Operations Risk and Control

Job Description

This Vice President role sits within a specialist team of four risk managers and reports directly to the EMEA Head of Operations Risk & Control. The successful candidate will play a key part in strengthening the control environment across the Operations Division.

Role Description

• Governance & Oversight: Provide governance and oversight across core Operations functions. Maintain and enhance the risk reporting and governance framework. Independently monitor risk and control metrics and present insights to senior stakeholders.
• Risk Management: Own and maintain Operations' risk registers, oversee loss incident reporting, provide independent challenge on remediation of issues and audit findings.
• Framework Development & Innovation: Support enhancement of the risk framework, develop next-generation risk tools including a new Key Risk Indicator dashboard, lead thematic reviews.
• Emerging Risk & Escalation: Identify, assess, and escalate emerging risks to Operations management.
• Cross-Functional Engagement: Work closely with global Risk & Control teams, Front Office, Operational Risk, Product Control, and Compliance. Coordinate Operations' assessment of new product initiatives and process changes.

Key Objectives

• Partnering with line teams to promote a strong risk and control culture.
• Performing risk analysis and monitoring, including RCSA oversight and development of risk metrics.
• Issue management, monitoring Operations risk events, ensuring mitigating actions are completed.

Skills, Experience, Qualifications

• Experienced Operations Banking professional, ideally with line management experience.
• Strong understanding of Operations Risk concepts and good control design.
• Ability to manage a variety of tasks simultaneously.
• Analytical skills and ability to turn data into information.
• Excellent communication skills, tenacity, and confidence to challenge.
• Good knowledge of Excel, including pivots, functions and formulas.
• Detailed knowledge of front to back investment bank products and booking flows.
• Ability to build and understand process flows to identify and evaluate controls.

Company Overview

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship. For further information, visit [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].com.

Diversity & Inclusion

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Right to Work

The UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration. Whilst we can consider applications from overseas workers requiring a Tier 2 Skilled Worker visa, we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that this is a genuine vacancy for a qualified role.