Operational Risk & Controls Manager

A leading global financial-services firm is seeking an experienced Operational Risk & Controls professional to support its Wealth Management business in London.

Operational Risk & Controls Manager — Contract

A leading global financial-services organisation is seeking an experienced Operational Risk & Controls Manager to support its Wealth Management business in London.

This is a high-profile role within a central operational-risk function, working closely with senior stakeholders across the business to strengthen the control environment, deliver robust control assessments and provide clear, actionable risk insight to management.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and delivery of the annual Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) and control-assessment programme.

• Partner with business and control owners to document processes, risks, control objectives, key controls and supporting evidence to an appropriate standard.

• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of key controls, identifying weaknesses, control gaps, duplication and opportunities to streamline or rationalise controls.

• Develop and execute risk-based control-testing approaches, including the use of data analytics, automation and AI-enabled tools where appropriate.

• Challenge control owners constructively, agree remediation actions and monitor delivery through to closure.

• Produce high-quality management information, governance packs and reporting that highlight control themes, emerging risks, assessment outcomes, actions and key decisions required.

• Support the development and enhancement of Key Risk Indicators, risk-appetite measures and wider operational-risk reporting.

Requirements

• Extensive operational-risk, non-financial-risk or business-controls experience within financial services.

• Strong hands-on experience of RCSA delivery, control assessment, control design and operating-effectiveness testing.

• Ability to document and challenge control objectives, key controls, process risks and mitigating actions.

• Strong management information, KRI, risk-appetite or governance-reporting experience.

• Experience using data analytics, automation or AI to improve risk assessment, control testing or reporting is highly desirable.

• Previous Wealth Management, Private Banking, Asset Management or wider banking experience would be advantageous.

If you meet the above set criteria, please apply or send a copy of your CV to hadjra.sohawon@robertwalters.com

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