The role
What a risk manager actually does, day to day.
As a risk manager, you look for problems before they happen. You might spot that a company could lose money because of bad weather, or that computer hackers could steal data, or that a new law might change how the business operates. You write down all the risks you find and plan ways to stop them or reduce the damage.
Your day-to-day work involves talking to different teams across the company - the money people, the operations people, the legal team - to understand how they work and what could go wrong. You collect information, think it through carefully, and write reports that explain the risks to the managers and owners. Then you help set up rules and plans to handle the risks. You also keep checking that these plans are working.
Day to day
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