A European Bank has an opportunity for a candidate with a big 4 background or in a similar controls role to lead permanent Operational risks within the Fixed Income department in the front office, sitting on the trading floor, with a focus on Credit products.

This is an excellent position for someone looking to secure their first move to industry or moving from an audit, risk, controls role into a front office environment.

– Banking experience and a basic understanding of front office product flows are essential.
– Good communication and relationship building skills are essential as the role requires daily liaison with senior front office staff.

Risk professional sought for a Director role in the Global Risk Management Audit Group.

The Director will be a market risk practitioner with experience across all areas of market risk covering all aspects of the firm’s market, and some credit and operational risk processes, including:

• risk policies and procedures,
• quality assurance,

The successful candidate will have regular dialogue with the Managers in London and other parts of the world to discuss market trends and the level of risk exposure.

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Our client is seeking a strong risk professional for a senior manager role in the Global Risk Management Audit Group.

The VP will be a market risk practitioner with experience across all areas of market risk. The successful individual would have the opportunity to develop knowledge of operational, credit, liquidity and control risk as well as provide risk expertise to other internal audit areas whenever there is a requirement. Risk Management reviews cover all aspects of the firm’s market, credit and operational risk processes, including:

• risk policies and procedures adequacy and adherence,
• quality of market and risk data,
• monitoring of risk exposures.

The successful candidate will have regular dialogue with the Managers in London and other parts of the world to discuss market trends and the level of risk exposure.

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Salary up to £70K plus benefits scheme and bonus.

Our client is seeking a strong market risk professional for a senior manager role in the Global Risk Management Audit Group.

The Senior Manger will be a market risk practitioner with experience across all areas of market risk. The successful individual would have the opportunity to develop knowledge of operational and credit risk as well as provide risk expertise to other internal audit areas whenever there is a requirement. Risk Management reviews cover all aspects of the firm’s market, credit and operational risk processes, including:

• risk policies and procedures adequacy and adherence,
• internal model accuracy,
• quality of market and risk data,
• monitoring of risk exposures regulatory calculations.

The successful candidate will have regular dialogue with the Senior Risk Managers in London and other parts of the world to discuss market trends and the level of risk exposure.

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Salary: £50 – 65k + travel allowance + benefits

The Banking and Capital Markets division of this leading US Global Banking group are currently looking for an experienced and career minded Capital Markets Associate/Executive to work on key banking operations with a view to promoting them into a lead operations or front office role.

This is an excellent role for an experienced capital markets auditor within a big 4 firm or someone who has recently gained banking experience having previously been in practice. The successful candidate will have an ACA / ACCA qualification, be able to plan and execute a risk based audit strategy for complex Global Markets products.

You must also be able to identify control trends, regulatory themes and emerging risks in assigned business areas and their impact on the business and to the Bank overall by applying business acumen and experience.

Product areas covered will include:

• Commodities,
• Equities
• Credit/Rates
• Currencies
• Market/Credit Risk

Please forward your CV to the above email to be considered for this position

£60-70,000 + bonus + bens, London, Permanent

Working within the Front Office of the Global Equity and Commodity Derivatives businesses of this highly successful Global Banking Group, this is an excellent opportunity for either:

• An Internal Controls or Audit professional with good product operations knowledge who’s looking for greater exposure in the Front Office or;
• An experienced Ops Risk professional seeking a new challenge.

The primary objective is to ensure that both Operational Risk and Permanent Controls areas fully meet their objectives & requirements through managing the Operational Risk & Permanent Controls Framework and Transaction & Activity Approval Process by:

• Providing the businesses with Ops Risk analysis through a process and risk review (Risk Assessment & Incidents Analysis),
• Leading the risk reduction program (action plans design & follow-up, Audit &; Regulators recommendations follow-up),
• Supporting Operational Risk capital monitoring (through risk quantification) &; fulfilling Basel II requirements,
• Coordinating the Exceptional Transaction & Activity Approval Process

See find out more for further details….

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