Director Risk and Control Advisory  

Institutional Banking and Markets (IB&M) is responsible for managing the Group’s relationships with major corporate and government clients and institutional investors, and provides a full range of capital-raising, transactional and risk management products and services.  

The Institutional Transaction Banking business leads account management activity to deliver scalable and client-centric transaction banking solutions for our institutional clients. The business brings together product distribution, client service, data management, and transformation activities under a unified operating model. 

As a Line 1 Risk Advisor, you are responsible for partnering with the business to support effective management of non-financial risks and regulatory obligations across the business portfolio. 

You will provide trusted risk advice and constructive challenge to business stakeholders, helping ensure risks are appropriately identified, assessed, managed and monitored in line with the Group’s risk appetite, regulatory expectations and operational risk framework. 

Working closely with business leaders, business teams and Line 2 partners, you will support the ongoing enhancement of the control environment, drive accountability for risk ownership and contribute to a strong risk culture that delivers fair customer outcomes and sustainable business performance. 

Key Accountabilities  

• Partner with business stakeholders to identify, assess and manage operational, conduct and regulatory risks 

• Provide practical risk advice and constructive challenge to support informed decision-making 

• Support business leaders in managing risks within appetite and escalating emerging concerns appropriately 

• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders to influence risk outcomes and strengthen risk ownership 

Risk & Control Management 

• Facilitate risk and control assessments, ensuring risks are appropriately understood and managed 

• Support the design, implementation and ongoing monitoring of key controls 

• Identify control weaknesses, emerging risks and opportunities to improve control effectiveness 

• Monitor risk indicators and metrics to provide insights into the health of the control environment 

Incident, Issue & Remediation Management 

• Support the investigation and assessment of incidents, near misses and control breakdowns 

• Contribute to root cause analysis and development of sustainable remediation actions  

• Monitor issue remediation activities and challenge progress where required 

• Ensure incidents and issues are managed in accordance with governance and reporting requirements 

Change & Emerging Risk 

• Provide risk support and challenge for business initiatives, projects and change programs 

• Assess impacts arising from regulatory, operational and strategic change  

• Identify emerging risks and support proactive mitigation strategies 

• Contribute to thematic reviews and deep dives to identify systemic risk themes and improvement opportunities 

Governance & Reporting 

• Prepare risk reporting, insights and analysis for governance forums and leadership teams 

• Support governance committees through quality reporting, action tracking and risk insights 

• Escalate material risks, incidents and issues in a timely and transparent manner 

Risk Culture & Capability 

• Promote a culture of accountability, transparency and constructive challenge  

• Support risk capability uplift across the business through coaching and education 

• Reinforce strong conduct and risk management behaviors through day to day engagement  

• Act as a role model for effective Line 1 risk ownership 

We're interested in hearing from people who have: 

• Experience in Non-Financial Risk, Conduct or Compliance roles within Business or Institutional Banking with Product and/or Distribution experience 

• Subject matter expertise in transaction banking and data risk within Banking or Financial Service organisations 

• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks, control environments and regulatory obligations 

• Experience leading risk assessments, incident management, issue remediation and governance activities 

• Demonstrated ability to provide constructive challenge and influence business stakeholders 

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills 

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities 

• Ability to balance commercial objectives with disciplined risk management 

• A proactive mindset, strong judgement and commitment to fostering a positive risk culture