Payments Controls Management Lead - Executive Director

The Commercial Investment Bank (CIB) Payment Controls team is seeking an Executive Director level candidate who will be responsible for aligning end-to-end cross-functional support to the Sanctions and Regulatory Operations and Control Management business priorities.

The candidate selected for this important role will drive and partner on the execution of the Payment Controls end-to-end agenda and lead governance across the program.

They will need to closely collaborate with key global and regional partners across Payments including Operations, Technology, Product Management, and the horizontal functional managers.

This Payment Controls Lead will work closely with the Head of Payment Controls, Business and Functional partners as well as regional leadership to develop, communicate and implement the Payments end-to-end controls strategy in Sanctions and Regulatory Operations Payment Controls and related functions.

The Firm-wide Control Management team provides a centralized view of all control functions, and thereby drives real time problem detection, escalation, review, and solutions.

Within each line of business (LOBs) and function there are designated control managers who support their stakeholders in managing the control environment.

Their role is to direct across all LOBs and functional areas, particularly with Management, Risk and Compliance, and oversee audits and regulatory exams for their coverage area.

Job responsibilities


* Lead oversight of the end-to-end system of controls that mitigates risk through active engagement, thematic reviews, risk analysis and control deep dive which continuously manage and reduce the Business's residual risk profile.


* Engage with and conduct regular reviews with senior leadership, stakeholder committees, or other relevant bodies to validate and assess priorities across the Payments control teams.


* Lead problem solving and data driven decision making, inclusive of process design, re-engineering, and target state modeling


* Identify and proactively manage risk to delivery of our end-to-end target operating model strategies.


* Navigate within the organization and align key stakeholders to influence, build consensus and get things done


* Deliver high quality, consistent and meaningful executive reporting, and analytics to identify trends and themes to support business decisions


* Create and deliver executive communications, status reporting, and metrics


* Manage via a mix of direct and matrix team members and help them build/develop the right skills, experience, knowledge, and capacity in support of the above


* Primary control responsibilities and oversight for all controls impacting Sanctions and Regulatory Operations business globally, including front line controls, operational controls, and technology controls


* Chairing governance forums as necessary.

Furthermore, playing a key escalation role as and when needed (to global and regional management)
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