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Head of Global Control Room (9 months)

Job details
Posting date: 06 April 2024
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 06 May 2024
Location: London, EC2M 4AA
Company: NatWest Group
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: R-00230108

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Summary

Join us as Head of Global Control Room

  • In this role, you’ll lead teams to identify and manage transactional and employee conflicts of interest and establish and monitor the effectiveness of the bank’s information barriers
  • You’ll be providing leadership, direction, inspiration, motivation, coaching and support to key role holders to maximise business performance and make sure that the key objectives are achieved
  • This is an opportunity to gain exposure as you maintain relationships with Technology partners, managing the development roadmap of the control room systems on a bank-wide, risk-based basis
  • This position is for a 9 month period

What you'll do

As the Head of Global Control Room, you’ll be leading a specialist team, setting strategy, objectives, priorities and plans in line with business needs and regulatory expectations.

On top of this, you’ll be:

  • Acting as a point of contact for business stakeholders and advising on appropriate policies and procedures to identify and manage conflicts
  • Implementing the information barrier framework, monitoring and controlling the flow of confidential and inside information between our private and public side businesses
  • Operationally managing the control room activity, including all processes and controls, effectively deploying resource across workstreams
  • Monitoring and managing service within agreed service levels with forward planning to maximise efficiency and effectiveness of the team
  • Managing the control room control environment, making sure all controls are completed with risk-based assurance and testing

The skills you'll need

In this fast-paced environment, you’ll need experience of leading specialist, highly technical teams, paired with a deep understanding of the regulatory ecosystem as it relates to commercial and investment banking.

You’ll also bring:

  • Experience heading a control room at a regulated firm including setting and delivering strategic goals
  • Technical knowledge of market abuse regulation from a control room or compliance background
  • An understanding of anti-bribery and corruption legislation and its interaction with banking activities
  • Knowledge of regulatory oversight and enforcement frameworks and expectations with regards to systems and controls
  • The ability to convey complex concepts, risks and issues in a clear and concise manner to diverse audiences including senior executive committees

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