Trading Controls Optimisation Office Manager

lloyds banking group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 93,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial institution is seeking a Manager with Financial Markets experience to enhance trading controls. The role involves improving frameworks, delivering milestones, and managing risks within a hybrid working model. Candidates should possess strong understanding of trading controls, operational risk frameworks, and exceptional communication skills. This role presents an opportunity to impact trading activities significantly while being part of a diverse and inclusive organization.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of trading controls and operational risk frameworks within Financial Markets.
• Knowledge of trade lifecycle processes and associated risks.
• Ability to work with MI and dashboards for tracking.

Responsibilities

• Deliver enhancements to trading controls and support development of operational risk frameworks.
• Assist in the delivery of the Trading Controls Enhancement Programme.
• Support recruitment and development of team members for sustainability.

Skills

Understanding of trading controls

Operational risk frameworks

Stakeholder management

Data-driven risk reporting

Communication skills

Job description

End Date

Tuesday 30 December 2025

Salary Range

£93,087 - £103,430

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Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

We’re looking for a Manager with Financial Markets experience to join the Trading Controls Optimisation Office, supporting the enhancement and expansion of the Trading Controls environment for the Global Markets business. You’ll play a key role in implementing improvements across systems, controls, governance, management information (MI), and operational risk management, ensuring alignment with internal risk appetite and regulatory expectations.

Job Description

BUSINESS UNIT: Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) – Trading Controls Optimisation Office

LOCATION: London and Edinburgh

HOURS: Full Time – 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 shown above.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role focuses on delivering enhancements to trading controls and supporting the development of robust frameworks that underpin safe and efficient trading activity. You’ll work across front, middle, and back-office functions to embed automated and preventative controls, improve governance, and strengthen MI reporting.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Delivery of Optimisation Milestones

• Assist in the delivery of the Trading Controls Enhancement Programme, ensuring milestones are met on time and to the required standard.
• Contribute to the development and embedding of enhanced trading controls across all stages of the trade lifecycle.
• Support the expansion of metrics in Trading Supervisory systems and the documentation of trading controls.
• Help deliver automated and preventative controls across front, middle, and back-office functions.
• Ensure enhancement plans are well-documented and traceable, supporting root cause analysis.

Risk Management & Control Framework

• Support the review and update of control documentation to meet firm standards (including the “5Ws and H” methodology).
• Ensure controls are accurately classified and mapped to relevant risks.
• Assist in implementing data-driven risk reporting and dashboards, ensuring MI is complete and accurate.

RAID Management & Issue Resolution

• Maintain and update the local Trading Controls RAID log, identifying and managing risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Support the closure of RAID items, including those related to resource capacity, technology delivery, data quality, and regulatory dependencies.
• Ensure activities are aligned with broader strategic programmes.

Sustainability & Continuous Improvement

• Support recruitment, onboarding, and development of team members to ensure sustainability of the trading controls environment.
• Help implement processes for ongoing review and enhancement of controls, MI, and governance frameworks.
• Ensure outcomes are embedded into BAU, with evidence of effectiveness and ongoing monitoring.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

To be considered for this role, you’ll need to demonstrate:

Risk & Control Expertise

• Strong understanding of trading controls and operational risk frameworks within Financial Markets.
• Knowledge of trade lifecycle processes and associated risks across front-to-back functions.
• Familiarity with control documentation standards and governance frameworks.

Data & Technology Skills

• Ability to work with MI and dashboards to track control effectiveness and programme progress.
• Understanding of data-driven risk reporting and automation opportunities.

Communication & Collaboration

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills to engage across multiple teams.
• Ability to challenge constructively and influence decision-making.

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 to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.