Risk / Control Domain Lead / SME – Global Financial Markets IT Consultancy – London recruitment

  This Consultancy utilises technology to resolve complex business challenges in Wholesale and Investment Banking and Asset Management (covering Front Office and Trading, Control, Back Office and Operations)

The Domains area was set up as a separate arm alongside Sales and Delivery in 2011 and consists of a small group of senior individuals with high levels of specialist and business experience.

Reporting into the Global Head of Domains the role holder will be responsible for the Control Domain (including Legal Compliance, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Treasury Finance and Operations Risk) to lead the growth and capabilities in this area.

Working with Sales, Delivery and Marketing teams as well as other domain leads to ensure growth they will: 

• Participation in fee paid work as experts for clients

• Direct participation in Sales processes and Coordination of SMEs with relevant sales opportunities

• Ensure the SMEs are utilised most effectively on client work

• Active participation in Marketing and pre-sales activities

• Leading and managing relationships with partners, clients and vendors where appropriate

• Building Domain Communities

• Offering expertise and support to the Domain community, drawing upon personal Domain Expertise to support delivery and enhance the standard of the client-offering

• Providing leadership to the Domain community, ensuring the communication and proliferation of subject knowledge internally.

A potential candidate will have strong leadership qualities and they must have the following:

• Strong Financial Markets background within Consultancy or Investment Banking (or both)

• A recognised expert in at least 2 of the Domains within Control

• A commercial mindset with the ability to develop new business

• Excellent Stakeholder Management experience

• An understanding of technology and the IT project lifecycle

• Some people management experience

• Ability to influence others

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree