If you are an Internal Audit or Ops Risk professional seeking your next contract role in a small function of a growing London based Investment Manager, please apply to Paul Stanbridge with your CV. 

The CRO of this leading UK Asset Manager and PE company is expanding the function. Knowledge of Asset Investment Management Industry is essential (Private Equity and advantage). You will help build the Ops Risk framework and manage stakeholder relationships. You will need to be intelligent and affable, able to work collaboratively with the business to help improve risk & controls. 

You will be rewarded with an excellent day rate.

If you are an Internal Audit or Ops Risk professional with experience of stakeholder management and are seeking a role in a smaller function within a growing group please apply to Paul Stanbridge with your CV. 

The CRO of this leading UK Asset Manager and PE company is expanding the function. Knowledge of Asset Management or the Investment Banking Industry is essential (Private Equity and advantage). You will manage stakeholder relationships and your own workload so will need to be intelligent and affable to work collaboratively with the business to help improve controls. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience to grow their career in an unfettered environment. 

You will be rewarded with an excellent bonus

Internal Controls Director, Global team of 19, Excellent six figure salary + bonus + bens

Our client, a major London based International Banking group, are looking for an experienced Controls or Internal Audit specialist with experience across middle office functions within capital markets and corporate banking in a combination of the following disciplines:

• Payments Processing
• Ops Risk
• Credit Risk
• Market Risk
• Financial Control or Product Control

You must also have previous Director level experience and have managed and led large global teams.

To be considered for the role you must be able to work within the EU/UK – please apply to Craig Phipps with a copy of your CV.

New UAE Internal Auditor role. As a graduate with Investment Banking / Investment Management experience within a Risk, Controls or Internal Audit role would you like to boost your career with a firm offering executive level exposure at one of the UAE’s most high profile Financial Services / Investment Management/ Banking firms?

If you feel you are ready for Executive and Board level reporting with some of the most influential professionals in the region, we would be interested in hearing from you.

In addition to Financial Services controls, Risk, or Audit experience you must have postgraduate, or be part qualified in an Investment, IIA, or Accounting qualification

As well as the above experience if you would you describe yourself as having:

– Fluent English and Arabic language skills.
– strong problem solving skills,
– a focus on accuracy
– Drive
– Comfort with tight deadlines
– Excellent negotiating and influencing skills
– A team-player mentality

Please apply now.

NOTE: Due to United Arab Emirates labor ministry laws the successful candidate will need to be an Emiratis /UAE National.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Operational Risk professional looking for a Head of role with an expanding small – medium sized (c.100 staff) banking firm.

The Bank have an established UK business offering corporate and treasury products to overseas and domestic clients.

Reporting to the CRO you will be the sole manger for all ops risk activity in the London branch. A concurrent work history in senior Ops Risk roles within banking firms with a similar product offering is a prerequisite.

Our client, a leading global bank seeks VP Operational Risk Auditor to join its dedicated risk audit team. The successful candidate will be accountable for the audit plan and development of the audit team while maintaining an overall view of the function and its efficacy. With excellent communication skills and ability to develop, maintain excellent relations with stakeholders, senior management and the audit team, the VP Operational Risk Auditor will be committed to raising standards within their own team and the organisation as a whole. Essential:

• Educated to degree level in addition to holding a Postgraduate degree in relevant subject or holding a professional qualification (ACA,FRM)
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills the successful candidate will have the ability to influence and advise team members, stakeholders, senior management.
• Thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements of operational risk management including Basel, BIPRU 6, FSA and Sarbanes Oxley. Current knowledge of CEBS 216 would be an advantage.
• Using an indepth understanding of the impact of Basel II on operational risk to inform audit practice and strategy.
• Demonstrable experience in an operational risk management gained in a large bank or FS organisation Thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements, controls and governance frameworks affecting operational risk

Desirable:

• Experience leading teams
• Awareness of AMA practices within Financial Services organisations.

Our client, a leading global investment bank seeks an operational risk auditor.  As the lead within the global operational risk team, the successful candidate will report to the Global Head of Risk Audit.  This role would suit someone with extensive experience in operational risk and a strong technical expertise as the lead within a collegiate global operational risk audit team.

Key responsibilities:

• A key point of contact for operational  risk for technical expertise and continuous monitoring programme.
• Having a current, thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements governing operation risk, ideally a global overview of regulatory developments.
• Contributing to controls and frameworks supporting operational risk management, embedding pivotal elements of Operational risk control framework across business functions including IT audit.
• Identifying training requirements across the internal audit function for operational risk.
• Responsibility for entity risk assessment process for operational risk
• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with internal audit, stakeholders, senior management and regulators

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.

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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