Director, Business Risk – Global Payments & Trade (First Line of Defence)
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Partner with the Head of 1LOD Risk and Controls Management to execute the Global Payments & Trade risk strategy, leading development of executive reporting, dashboards, and governance materials. Drive first line governance across leadership forums and risk reviews while overseeing issue and escalation management to coordinate cross-functional responses. Identify emerging risks and opportunities to strengthen the control environment, governance model, and management information framework. Support process and control enhancement across payments and trade workflows, including remediation oversight and audit readiness. Build partnerships across the first, second, and third lines of defense to reinforce accountability and risk ownership. Contribute to team leadership through mentoring and active support of a high-performing environment.
Required Qualifications
- Strong domain knowledge in payments, transaction banking, cash management, trade finance, or a related wholesale banking environment
- Proven experience and strong understanding of risk governance, operational risk, issue management, control frameworks, and audit/regulatory engagement within a complex, global, and regulated organization
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex operating and risk information into clear, executive-level reporting and actionable insight
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability, with the credibility to engage effectively across senior business and control stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to operate with pace and discipline in a matrixed environment
- Strong track record in business risk, controls, governance, or related disciplines within leading financial institutions
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with SQL, Alteryx, or Python
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