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TP ICAP · 5 hours ago

Head of Risk (Contract)

New York, United States

Full-time, Contract

Onsite

Director/Executive

$1,400/d - $1,500/d

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

Risk ManagementOperational RiskEnterprise Risk ManagementStakeholder ManagementFinancial Services ExperienceRegulatory FrameworksAnalytical SkillsLeadershipCommunication SkillsProblem-SolvingPresentation SkillsCollaboration