Trading Controls Manager

Lloyd's; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization seeks an experienced Trading Controls Manager to enhance their operational risk management framework. This hybrid role combines working from home and in the office, focusing on regulatory compliance and risk identification. Key responsibilities include driving continuous improvement in risk controls and collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate should have a background in financial markets and operational risk management. You will play a vital role in shaping the future financial services landscape.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive workplace

Diversity initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in a managerial role within financial markets.
• Proven skills in risk identification and assessment.
• Ability to drive continuous improvements in control design.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the Trading Controls Operational Risk Management Framework.
• Lead risk assessments across trading processes.
• Advise on risk implications of new products and initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement in control design and automation.
• Champion a strong risk culture across the organization.

Skills

Financial markets experience

Operational risk management

Data analytics

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Collaboration across teams

Job description

End Date: Sunday 04 January 2026. Salary Range £76,464 – £84,960. We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options. Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share.

Job Description Summary

This is a critical role for an experienced Manager with Financial Markets experience to join the Trading Control Team within the Chief Control Office (CCO), supporting the delivery of a robust Trading Control Environment. You'll be instrumental in driving and embedding enhancements across systems & controls, governance, management information (MI), and operational risk management, ensuring the firm meets regulatory expectations.

JOB TITLE

Trading Controls Manager

LOCATION

London and Edinburgh

HOURS

Fulltime – 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN

Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites in Edinburgh or London.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Owning and Enhancing the Trading Controls Operational Risk Management Framework for the financial markets facing businesses within Lloyds Banking Group, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and internal policies.
• Leading Risk Identification and Assessment across Trading Products process workflows, settlements processes, and internal and external trading platforms, embedding robust controls and reporting.
• Advising on Risk Implications of New Products and Initiatives, partnering with front office trading and sales teams, Markets Operations, Compliance, and Markets Platform (Technology) Teams.
• Driving Continuous Improvement in control design, automation, and operational resilience, utilising data analytics and emerging technologies.
• Monitoring and Challenging Risk Trigger Reporting, raising material issues to Risk and Control Owners and providing actionable insights to senior management and governance forums.
• Championing a Strong Risk Culture within the CIB CCO and LBCM, helping to deliver training and awareness programmes to embed accountability and best practice.
• Collaborating Globally utilising specific experience in UK / US / EU regulatory requirements, to ensure alignment of risk frameworks across jurisdictions.

KEY DELIVERABLES

• Comprehensive Risk Assessments and Risk Reporting System Outputs for Markets activities, with documented mitigation strategies and control enhancements.
• Timely Delivery of Remediation /Action Plans for identified control gaps, supported by root cause analysis and sustainable solutions.
• Data-driven Risk Reporting and Dashboards for senior partners and colleagues, including trend analysis and emerging risk insights.
• Identification and Implementation of Automated and Preventative Controls, reducing manual intervention and operational incidents.
• Governance Material Collation and Articulation of risk positions, control effectiveness, and regulatory compliance status.
• Stress testing and Scenario Analysis to validate resilience under adverse market conditions.
• Evidence of Embedding Risk Culture, through training completion metrics and feedback loops.

ABOUT WORKING FOR US

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture! We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you! At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you ...