Senior Vice President, First Line Risk Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead first-line risk oversight across Execution Services and related activities in Markets, aligning risk frameworks with global standards. You will partner with front office, compliance, and second-line risk to strengthen governance and operational resilience while supporting strategic client onboarding and growth. You will oversee continuous risk monitoring and follow-the-sun coverage to identify and mitigate emerging risks, shaping risk-aware decision making across multiple regions and entities.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive compensation
• benefits and wellbeing programs
• paid leaves including paid volunteer time
• pay-for-performance philosophy

Responsibilities

• Lead first-line risk oversight across Execution Services, including PSL/PSIL FIEQ Execution, IB & LB Fixed Income Execution, Pershing activities, 24-Hour Trading, and strategic client onboarding
• Establish and govern risk monitoring frameworks with limits, thresholds, and escalation triggers in line with global standards and risk appetite
• Drive a consistent control environment across EMEA, partnering with Trading Desks, Credit Services, Compliance, and Second Line Risk to strengthen governance and resilience
• Enable business growth through risk partnership, providing risk assessments and onboarding recommendations for strategic clients, new products, and initiatives
• Support global follow-the-sun risk coverage with ongoing oversight for Pershing, Execution Services, and Clearing while proactively identifying, escalating, and mitigating risks

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics or related quantitative discipline
• Experience in Markets, Financial Resource Management, Treasury, Risk Analytics, Liquidity Risk, Counterparty Risk or Financial Risk Management
• Strong stakeholder management skills with Front Office, Credit, Compliance, Operations, and Second Line Risk teams
• Commercial judgment and risk assessment capability to support onboarding, growth initiatives, and risk appetite decisions
• Demonstrated leadership in control environments, driving global operating models, continuous monitoring, and follow-the-sun risk oversight across regions and entities

• stakeholder management
• commercial judgment
• leadership in control environments
• risk analytics
• Liquidity Risk
• Counterparty Risk

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