Electronic Trading Automated Risk & Control Manager

NatWest Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is seeking an Electronic Trading Automated Risk & Control Manager. This role involves managing electronic trading risk, developing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Candidates should possess experience in risk management and be able to adapt to changing priorities. The firm offers an opportunity to enhance the global risk and control framework in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in electronic trading risk management.
• Knowledge of financial services risk and control frameworks.
• Ability to review design specifications and test cases.

Responsibilities

• Run and improve electronic trading control lifecycles.
• Investigate and respond to electronic trading risk issues.
• Deliver cohesive regulatory remediation in electronic trading.
• Advise business heads on operating models for electronic trading.
• Collaborate with Business Risk Managers for risk control agenda.

Skills

Design and control effectiveness testing

Stakeholder engagement

Financial services risk knowledge

Problem solving

Adaptability

Job description

Join us as an Electronic Trading Automated Risk & Control Manager

• We’ll look to you to provide electronic trading risk subject matter expertise to enable the oversight and enhancement of the global risk and control framework
• You’ll review and assess adherence to the relevant electronic trading policies
• This is a prominent role, where your ability to develop stakeholder relationships will be as important as your risk management skills

What you'll do

In this role, you’ll run and improve the three electronic trading control lifecycles, including algorithm lifecycle, automated control lifecycle and e-platform lifecycle. We’ll look to you to investigate and respond to electronic trading risk issues, internal reviews and regulatory inquiries.

You’ll also:

• Deliver regulatory remediation in the electronic trading space, in a cohesive, holistic and cost-efficient manner
• Identify, log and mitigate non-market risks, including operational, conduct, reputational, regulatory and technology, inherent in the electronic trading businesses where appropriate
• Assist with Internal Audit’s reviews of the relevant control landscape
• Advise business heads to continually refine the operating model for electronic trading
• Collaborate with Business Risks Managers to deliver desired risk and control agenda for the business
• Support administration of the e-trading governance structure, including the Electronic Trading Risk Committee

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need experience conducting design and control effectiveness testing of various pre and post trade algorithmic controls along with knowledge of financial services risk and control at different levels of the organisation.

You’ll also need:

• The ability to review design specs, test cases and test scripts
• Experience working with key stakeholders to understand risks and key controls across Markets businesses
• The ability to conduct monitoring of control trigger alerts, elevate alerts to traders and work with trading to resolve those alerts
• A clear track record of delivery and the ability to work to deadlines and adapt to changing priorities
• Experience working with key stakeholders to review inherent and residual risk assessments for key risks across Markets
• A proven ability to solve problems and a commercial and strategic mind set