About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:
- Pivotal purpose
- Trusted guardian
- Targeted innovation
- Facilitate connections
- Delivering excellence
- Inclusive culture
Job information:
- Functional title – Assistant Vice President, Governance and Reporting
- Department – Chief Controls Office
- Corporate level – Assistant Vice President
- Report to – Director, Governance and Reporting
- Location – London
What you will be doing:
This is an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join our Chief Controls office (CCO), a dedicated first line risk and control function. This role has arisen due to the expansion of responsibilities, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to make an impact and actively contribute to the evolution of this organization.
The Governance and Reporting Associate is a key member of the CCO team who will work closely with 1st Line of Defense business owners in the oversight and management of risk and controls. As part of the CCO team, you will play a key role:
- Improving the oversight of non-financial risks, bringing risk and control reporting and subject matter expertise to partner with 1LOD business owners to proactively identify, assess and mitigate risks.
- Providing cross functional oversight across the first line, driving best practices and consistency in control standards for the effective control of risks to within risk appetite.
- Driving behaviors to foster a risk-aware and risk intelligent culture where employees recognize their role as risk managers and the importance of the control framework.
- Leading on the systemic development and improvement of reporting mechanisms and protocols for Management Information.
- Driving reporting on corrective actions, self-identified issues, RCSA, key controls and generating KPIs for both strategic governance forums and cross enterprise management.
- Developing and refining KRIs to ensure meaningful metrics for management oversight, highlighting breaches to understand root causes, consulting on lessons learned.
- Consolidating and reporting on the results of risk and control activity to internal stakeholders, escalating as required.
- Representing CCO in working groups or Committees as required.
- Managing cross Divisional engagement and communication for identified areas for improvement.
- Participate on the delivery of the CCO Target Operating Model, including providing insight for refinement.
What we’re looking for:
The role would suit candidates with Management Information reporting experience in the Financial Services industry.
Competencies required for successful job performance:
- Must be an effective communicator, able to understand the detail but adapt the messaging to align with the audience/seniority of the forum including internal Committees, Board presentations and/or Regulatory communications.
- Demonstrate strategic mindset, link individual activities to the wider landscape to see the big picture.
- Challenge the status quo, be a catalyst for change, driving and cultivating innovative thinking to solve complex problems. Ability to ‘speak up’, break down barriers and provide constructive challenge.
- Attention to detail is essential, demonstrate high standards to control and oversight of risk.
- Build effective working relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders, negotiating effectively to bring different viewpoints together as appropriate.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to adapt to the audience (junior/senior, internal/external) to be effective and meaningful, breaking down complex problems in an easy-to-understand manner.
Required Experience
- 3 – 5 years in the Financial Services industry.
- Highly proficient IT skills in Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and Word.
- Ability to develop effective Management Information reporting.
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
