Hybrid Assistant Vice President, Chief Controls Office - Technology Risk and Control bei CLS-Group
CLS-Group · London, GB, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Hybrid
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- Optionales Büro in London, GB
About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.
Job information:
- Functional title - Assistant Vice President, Chief Controls Office - Technology Risk and Control
- Department - Chief Controls Office - Technology Risk and Control
- Corporate level - Assistant Vice President
- Report to - Director, Chief Controls Office - Technology Risk and Control
- Location - London, UK
What you will be doing:
The Assistant Vice President, Risk and Control is a key member of the Technology Risk & Control team within the Chief Controls Office (CCO) and will play a significant role in helping the Technology division improve its management of risk and controls.
The role will involve engaging with Technology departments to help their management of risk and control. This will include activities such as the identification, assessment, improvement and tracking of risks, controls and corrective action plans. The role will also require engagement and collaboration with the other Risk and Control specialists within the team. The Risk and Control Lead for the team will be available to provide coaching and as a point of escalation.
Other responsibilities will also include contributing to periodic reporting on risk and control matters to stakeholders and maintaining strong and positive working relationships within Technology and with other divisions including Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance. The role may have the opportunity to contribute to ad hoc cross-Technology risk and control initiatives and represent Technology at control or risk forums and also contribute to Technology’s response to CLS wide initiatives. Key responsibilities include:
- Deliver a consistent, effective and efficient approach to risk and control management working with colleagues from across Technology and the other divisions for the Technology department assigned to this role.
- Support Technology’s engagement with the 2nd and 3rd line of defence.
- Represent Technology Risk & Control and CCO in working groups as required.
- Conduct risk assessments and control evaluations to identify gaps and process inefficiencies. Contribute to risk appetite statements and emerging risks.
- Work with other Risk and Controls specialists within the team to ensure that the team as a whole is consistent in our approach to addressing risk and control matters and is adding value.
- Oversee key risk indicators (KRIs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor business risk exposure. Review/challenge breaches to understand root causes, consult on lessons learned exercises and work with business owners to develop a ‘path to green’ where appropriate.
- Provide input into reporting on the results of the risk and control activity.
- Escalate risks and control concerns to the Risk and Control Lead.
- Support the engagement with Technology senior management, other divisions and the 2nd and 3rd line on risk and control matters and escalations.
- Ensure timely closure of issues actions and audit findings.
- Contribute to Technology division risk and control improvement activity, including process mapping.
- Demonstrate a strategic mindset and broad perspective. Able to see the big-picture and link individual activities to the wider landscape.
- Be a catalyst for change, driving and cultivating innovation. Challenge the status quo to drive ‘out of the box’ thinking to solve complex problems.
- Establish positive working relationships with stakeholders across the business.
- Manage ambiguity, operating effectively and decisively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.
- Share knowledge and experience with other members of the team.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience in one of more of the following:
- Technology Risk Management
- Internal Audit
- Compliance
- Knowledge of Financial Services or another highly regulated industry sector is essential
- Knowledge of Technology delivery within Financial Services, and ability to demonstrate an understanding of key challenges and risks which must be mitigated and managed to deliver successfully
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills to build effective working relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders, with the ability to adapt and flex communication style to suit the audience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills that are tailored to be effective and meaningful at all levels of audience, including the ability to communicate complex problems in an easy-to-understand manner
- Highly proficient IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF
- Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
- Relevant experience gained within Financial services, banking or similar environments beneficial
- Understanding of regulatory requirements and anticipating where possible
- Organization and planning – able to quickly identify deliverables required and establish and manage a timeline for achieving the deliverables, with input from multiple stakeholder groups
- Constructive Relationship Management – gets to the heart of the issues with a presence and gravitas and clarity of presentation across all forms of communication
Professional qualifications / certifications
- Qualifications in any of the following specialisms would be beneficial but not mandatory:
- Risk Management
- Internal Audit
- Compliance
- Project Management
- Technology process governance.
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
