Assistant Director, Front Office Risk & Controls

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The Front Office Risk & Controls Team forms part of Deloitte’s Strategy, Risk and Transactions Advisory Practice and is a centre of excellence, supporting large global financial institutions in establishing effective governance, risk management and controls. We partner with firms undergoing risk or regulatory driven change, providing advisory and/or implementation support delivered by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) specialising in front office supervision, trading control frameworks, electronic & algorithmic trading, booking models, regulatory remediation and enterprise risk management frameworks.

The Front Office Risk & Controls team wishes to recruit high calibre individuals across Assistant Manager and Manager levels, with skills and experience in the following disciplines:

• Risk Management of Electronic / Algorithmic trading activity – including regulatory standards across UK and EU regulators, and industry practice to control and monitor e-trading and algorithmic activities
• Front office supervision frameworks – including typical supervisory controls, systems & tools and management information, including recent areas of regulatory scrutiny
• Trading control frameworks – including an understanding of the controls required to prevent or detect unauthorised or inappropriate trading, and experience of identifying weaknesses in controls frameworks or opportunities to optimise and automate
• Booking models – understanding/ knowledge of the regulatory and financial efficiency constraints that impact the booking model and legal entity structure of banks and/or previous experience of identifying opportunities to optimise and/or enhance governance and control arrangements
• Risk management frameworks – at the enterprise level, together with the additional considerations for Legal Entities (branches and subsidiaries) of global financial institutions
• Regulatory remediation – supporting banks with addressing regulatory changes or addressing the feedback/expectations of regulatory supervisors

Connect to your career at Deloitte

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Connect to your opportunity

You will deliver client engagements focusing on the above topics, providing in depth skills and expertise and practical understanding of the Front Office risk management & control framework, ensuring that we can deliver solution orientated outcomes for complex challenges in partnership with our clients. By joining Deloitte you will:

• Work with some of the most prestigious national and global clients to address their greatest challenges and provide innovative and creative solutions to overcome these
• Have access to our broad range of market-leading services, propositions, assets, and our extensive knowledge base accumulated over hundreds of successful projects to develop your career
• Continue to grow and develop your core skills, hone your industry expertise and truly reach your potential accessing the wealth of learning and development available Successful applicants will have responsibility for the following:
• Lead client projects by managing client relationships, developing the scope and engagement plan, managing team members, engagement financials, and overseeing the production of high quality deliverables

Connect to your skills and professional experience

We encourage applicants who come from either consulting or industry backgrounds. To qualify for the role candidates will have the following skills and experience:

• Previous advisory, consulting or internal project or programme experience in Capital Markets;
• A strong understanding of Front Office activities and the ability to identify associated risks and effective mitigants;
• Solid understanding of the regulatory environment and the core principles of risk management and governance for financial institutions;
• Demonstrable strong core project management skills, ability to prepare impactful presentation materials, ability to interpret and analyse large data sets, ability to manage bids / proposals / business cases / project financials;
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver on high-profile and complex transformation engagements in a fast-paced project environment;
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage a significant and demanding workload under pressure;
• Ability to build strong relationships and work with senior stakeholders at and above the Director level both internally and externally;

Connect to your business - Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

In an ever-evolving world, there are no certainties in business. Our teams help clients to navigate risks, process major transactions and deliver transformational change that will future-proof their business. Join us to make a positive difference.

Regulatory & Financial Risk

We provide advisory services across the risk and regulatory landscape to help our clients move beyond simply meeting the minimum compliance standards, to strategically creating a responsible, sustainable future. This includes providing critical insight and advice on the future of regulation to assist our clients in anticipating change and responding with confidence.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“At Deloitte you’re surrounded by subject matter experts; industry experts, technology experts, and you can access that knowledge whenever you need to.” - Christian, Strategy, Risk and Transactions Advisory

"We have a great culture, and the number of opportunities here mean you can develop as an individual in the direction that suits you best." - Gurpal, Strategy, Risk and Transactions Advisory

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

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