Senior Control Manager - Cyber

HSBC Global Services Limited; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank in Sheffield is seeking a Risk Manager to oversee operational risks in Cyber Operations. The ideal candidate will provide expertise, engage with stakeholders, and influence risk management frameworks. This hybrid role requires strong leadership and analytical skills in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor for senior management on operational risk management.
• Support the delivery of the GCIO risk & controls agenda through stakeholder engagement.
• Promote accountable risk and control decision-making based on quality data.
• Provide specialist risk and control insights to improve the control environment.
• Advise on process and control design to ensure practicality and effectiveness.
• Identify trends to anticipate future risk and control environment developments.
• Influence the development and implementation of risk management frameworks.
• Update senior management on relevant policy or project changes.

Skills

Control capabilities in Threat Intelligence

Operational, non-financial, or technology/information security risk expertise

Risk and control reviews

Strategy translation and goal achievement

Team leadership

Relationship management

Strategic planning

Customer orientation

Outcome focus

Team management

Divided attention

Quantitative analysis

Critical thinking

Logic and reasoning

Job description

The GCIO Chief Control Office (CCO) team plays an important role in enabling the bank to operate within its risk appetite by ensuring efficient and effective risk and control management. We do this by providing operational risk and control expertise, specialist technical knowledge and a deep understanding of the businesses and functions we serve.

Key activities include implementation and oversight of the Group’s Risk Management Framework, ongoing and targeted controls assessments, implementing and maintaining robust risk governance, and championing a proactive risk culture. GCIO CCO works closely with partners across all lines of defence and is responsible for maintaining positive relationships with our regulators and external partners.

In this role, you will join a growing team to oversee the risk and control portfolio related to Cyber Operations and Intelligence (CO&I), which includes Threat Intelligence, the Security Operations Centre, and Cyber and Data Incident Management.

You will be a leader within the GCIO CCO function supporting Cyber Operations and Intelligence (CO&I), taking accountability for GCIO Risk Management to help HSBC achieve strategic outcomes while remaining resilient and secure.

Responsibilities include:

• Acting as a trusted advisor for senior management on operational risk management, including risk assessments, control environment, and issues management.
• Supporting the delivery of the GCIO risk & controls agenda through stakeholder engagement across all three Lines of Defence, control owners, and risk leads.
• Promoting accountable risk and control decision-making based on quality data and analysis, challenging poor or excessive controls.
• Providing specialist risk and control insights, and leading efforts to improve the control environment and risk monitoring.
• Advising on process and control design to ensure practicality and effectiveness.
• Identifying trends to anticipate future risk and control environment developments.
• Influencing the development and implementation of future risk management and regulatory frameworks.
• Updating senior management on relevant policy or project changes impacting operational risk.

Required skills:

Technical:

• Control capabilities in Threat Intelligence, Security Operations Centres, Cyber Incident Management
• Operational, non-financial, or technology/information security risk expertise
• Risk and control reviews
• Strategy translation and goal achievement
• Team leadership
• Relationship management

Behavioural:

• Strategic planning
• Customer orientation
• Outcome focus
• Team management

Cognitive:

• Divided attention
• Quantitative analysis
• Critical thinking
• Logic and reasoning

This role is based in Sheffield on a hybrid basis.

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