Risk & Control Manager – LOD

Our client, a leading global bank, is looking to hire a Business Risk Manager sitting within the first line of defence. This role will work closely with senior stakeholders across a range of business functions. You will be responsible for identifying, managing and mitigating risk, embedding effective controls, and fostering a strong risk culture across the organisation.

The position requires significant experience in a senior first‑line business risk, operational risk, or control role, ideally within financial services or another highly regulated environment. Demonstrated experience leading RCSAs, control assurance, and issues management across a business area or function. Emerging markets exposure previously, preferable.

• Act as the first‑line risk partner to the business, supporting the identification, ownership, management, and control of risks arising from day‑to‑day activities.
• Lead and maintain Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs), ensuring that risks, controls, and mitigating actions are accurately documented and kept up to date.
• Support the design, implementation, and ongoing effectiveness of key controls, working with business owners to address control gaps and weaknesses.
• Oversee the identification, escalation, and remediation of operational risk events and issues, including root cause analysis and the tracking of management actions.
• Promote a strong risk and control culture through training, stakeholder engagement, and ongoing awareness initiatives.
• Act as a key liaison with second‑line risk, compliance, and internal audit, supporting reviews, responding to findings, and ensuring timely closure of actions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of first‑line risk management tools and processes.
• Provide practical risk advice and constructive challenge to support risk‑informed decision‑making across change initiatives, new products, outsourcing arrangements, technology projects, and process re‑engineering, ensuring risks are identified and managed from the design stage.
• Strong ability to interpret and apply risk appetite, frameworks, and policies to both strategic and operational decision‑making.
• Proven credibility in advising and constructively challenging senior stakeholders while balancing risk management with commercial objectives.

Unless otherwise stated, candidates must have the right to work in the UK.