Assistant Vice President - Security Operations - Change Management - Investment Banking

Technical Capabilities - What are the specific skills, knowledge and abilities required for the role-

Essential for this role:

- Strong Knowledge of the mechanics of all relevant products and market terminology

- Credibility with senior business stakeholders

- Strong control mindset

- Able to adapt to a rapidly changing working environment

- Able to offer flexibility, whilst ensuring governance with local practice

- Deep understanding of Operations processes

- Good networking skills and ability to develop and maintain business relationships

- Self-motivated and able to work independently and prioritise own work

- Ability to question and challenge confidently

- Active listener able to understand all views and requirements

- Accurate and thorough approach

Experience - What previous experience is required for the role-

Essential

- 9-10 years- experience in general Investment banking environment with focus on Settlements Ops

- A good knowledge of how an Operations area in the investment banking field works in a global environment

- An understanding of the risks to be managed within Securities Services Operations in the investment banking environment. This understanding will have likely been gained from performing one or more line roles and may include accounting and risk management skills or experience.

- Broad experience of international banking environments and markets.

- Proven track record of delivering results.

- Excellent communicator at all levels with good presentation and negotiation skills.

- Ability to create a culture that will facilitate productivity and ensure quality/ change management.

- Proven experience of liaising with global stakeholders

- Self driven and ability to work fairly independently.

- Knowledge of Industry regulatory, compliance and best practices.

- Have excellent leadership qualities with the proven ability to lead, manage, coach, and build a high performing Operations team

- Perform a high profile role at a similar level managing departments regionally, with geographically diverse clients

- A proven track-record of implementing process improvements and creating a robust Operational Risk control framework.

- Substantial experience working effectively with business partners and technology to deliver on strategic initiatives and support the immediate business needs.

- Experience of implementation of long term plans and delivery of large scale projects

- Ensure retention of staff through appropriate engagement, training, development, communication and mobility

- Experience in project management and process re-engineering

- Proven ability to operate in a dynamic and fast paced environment of growth and change

Desirable

- An understanding of the risk framework within which Operations works, the control environment and knowledge of risk and control failures across the market in recent years. The successful candidate will probably have supervised teams, processes/controls in an IB Ops/Custody environment at a Supervisor/ Sr Manager level.