• Ownership and delivery of Ruffer’s operational risk management framework including:

Oversight of the identification of risk and mitigating controls
Independently assessing inherent and residual risk
Monitoring and reporting on key risk indicators

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  Ownership and delivery of Ruffer’s third party risk oversight framework including:
  Liaising across the business to identify, understand and risk assess all third party relationships. Oversight of due diligence procedures at inception and on an ongoing basis, identifying gaps and working with the business to provide complete, accurate and useful reports.
• People:

Managers in the risk team are expected to work collaboratively across the organisation, building strong relationships and providing effective leadership within project teams.

Strengthening a sense of ‘one team’, encouraging collaboration and positive working relationships between the team and the Firm.

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  Regulation and Standards:
  Maintain up to date knowledge and understanding of relevant regulations and standards and explaining this to stakeholders
  Development of external network to understand industry norms and standards

The individual is expected to demonstrate the following, working with our clients and colleagues:

• At least five years of risk oversight or related experience
• Intellectual curiosity – desire to learn about new areas of the business or industry, understand requirements and translate them to the Ruffer business
• A strong interest in third party oversight
• An ability to work collaboratively across the business with excellent people and communication skills
• A “self starter” who can bring and debate new and topical ideas
• An understanding of the relevant standards and regulations and an ability to weave these into a commercial framework
• Curiosity and willingness to learn

Ruffer operates a 60:40 hybrid working policy, 60% of working time from the office and the option to work the remaining 40% from the office or at home.

Ruffer has been providing investment management services for institutions, pension funds, charities, financial planners, and private clients, in the UK and internationally since 1994. Our preoccupation is with not losing money, rather than charging headlong for growth. It’s by putting safety first that we have made good money for our clients. Through boom and bust. Successfully navigating three major market corrections – the dot.com bust, global financial crisis and covid-19. In all we do, we seek to be responsible investors, integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into our investment process. The Ruffer approach is unchanged from when the firm started in 1994. Our investment process is different to most. It is designed to protect and grow the value of our clients’ portfolios – avoiding large losses and harnessing the power of compounding over time. Put simply, we take on the responsibility for managing risk on of our clients.

Ruffer’s single investment strategy is defined by two simple investment objectives:

• Not to lose money in any 12-month period
• Generate returns meaningfully ahead of the return on cash

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

Ruffer strives for a diverse and inclusive workplace where our staff respect and understand individual differences. To create a truly inclusive culture, we aim to recruit, develop, and retain diverse talent and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.