VP Control Manager - Corporate and Investment Banking

If your strengths are compliance, risk management, and building control frameworks, this is a pivotal opportunity to enhance the control environment and help shape the future of our Operations—within a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Job responsibilities

• Act as an OCM (Operational Control Manager), leading the build-out of an enhanced, continuous, and integrated control framework to strengthen end-to-end risk assessment.

• Spearhead the design and execution of forward-looking control strategies to proactively identify and mitigate compliance and operational risks.

• Drive top-down risk analysis and enable real-time control issue detection, escalation, root cause analysis, and remediation.

• Leverage data analytics, automation, and technology to translate business needs into scalable solutions that anticipate trends and uplift the control environment.

• Lead anti-fraud and cybersecurity initiatives to keep operations resilient and responsive to emerging threats.

• Inspire and guide a diverse team, fostering a culture of innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Build strong partnerships with senior stakeholders across Business, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Audit, and Risk, delivering results with integrity and clear communication.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 7+ years in financial services with experience in controls, audit, quality assurance, or operational risk management.

• Risk Management & Controls: Makes independent, risk-based decisions in complex situations; develops and improves escalation procedures and control frameworks; advises stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, Audit, and Risk with strong regulatory knowledge; and trains others on risk management practices.

• Change Management: Designs and executes change management strategies for complex initiatives; drives adoption while minimizing disruption; leads stakeholders through organizational change; and coaches others on best practices.

• Influence: Persuades stakeholders in complex scenarios; navigates negotiations with data-driven arguments; builds cross-functional relationships across Legal, Compliance, Audit, and Risk; and advises others on engagement strategies.

• Internal Stakeholder Management: Manages complex stakeholder relationships across the organization; tailors communication to diverse audiences; navigates competing interests to drive outcomes; and coaches teams on stakeholder management.

• Communication & Presentation Skills: Designs and delivers high-impact presentations to senior management; creates executive-level communications with exceptional clarity; and synthesizes complex discussions into actionable insights.

• Teamwork: Leads cross-functional teams in complex initiatives; integrates diverse perspectives; fosters inclusive collaboration; and advises others on team dynamics.

• Knowledge Sharing & Lessons Learned: Leads structured knowledge transfer; establishes repositories/communities to prevent repeated issues; synthesizes lessons into actionable improvements; and advises teams on knowledge management.

• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making: Conducts sophisticated analysis in ambiguous situations; synthesizes data to uncover root causes and risks; evaluates trade-offs while challenging assumptions; facilitates stakeholder alignment; and advises others on decision frameworks and escalation timing.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Policies, Procedures, and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates deep policy and regulatory expertise; interprets requirements in ambiguous scenarios to strengthen risk and control environments; and advises stakeholders on compliance.

• Data Literacy & Automation Strategy: Analyzes complex data with robust controls; identifies high-impact automation/ML opportunities; translates technical capabilities into compelling business cases and insights; and trains/advises teams on data practices and automation strategy.

Interested—or know someone who could be a great fit? Please apply with your CV in English.