AVP, Senior Regulatory & Governance Risk Management Specialist

AVP, Senior Regulatory & Governance Risk Management Specialist

Everest is a global leader in risk management, rooted in a rich, 50+ year heritage of enabling businesses to survive and thrive, and economies to function and flourish. We are underwriters of risk, growth, progress and opportunity. We are a global team focused on disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation for all stakeholders, who care deeply about our impact on communities and the wider world.

About the Role:

The AVP, Senior Regulatory & Governance Risk Management Specialist is responsible for supporting and strengthening the organisation's enterprise risk governance, regulatory and operational risk management, and supervisory readiness. The role focuses on ensuring that risk governance frameworks, policies, and practices are robust, coherent, and aligned with regulatory expectations across group and legal entity structures. The role acts as a senior subject matter expert on regulatory risk governance, supporting engagement with regulators and internal stakeholders, and contributing to the ongoing development and embedding of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework with a focus on non-financial risks. The role will report into the Head of the Global Risk Hub and works closely with Group ERM leadership, senior executives, and regulatory stakeholders.

Role & Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

Enterprise Risk & Governance

• Support the design, enhancement, and ongoing operation of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework in line with best practice and regulatory expectations.
• Maintain and continuously improve group risk governance arrangements, including policies, standards, frameworks, and committee documentation.
• Support effective risk ownership and accountability across business units and legal entities.

Regulatory & Supervisory Risk

• Act as a key point of contact for risk-related supervisory and regulatory requirements at Group level.
• Support regulatory engagement activities, including supervisory reviews, regulatory submissions, information requests, and supervisory college preparations.
• Monitor regulatory developments relevant to risk governance and ERM and assess their impact on the organisation's framework and practices.

Risk Appetite & Reporting

• Support the development, maintenance, and embedding of the Group Risk Appetite Framework, ensuring clear articulation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Contribute to periodic risk reporting to executive management, Board, and committees.

Operational & Non‑Financial Risk

• Support the ongoing enhancement of non‑financial risk frameworks, including operational risk, governance, and risk event management.
• Contribute to risk assessments and thematic risk reviews to identify trends, root causes, and areas for improvement.
• Promote consistent application of risk standards across business units and jurisdictions.

Stakeholder Engagement & Advice

• Act as a trusted risk and governance advisor to senior management and functional leaders.
• Work collaboratively with Compliance, Legal, Finance, Internal Audit, and business teams to ensure an integrated approach to risk and regulatory governance.
• Provide effective constructive challenge whilst enabling business objectives to be achieved within risk appetite.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

Essential

• Significant experience in enterprise risk management, risk governance, or regulatory risk within insurance, reinsurance, or broader financial services.
• Strong understanding of regulatory expectations relating to ERM, risk governance, and non‑financial risks.
• Proven experience developing, implementing, or enhancing risk frameworks, policies, and governance documentation.
• Experience supporting senior management, executive committees, and Board‑level forums.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and communicate it clearly.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including interaction with regulators or supervisors.

Desirable

• Professional risk qualification (e.g. IRM, PRM, FRM) or comparable experience.
• Experience operating in a group or multi‑jurisdictional regulatory environment. maintaining a deep understanding of frameworks such as Solvency II, NAIC regulations, BMA requirements, and other regional equivalent standards.
• Exposure to supervisory college processes or group supervision regimes and experience navigating multiple regulatory environments simultaneously (e.g., US NAIC, UK PRA, CBI, Bermuda Monetary Authority, EU EIOPA, SG MAS).

Personal Attributes

• High adaptability and cultural awareness to effectively manage operations and relationships across multiple global jurisdictions (e.g., North America, Europe, Bermuda, Asia-Pacific).
• Strong judgement and independence of thought.
• Comfortable operating in a complex, regulated environment.
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and solutions‑focused.
• Able to balance technical rigour with commercial awareness.

For the US Only: The base salary range for this position is $175,000 - $215,000 annually. The offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, experience, qualifications and work location. All offers include access to a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, 401k match, retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors.

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.

Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Primary Location: Warren, NJ

Additional Locations: Bermuda, London, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA

Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at View email address on click.appcast.io.