Divisional Control Officer - GTO

An exciting opportunity for a Divisional Control Officer to work for an Investment Banking client in The City, within the Global Technology and Operations department.

The DCO's responsibilities focus on the assessment and mitigation of the operational risks in GTO Operations processes. Activities include control awareness, monitoring and escalation, risk reviews and remediation oversight. This includes the implementation of the Three Lines of Defence (3LoD) framework which will require close partnership with the line to deliver accurate risk assessments and develop and deliver risk mitigation plans.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

-Design and implement Control risk assessments as part of the Three Lines of Defence (3LoD) framework: Work closely with the regional Control leads to deliver relevant and accurate risk assessments.
-Facilitate an independent risk and control framework, challenge control weakness and deliver transparent risk based oversight.
-Assist in mitigating risks that arise from weakness, errors and external event demands (Audit/Regulatory), in partnership with the business line.
-Ensure that the new Control remit is followed and implemented by both Control and Operations teams.
-Understand the impact of errors, timely escalation, remediation and lessons learnt to facilitate reduction of operational losses or near misses.
-Manage incident reporting through the agreed GTO framework.
-Educate and provide relevant training to promote awareness and accountability.
-Create, assess and challenge relevant control indicators.
-Understand the fundamentals of the GTO minimum standard control guidelines (STARC).
-Provide guidance to line management to ensure the certification is completed within specified deadlines, and that appropriate action plans are implemented.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

-Demonstrable adherence to the Bank's Values and Beliefs
-Strong Control/operational risk management experience with an exposure to control practices
-Operations and/or Audit experience preferred
-Experience handling projects independently ie strong Project Management skills/experience
-Strong ability to identify process efficiencies, suggest improvements and implement where feasible
-Good analytical skills, high attention to detail, solid organisational and interpersonal skills
-Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience of reporting to senior management
-Experience managing a team, providing direction to junior members of the team and developing top talent
-Excellent presentation skills - reporting and classroom sessions
- College/University degree or higher

Please forward relevant CV's for immediate consideration - (see below)