Business Control Partner, Director

Join us as a Business Controls Partner

• If you have a financial crime sanctions risk management or regulatory background and are looking for a new challenge, this could be the ideal role for you
• You’ll partner with business areas across the Bank and the Risk function to identify, assess and manage risks within the agreed risk appetite, using our risk framework to inspire a team of Business Control Partners (BCPs), and make sure that the team objectives are achieved
• Hone your project management and people leadership skills in this fast-paced and varied role, with an emphasis on career progression
• We're offering this role at director level

What you'll do

You’ll have an opportunity to make a vital contribution to driving a generative culture of risk awareness and recommend solutions to operations’ financial crime sanctions risk issues within the businesses. You’ll strengthen the level of ownership within the business, identifying and calling out areas of weakness and sharing best practices.

We’ll look to you to drive a robust risk governance framework in line with the Banks Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework (EWRMF), as well as delivering relevant risk activity to build a credible and sustainable control environment within risk appetite.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Escalating emerging financial crime and other arising non-financial risks in a timely manner, making sure actions are quickly defined and owned
• Driving a strong risk awareness across the business, contributing to the prioritisation, design and implementation of EWRMF principles into the business,
• Implementing a robust governance framework that engages all relevant stakeholders to enable effective decision making and make sure that all aspects of risk management are delivered
• Managing the interface between the business, internal audit, second line of defence and other critical functions, as well as the wider risk and controls teams
• Making sure that all aspects of risk management are delivered within the requirements of the policy framework and in accordance with the conduct risk requirements

The skills you'll need

As well as a strong understanding of our operating processes, you’ll need general and project management skills involving complex people, process and technology issues, along with a proven understanding and practical application of risk management principles. You’ll also need a knowledge of regulatory requirements relating to financial crime and well developed knowledge of our businesses and associated products, processes and technologies.

On top of this, you’ll bring:

• Indepth knowledge of Financial Crime Policies and Sanctions Risk Standards
• Knowledge or experience of the Fin Crime Hub and the business within it and business it supports along with the knowledge of EWRMF
• Knowledge and experience in Financial Crime Operations within a large, matrixed banking environment, including expertise in transaction filtering and sanctions screening
• Engaging stakeholders across UK and India time zones, ensuring alignment governance and timely decision making in a multi-regional delivery environment
• A clear track record of delivery
• Influencing and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to view the impact of issues from a wider or macro perspective
• The ability to think creatively when resolving problems and identify alternatives where established procedures may not exist