TP ICAP · 12 hours ago
Head of Risk (Contract)
TP ICAP is a world leading provider of market infrastructure, seeking a Head of Risk to lead the Americas Risk Management function. This role involves overseeing a team and ensuring the region’s risk profile aligns with global standards, while providing risk management input on strategic and operational matters.
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Responsibilities
Manage a team of three Risk Management professionals who all have global line managers and divisional risk management responsibilities, but also have to ensure the risk profile, activities and governance are appropriately managed for the region in line with the responsibilities below
Work closely with the Divisional CROs to ensure the priorities of the regional staff are understood and accommodate regional requirements
Act as a trusted advisor to Americas management team, providing risk management advice and input on strategic and operational matters, including support for strategic decision making
Ensure risk management is embedded into decision-making and day-to-day operations
Ensure the end-to-end risks of the region are managed properly, ensuring alignment with risk tolerance
Review and constructively challenge the Americas’ risk profile to ensure risks are identified and mitigating actions implemented, as appropriate
Ensure the Risk Team acts as a triage function – identify, prioritise and escalate risk to ensure timely and effective resolution
Ensure that Group’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) is effectively implemented and operating across the Region
Operate the region’s risk governance structure, including chairing or supporting the committee/management forum responsible for oversight of the risk profile. Contribute to global risk committees and governance processes
Ensure timely and accurate risk reporting to regional Management, the Risk function, and relevant Group fora
Ensure the regional risk team is: + properly identifying, evaluating and assessing the divisional and regional risks in appropriately, including the monitoring of emerging risks + overseeing the identification and remediation of risk events, including issue tracking, action plans and risk acceptances + contributing to the Group's Risk Assurance oversight, including thematic and deep-dive reviews, control assurance, and issue follow-ups
Monitor the region's risk profile on an ongoing basis, including oversight of appropriate Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and thresholds
Provide risk management input, constructive challenge, and oversight for new business initiatives, M&A activity, change management, and product development processes
Ensure the region complies with regulatory requirements for risk management and support the preparation of risk-related regulatory submissions
Provide accurate and timely risk analysis and insights to stakeholders to drive conscious, informed risk taking and decisions
Act as the main point of contact for risk-related matters with regulators
Collaborate closely with the centralized Risk Centres of Excellence (COEs), leveraging their specialised expertise to support risk management across the region
Qualification
Required
Proven experience in a senior risk leadership role within a global institution, preferably in financial services or a broker-dealer environment
Deep understanding of operational risk, enterprise risk management, and U.S. regulatory frameworks
Strong understanding of the equities, fixed income, exchange traded derivatives, FX, and Energy & Commodity markets and associated products
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at executive and board levels
Demonstrated ability to lead regional teams and manage complex risk issues
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study
Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Hands-on operator with a proactive and collaborative leadership style
Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills
Commercially minded, with a strong understanding of business drivers
Preferred
Experience in financial risk management
Knowledge of electronic and algorithmic trading
Experience with GRC platforms and risk analytics tools
Well-connected within the risk management community
Company
TP ICAP
TP ICAP is a global firm of professional intermediaries that plays a pivotal role in the world's financial, energy and commodities markets.
Funding
Current Stage
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unknown2021-02-26IPO
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