GLOBAL RISK MANAGER - COMPLIANCE OR TRADE SURVEILLANCE (RETAIL SHARE BROKING OR PWM) WITH REGTECH...

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services group is looking for a Global Risk Manager to enhance their client risk management framework. Responsibilities include leading a team, designing compliance measures, and optimizing trade surveillance systems. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience and expertise in Reg Tech solutions. Competitive salary of £150K - £180K plus benefits, hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in conduct risk management or trade surveillance.
• Deep understanding of retail trading risks and regulatory expectations.
• Experience in designing or implementing Reg Tech solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of the global risk management framework.
• Manage and mentor the Global Risk Control Team of 6.
• Prepare and present risk reports to senior management.

Skills

Conduct risk management

Trade surveillance

Reg Tech solutions implementation

Analytical skills

Job description

Job Description

GLOBAL RISK MANAGER – COMPLIANCE OR TRADE SURVEILLANCE (RETAIL SHARE BROKING OR PWM) WITH REGTECH DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE REQ’D

£150K - £180K + benefits & equity (Hybrid) London

Ref:4140G

We are recruiting for our client, a global financial services group who operate cutting-edge electronic brokerage, custody, and trading solutions for retail stockbrokers, neobanks and neobrokers worldwide. They are looking to recruit a forward-thinking Risk Manager to lead the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of their client risk management framework covering client conduct risk, trade surveillance, transaction monitoring and AML related controls. Reporting directly to the UK CEO, duties will include:

• Manage, mentor and lead the Global Risk Control Team of 6.
• Design, document, and maintain a comprehensive global risk management framework aligned with best practice and regulatory requirements.
• Establish guidelines for monitoring, escalation, and documentation and lead regular risk reviews and control assessments with business units.
• Define requirements for tools that can proactively detect and block illegal or suspicious trading patterns (e.g., spoofing, layering, wash trades, cross-firm collusion, front-running).
• Prioritise development of automated alerting, escalation, and intervention mechanisms.
• Optimise the use of and integration of trade surveillance into Group systems and controls, providing governance oversight of the Internal Control team, and collaborate with other teams to implement enhanced due diligence & trading restrictions if needed
• Champion next- tools including AI that use behavioural pattern recognition, incorporate client- and order-level context and intercept suspicious client trades before execution
• Prepare and present regular risk reports and MI to senior management and the Board.

The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years experience in conduct risk management, trade surveillance or compliance within retail share broking or electronic trading firms with a deep understanding of retail trading risks & regulatory expectations.

You must also have experience of designing or implementing the Reg Tech solutions that detect and prevent illegal or abusive trading activities and be able to define needs for the developers as to system requirements, operational guidelines and actionable controls.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing technology-driven organisation, that constantly seeks to go beyond regulatory compliance to embed proactive, intelligent risk management systems across their operations. NB Role is 4d PW in office given interaction needed with team & rest of business.

So, if this roles sounds like the ideal next move and you are a forward-thinking, strategic and hands-on Senior Risk Manager with a strong analytical mindset, then please send your details to Gary Collins, at [e-mail] (including email and contact no) however please note we cannot reply to all applications so only successful applications will be contacted (although under no circumstances are your details ever passed on without your specific permission).

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