Vice President - Risk & Compliance - BFS

Principal responsibilities

Impact on the Business

- Support development of an effective Disclosures Assurance function, aligned with the RCAS CA operating model.

- Support implementation of the assessment plan, ensuring all assigned controls are subject to assessment within the relevant period.

- Assess the effectiveness of organizational control environment, independently from control owners.

- Drive the development of a global Disclosures Assurance plan, aiding in re-calibrations as necessary.

- Aid in confirming and verifying the composition of organizational control landscape.

- Maintain continuous oversight, collection and dissemination of any regulatory, CA, and/or audit issues in order to provide ongoing advice and guidance regarding issues, which may affect the management of controls in scope of the Disclosures Assurance team coverage.

- Promote and support a risk minimizing culture in alignment with the culture transformation and RCAS role as the second line of defense.

- Develop strong professional relationships with control owners and other stakeholders at a global / regional / country level, to ensure the success of assurance reviews.

- Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to inform the global assessment plan, divisional procedures, templates, MI and other aspects.

- Support interaction with relevant regulatory bodies on a regular or as needed basis. Respond to regulator inquiries in a prompt manner.

Qualifications - External

- Minimum of 5 years proven experience in financial services compliance, testing, audit and/or legal management experience or equivalent.

- Good understanding of banking financial and non-financial risks, and the aptitude to learn about new and emerging risk types.

- An innovative and forward-thinking mindset, and a proven ability to question, evaluate, and improve existing business processes and adequacy of information.

- Experience working with a global team and creating and working to global standards of quality.

- Minimum Bachelor's degree in related field such as business, finance, law or equivalent experience; Master's degree preferred.

- Requires understanding of the changing regulatory landscape regarding Risk and Compliance functions within the banking industry.

- Project and/or change management skills is advantageous.

- Fluent in both oral and written English.