VP Operational Risk – Capital Markets Front Office recruitment
This opportunity has come about as a result of growth within my client and will report in to the Director of Capital Markets Operational Risk in New York. This is a great opportunity to take on the responsibility of building out an operational risk function from scratch within a dynamic organisation.
This role is primarily Front Office facing and it will be your responsibility to form strong relationships with traders and desk heads across all product lines, including Equities, Fixed Income, Money Markets and Prime Brokerage. Through this stakeholder management you will be expected to mitigate risk and control issues front to back through pro-active risk assessments and challenge of business lines.
Additionally you will be:
• Providing expert technical input and advice to operational risk framework development and issues.
• Providing independent expert advice to the business areas on operational risk issues.
• Developing and disseminating communications to the business to raise awareness of operational risk.
• Rolling out specific aspects of the operational risk framework as required.
• Developing the tools and templates to allow the effective collection, review and use of operational risk information.
Candidate requirements:
• Ideally, an experienced operational risk professional with a strong knowledge of trade life-cycles from within an investment bank or brokerage.
• A strong background in risk and controls.
• Candidates from a capital markets audit, product control, operations risk and control or varied compliance background will also be considered
• Knowledge of Equities, Fixed Income or Commodities product lines and their trade life cycle.
• Good understanding of operational risk frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills.
If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience then please send me your CV for review to karl.alliban@hudson.com