Our client, a leading global financial services firm is seeking a Vice President to join their Risk reporting team.

This is a rare opportunity to take on a new role within an expanding team. It will require excellent project management skills, team leadership and relationship skills to help define and build the scope of the division.

At first you will focus on building the Risk Control Monitoring framework with the view to eventually establishing an integrated Business Oversight function.

With a background in a large European or US bank, the successful candidate will have recent supervisory experience and a track record of developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with team members, stakeholders and senior managers.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for improving the overall efficiency of the function and in developing controls and risks across other risk reporting areas.

Essential Skills:

• Excellent Banking Controls Risk knowledge

• Experience of creating and Managing Controls teams

• Experience in dealing with Reporting issues

• A strong understanding of Risk Reporting and it’s application to the business and regulators.

• Expert understanding of SOX.

• Excellent communication skills

• Degree educated or equivalent experience

• Five years’ minimum experience in traded products and risks and controls

• Project management in change controls.

• Previous experience improving a Banking control environment.