Control Room Manager

What you'll do

• As a Control Room Manager, you’ll be identifying and managing complex transactional and employee conflicts of interest applying risk-based judgement to sensitive or ambiguous scenarios and establishing, monitoring and overseeing the effectiveness of the bank’s information barriers.
• You’ll also be maintaining the integrity of the bank's information barriers, monitoring and controlling the flow of confidential and inside information between our private and public side businesses.
• Additionally, you’ll be:
• Providing data-led oversight and advice on Market Abuse and Conflicts risk management to all functions and franchises
• Providing subject matter expertise to bank-wide control teams in relation to Control Room policies, systems and processes
• Identifying themes, emerging risks and control gaps through MI, stakeholder engagement and horizon scanning
• Escalating any significant issues to senior compliance management and liaising with them to appropriately remediate
• Providing regulatory and policy advice and support to employees and colleagues, including input into local business procedures
• Applying a proportionate and risk-based approach to the management and escalation of conflicts and information barrier issues
• Driving continuous improvement, simplification and automation across Control Room processes and controls, reducing friction in customer and employee journeys
• The skills you'll need
• To succeed in this role, you'll need a strong compliance advisory background with technical knowledge of market abuse regulation from a control room or compliance background, with an understanding of anti-bribery and corruption legislation and its interaction with banking activities.
• You’ll combine technical expertise in investment banking with strong judgement, stakeholder management skills and a pragmatic approach to commercially-balanced risk management.
• You’ll also need:
• Experience of oversight of business risk within a second line of defence role, particularly in relation to conflicts
• Knowledge of regulatory oversight and enforcement frameworks and expectations, including horizon scanning best practice
• Experience analysing complex issues, prioritising competing demands and making balanced risk-based decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Strong knowledge and experience in defining policies, controls and risk management frameworks
• An interest in process improvement, data-led oversight and technology-enabled compliance solutions
• The ability to manage your own workflow, to required deadlines
• To have a relevant CISI certification (Compliance & Risk), which is not essential, but if successful, we’d expect you to begin the certification pathway within one month of joining
• Hours
• 35
• Job Posting Closing Date:
• 27/10/2026
• Ways of Working:Hybrid