Divisional Risk and Control Senior Analyst, AVP

Team:

• The Divisional Risk Control (DCO) Operations team is part of the Team Business Risk & Controls (BRC).
• The PB BRC guards the Protect agenda by overseeing non-financial risks, conduct & control topics and regulatory changes.
• The team works across global PB franchise delivering complex key risk and control agenda, adding value for Operations to remediate findings and enhance the risk assessment.
• The DCO Operations team works with cross-functional and global teams, collaborating with multiple stakeholders globally across the bank.

Your key responsibilities

The position specifically manages:

• Create and maintain the NFR Report Ops and distribute to relevant stakeholders
• Actively drive the Risk and Control Assessment (RCA) process and provide input on Ops status for related risk types, align with Ops on risk status
• Advise Ops on specific risk situations and facilitate risk based and meaningful solutions
• Assess risks of process changes affecting Ops on request of process owner and in alignment with relevant Control Functions
• Perform PGS assessments and recertification and act as SME for Payment and PGS related questions
• For Ops related findings, perform BRC/DCO tasks such as approving Finding Closure requests
• For Ops related audits, participate in stakeholder meetings and align with Audit and Ops on findings
• Contribute to the development and build know-how within the team
• Developing effective partnerships with DCO, COO colleagues & Infrastructure partners

Your skills and experience

Education & Experience:

• Strong knowledge of non-financial risks and controls
• Proven experience of working with controls processes
• Relevant experience in the Retail Banking / Private Banking sector or experience in financial services or consultancy (with Private Banking experience preferred but not essential)
• Understanding of the relationship between Bank and Operations as a contractor (SLA Service Levels Agreement)
• Experience working on small to medium scale projects at least within a global environment
• University degree

Competencies:

• Very strong analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs; e.g. Excel , Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to work in pressurised situations
• Strong work ethic, commitment to excel and proven capacity to work effectively with limited supervision
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and relationship skills
• Ability to clearly articulate and present supported topics
• Excellent command of the English language (written and spoken skills)
• Ability to manage a team

Personal Characteristics:

• Proactive attitude and self-initiative
• Strong Team Player skills as well as demonstrated capability to own tasks
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new situations and processes
• Service oriented
• Delivery-focused, able to support deliverables to deadlines
• Flexibility with respect to new tasks and the ability to work properly in stressful situations
• Ability to learn quickly and think laterally
• Driven and able to handle day-to-day routine as well as cope with shifting priorities to meet needs and demands