Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customised services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs
The Business Risk & Controls Manager will operate within the first line Business Controls Unit and will be responsible for coordinating and enhancing the supervision and control arrangements supporting the Banking and General Transaction Banking businesses
You'll provide independent and constructive first-line challenge to business risk owners, oversee the operation and development of the relevant control frameworks, and provide senior management with clear, evidence-based information on the effectiveness of the control environment
You'll bring together risk information from across the business and control functions, identify emerging issues and control weaknesses, and ensure that actions are appropriately owned, tracked, escalated and brought to closure
Leading and coordinating supervision arrangements, including regular supervision meetings, forward-looking agendas, management information, actions and escalation
Maintaining an integrated and forward-looking view of the risk and control environment, bringing together relevant information from the business, Operations, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime and Internal Audit
Providing constructive challenge to business and control owners regarding the identification, assessment, management and escalation of risks, control weaknesses and emerging issues
Overseeing the management and continued development of the control frameworks
Supporting the businesses in conducting annual Risk and Control Self-Assessments across central, enterprise-wide and business-specific risks and controls
Maintaining oversight of the relevant risk and control inventories, ensuring that material risks and controls are appropriately documented, owned, assessed and kept current




Supporting improvements to the quality of controls and processes operated within the business, promoting a "control by design" approach to product development, process change and other business initiatives
Overseeing the management of identified audit findings, compliance testing actions, risk events and control weaknesses, including challenge of root cause, remediation plans, target dates and closure evidence
Supporting new product initiatives and material business or process changes affecting Banking and GTB
Contributing to the automation, digitalisation and simplification of risk-management and control activities, including improvements to management information, data quality and control monitoring
Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organisation. We're enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring
The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role
Experience in leading small change programmes effectively, to time and budget
Extensive Banking and/or Global Transactional Banking experience or knowledge in a regulated wholesale financial services context
Proactive, solutions-focused and able to maintain delivery across competing priorities
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Educated to Degree level, or equivalent experience in Banking and Financial Markets
Well-developed relationship building, collaboration and influencing skills at all levels
Demonstrable experience in and understanding of the components of an operational risk management framework, the toolkits available and how they apply practically in a business setting to proactively identify and mitigate risks
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite
Proven track record in managing and developing others
Experience in automation/simplification programmes
Previous experience in a role covering global functions and geographies
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📌 Vice President Of Business Risk (Santander)
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