on risk levels to Front Line Managers, including mitigation recommendations.* Collaborate with operational teams to develop mitigation plans for known risks; ensure plans are documented, updated, tracked to completion, and monitor their effectiveness.* Establish a risk-based methodology to assess asset condition and identify critical assets, guiding maintenance strategies.* Lead the integration of risk management into decision-making across WRN and WRO — focusing on maintenance, operations, and investments.* Own and facilitate key business processes including root cause analysis, technical asset understanding, performance cells, and improvement strategies.**Salary:** **£32,500 – £41,000** (depending on skills and experience) **Contract:** **Permanent, Full-time (37 hours per week)** **Location:** Ideally based in the **central Anglian region** (Peterborough, Huntingdon , Cambridge ), with flexibility to work from home and Anglian Water offices, plus **regular travel** across the region. **We offer a wide range of benefits including private health care, virtual GP service for you and your household, and a generous pension scheme – we double-match your contributions, up to 6%, giving you an 18% combined contribution.** * Confidence in translating risk-related data to operational teams in a clear, practical way, and building relationships for the best outcomes.* A positive, collaborative approach with a focus on the bigger picture and working as part of a wider team.* Experience delivering and coordinating presentations to varied audiences.* Knowledge of the rising main asset class and operations (desirable, not compulsory).* A strong drive to learn and develop understanding of new areas/processes, with an always-exploring mindset.* High proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Power BI, Excel, Word, and SharePoint Lists, to manage and analyse information effectively.* Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in data management and risk assessment.* Strong evidence of stakeholder management and experience presenting to different stakeholder levels to achieve defined outcomes.* Prioritisation skills to manage multiple tasks efficiently and navigate competing demands.* Ability to adapt, challenge, and work confidently within changing environments.* Familiarity with SAP or Oracle (desirable).* Full UK driving licence is essential. Robust analytical abilities, capable of dissecting complex data to derive meaningful insights. We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team [e-mail]’To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our .Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.