Vice President, Risk & Controls, Market Abuse Risk

NatWest Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization in Manchester seeks a Vice President in Risk & Controls to manage market abuse risk assessments and support risk management frameworks. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial services, excellent communication skills, and experience in risk roles. This position offers a hybrid working model, allowing for flexibility in your work arrangements. Join us to make a significant impact across the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of achievement and delivery.
• Experience in trading is beneficial.
• Strong operational risk management knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of market abuse risk assessments.
• Conduct risk and regulatory obligations.
• Develop training material and guidance notes.
• Facilitate regular stakeholder meetings.
• Build trusted partnerships to gather intelligence on risks.

Skills

Knowledge of financial services operations

Experience in first or second line of defence risk role

Excellent communication skills

Understanding of market abuse behaviours

Knowledge of risk assessment methodologies

Job description

Join us as a Vice President in Risk & Controls, Market Abuse Risk Assessments (MARA)

• We’ll look to you to play a key role in preventing potential market abuserisks, mitigating, monitoring and reporting risk in an effective manner
• You’ll support, and work in partnership with the first line of defence and businesses in applying effective market abuse risk management, and anticipating and assessing the potential impacts of market abuse risk across the bank
• This high profile role will see you liaising closely with a range of stakeholders, creating an opportunity to develop your network and raise your profile across the bank

What you'll do

You’ll support with the delivery of market abuse risk assessments that support the effective application of the risk framework, conduct risk and regulatory obligations, with an opportunity to improve the understanding and effective management of market abuse risk across the bank.

We’ll look to you to support the business in managing the risks which exist, making sure mechanisms are in place to identify, report, manage and mitigate risk within a defined risk appetite, working in conjunction with the second line of defence.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Delivering the interrogation and analysis of relevant management information, supporting effective risk management on the part of your stakeholders
• Developing guidance notes and training material and content, up-skilling the broader first line of defence function and businesses
• Supporting management in facilitating regular stakeholder meetings and key forums through the preparation and issuing of supporting paperwork and assessing regulatory impacts
• Building and maintaining trusted working partnerships across the bank and our franchises, to inform and gather intelligence on emerging and future risks and controls

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring knowledge of how a large financial services organisation operates and bring experience of working in a first or second line of defence risk role.

You’ll also bring:

• A clear track record of achievement and delivery
• A working knowledge of or experience in trading
• A good understanding of market abuse behaviours and related regulation
• Knowledge of risk assessment and scenario analysis methodologies
• Knowledge of operational risk management
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to influence at all levels

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

07/08/2025 Ways of Working:Hybrid