IWPB Senior Control Manager

For one of our Clients operating in the global financial services sector, we are seeking talented professionals to join long-term strategic initiatives.

This will be achieved by:

• Acting as trusted advisor for senior management by partnering to manage their operational risk i.e., risk assessments, control environment, issues management, audits.
• Promoting accountable risk and control decision-making based on quality data and analysis, actively challenging poor, inefficient or excessive controls, related tasks and behaviours.
• Providing specialist risk and control knowledge and insights, leading efforts to continuously improve the control environment and monitoring of risk, including behaviours
• Advising and designing process and controls in a commercially viable, practical and effective manner.
• Identifying trends to anticipate future developments in the risk and control environment.
• Influencing and shaping the development and implementation of future-fit risk management and regulatory frameworks.
• Providing Senior Management with updates on any relevant changes to policy or projects related to operational risk that have an impact on their area of responsibility.

Stakeholder Management

• Facing off to senior management and managing respective portfolios. Responsible for embedding risk and control management framework, including control monitoring and assurance
• Managing stakeholders across multi-faceted geographies, businesses and functions.
• Presenting and reporting complex risk and control information in ways that are meaningful for different stakeholders
• Applying professional understanding, expertise and judgement to oversee the health of the end-to-end control environment
• Leveraging opportunities to implement more automated, effective and cost-efficient controls and measures of effectiveness
• Providing advice, support and challenge to stakeholders to help them understand and manage controls and risks effectively

Functional Risk & Controls lead

• Analyzing and interpreting risk and control related information to provide insight and improvement with clear and measurable outcomes.
• Delivering clear, concise and consumable messages based on good evidence and informed judgement that support risk and control related decision making
• Monitoring and analysing the performance of the control environment to drive more effective design and operation of controls

GCIO CCO function

• Support CCO operating model, service catalogue, procedures, and toolkits
• Constructive challenge on control environment and assessment of risk across GCIO
• Ensuring lessons learnt in one line of business/impacting incident are properly understood for all GCIO with associated actions implemented in a timely manner
• Embed risk culture and change delivery capability across the GCIO CCO function

External environment

• Identify trends to anticipate future developments in the risk and control environment
• Maintain awareness of relevant changes in regulatory guidance and expectation with key regulators

Leadership & Team Management

• Previous experience leading teams required with remote team leadership experience preferred
• Lead by example, demonstrating core behaviors and values including teamwork, focus, drive and determination.
• Act in a manner that transparently promotes the organization’s values and delivers in an aligned manner.
• Cultivate an environment that supports diversity and reflects Client's brand
• Models open communication and collaboration across the team and with stakeholders
• Understanding and energizing others to attain individual and team outcomes and performance targets

ABOUT SYNECHRON

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our Synechron Labs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,000+, and has 55 offices in 20 countries within key global markets. ,[Partnering with the GCIO CCO function to oversee the risk and control portfolio related to the services CCO IWPB provides, You will be a leader within the GCIO Chief Control Office (GCIO CCO) Function that directly supports the IWPB., The role is part of a global team and will be expected to support and collaborate with other team members across multiple regions, as well as manage their portfolio while maintaining an acceptable risk profile.] Requirements: IWPB, Security, Stakeholder management