Risk and Controls Analyst

Senior Risk & Controls Analyst – Capital Markets (3-6 month contract, possibly longer)

A global financial institution is hiring a Senior Controls Analyst on a 3-6+ month day rate contract to support its Capital Markets business. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on operational risk and controls work, exposure to traded products, and delivering high-impact change.

You’ll sit within the Controls Function, working closely with Financial Markets teams. The work is varied and genuinely interesting, from supporting new product launches to reviewing automated controls, assessing AI-driven control effectiveness, and identifying where processes can be strengthened, simplified or automated, and reviewing risk metrics. You’ll also contribute to strategic and tactical initiatives across multiple locations.

• Providing specialist guidance on operational risk, technology risk, control design, and risk indicators
• Identifying control gaps, weaknesses, and opportunities to automate preventative controls
• Reviewing automation and AI-enabled controls to determine what can/should be automated
• Supporting event management, business change, and end-to-end control reviews

• Ideally 4–5+ years’ experience in Operational Risk, Risk & Controls or 1st/2nd line controls experience
• Exposure to at least one traded product:
  Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Commodities, Derivatives etc
• Strong experience in control assurance, control testing, control design, and/or RCSA frameworks
• Experience with AI / Co-Pilot tools (desirable, not essential)

• High visibility across Capital Markets
• Exposure to new products, automation initiatives and AI-driven controls
• A genuinely varied portfolio of work, no two weeks look the same
• A supportive, collaborative culture where your expertise will directly shape how the business manages risk

If you have a background in operational risk or 1st line controls apply here.