Manager Risk, Security & Insurance

Kom werken bij Essent

You take the lead in shaping a resilient and futureproof Essent! With your vision and pragmatic approach, you embed smart risk management, enabling confident decisions and turning strategy into action. Use your expertise to help us remain the expert and reliable energy partner with the personal touch for our customers. Move ahead with us to bring the energy transition forward.

As Manager Risk, Security & Insurance, you are the lead Risk Business Partner within Essent and a key member of the Management Team Risk, Accounting & Controlling (RAC). You’ll lead a diverse team of 6 specialists and together you ensure that risk management is embedded across the organization in a pragmatic and effective way. You enable fact-based decision-making, strengthen governance, and help translate strategy into execution while safeguarding continuity, compliance and resilience.

Energie beweegt jou

Taking the next step in the energy transition. It’s something that can only be done by working together and taking ownership. In your position as Manager Risk, Security & Insurance you have the end-to-end ownership of Risk Management processes within the Essent Group. You are accountable for the governance, development and execution of risk management processes across all Dutch Essent entities, including:

• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): Governing and facilitating ERM processes, advising and challenging the business, and ensuring risks and opportunities are identified, assessed and managed in line with strategy. Further develop and embed ERM in line with ISO standards and COSO ERM.
• Internal Control System (ICS): Governing, advising and overseeing the ICS, including issue management, monitoring remediation progress and ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements.
• Business Continuity Management (BCM): Ensuring robust BCM frameworks are in place, tested and aligned with business priorities.
• Insurance & Claim Management: End-to-end responsibility for insurance policies, claims handling and optimization of coverage and risk financing.
• Lead the annual Strategic Risk Assessment together with the Strategic Leadership Team.
• Quality Management: Building up a new QM function to establish quality management processes in the Essent Group and advise the business areas.

And you will drive organization-wide risk communication & knowledge building:

• Strengthen risk awareness and business partnering across the organization: Lead and shape an organization-wide risk community approach, connecting first- and second-line risk specialists and consultants. Focus on culture building in the community.
• Drive the further optimization of risk governance, policies and decision-making structures.
• Be the counterpart from Essent to the E.ON Group risk and ICS functions.

”In this position, you are a central part of the RAC department. In our team we’re responsible to keep the Essent Group financially on course. We steer a broad range of financial functions to ensure a holistic view on the financial health of the company. We’re team players, purpose driven, we support and challenge. As part of this team you will play a pivotal role in achieving our goals.” David Harbeke Director RAC

Jij bent Essent

We’re looking for team players and go-getters who want to make the Netherlands a bit more sustainable. Who look at what is possible now. Today. To bring us closer to tomorrow. You recognise yourself in this and in the following:

• An academic degree in Business Economics, Finance, Audit, Risk management or a related field
• At least 8 years of professional experience in the finance area, preferably in risk management or audit
• More than 2 years of management experience
• Proven experience in functional steering of multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams
• Demonstrable experience working in dynamic, project-driven environments
• Professional proficiency in Dutch and English

The ideal candidate brings strong people and change management skills, enabling continuous improvement, business partnering and the development of a high performing team. With excellent communication, sharp analytical abilities and a hands-on, collaborative mindset, you build trusted partnerships and drive impactful results across the organization.

Wij bieden jou

We appreciate and value the energy and motivation you put into your work so that we can be the best energy partner for our customers. We show this by providing a nice employment package. We offer you:

• A job in which you can use your expertise to contribute to the sustainability of the Netherlands!
• A gross monthly salary between € 6789 and € 9656
• A flexible benefit budget that you can save every month as desired, have it paid out or use for leave. This budget consists of the value of: 8% holiday pay, 1.8% benefit contribution and 10 extra-statutory days off.
• An annual bonus of 15% to further express our appreciation
• The opportunity to work within a true hybrid model. You decide where you work, every day.
• Interested in a workation? You can work 20 days a year from another country within Europe
• A beautiful headquarters within walking distance of Den Bosch Central Station, featuring a great coffee bar, a company restaurant, and free fresh fruit.
• An NS Business Card for commuting or a mobility budget of € 975 per month. You decide.
• You can follow training programs, courses, and education at our expense.

Over de organisatie

As an energy provider, we support over 2.5 million customers in both the private and business markets. Through our brands Essent, Energiedirect, Vandebron, along with our service partners across the Netherlands, we help our customers take the next step in the energy transition—embracing a more sustainable lifestyle and saving energy. We do this with products such as solar panels, heat pumps, and insulation for energy-efficient homes. Additionally, we invest heavily in innovative solutions that are shaping the energy system of the future, including hydrogen and heating and cooling solutions.