Change and Transformation Risk Manager (VP)

Barclay Simpson; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is looking for a Vice President Change and Transformation Risk Manager in London. This role involves risk oversight of acquisitions and integrations, focusing on both financial and non-financial risks. Candidates should have significant experience in enterprise risk, familiarity with M&A processes, and a strong analytical capability. A CFA or FRM is advantageous. Interested applicants should email [e-mail] with their CV and suitability details.

Benefits

Referral bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in non-financial risk or change-related risk within financial services.
• Exposure to M&A, integration, or large-scale transformation activity.
• Strong understanding of controls and risk frameworks in change environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide risk oversight of acquisitions, integrations, and strategic investments.
• Assess non-financial and operational risks including market, credit, and liquidity risk.
• Oversee risk throughout change and project lifecycle and ensure senior management reporting.

Skills

Experience across enterprise risk

Strong analytical capability

Confidence engaging senior stakeholders

Education

CFA or FRM

Quantitative or maths based academic background

Job description

Change and Transformation Risk Manager (VP)

We are supporting a global financial services firm operating across energy, commodities, and financial markets. The business provides liquidity, market access, clearing, and execution services to a broad international client base and continues to grow through strategic change and acquisitions.

An opportunity has arisen for a Vice President level Change and Transformation Risk Manager to join a newly established team at the centre of enterprise wide change activity.

The Role

This role provides independent risk oversight across acquisitions, integrations, and material change initiatives, with a strong emphasis on both financial and non financial risk.

Key responsibilities include:

• Risk oversight of acquisitions, integrations, strategic investments, and divestitures
• Assessment of non financial and operational risk along with financial risk including market, credit, counterparty, and liquidity risk.
• Partnering with strategy teams during acquisition due diligence, including review and challenge of valuation assumptions and models
• Advising on target operating models, scalability, and end to end process design
• Oversight of risk throughout the change and project lifecycle, including escalation and senior management reporting
• Production of committee and board level risk materials

The role requires commercial judgement, strong analytical capability, and the ability to influence across change, strategy, and delivery teams.

Candidate Profile

Suitable candidates will have:

• Experience across enterprise risk, non financial risk, or change related risk within financial services
• Exposure to M&A, integration, or large scale transformation activity
• Strong understanding of controls and risk frameworks applied in change environments
• Confidence engaging senior stakeholders in fast paced, evolving organisations

CFA or FRM is beneficial, as is a quantitative or maths based academic background. Management consulting or advisory experience is welcomed.

If this sounds like you please email [e-mail] along with a copy of your CV & why you think you are a good fit. If this role isnt quite right for you but you know someone in your network, we offer a referral bonus (T&C's apply)

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