Senior Manager, Regulatory Controls - CIB Chief Control Office in Birmingham

Locations: London / Birmingham / Edinburgh

Hours: Full-Time

Working pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

About This Opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Regulatory Controls to lead the development and oversight of regulatory controls across Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB). The role focuses on ensuring regulatory requirements are effectively translated into robust, efficient and sustainable control frameworks & solutions, supporting compliance with regulatory obligations while enabling the safe delivery of regulatory change. You’ll lead how regulatory developments are assessed and implemented across CIB and play a key role in strengthening governance and regulatory engagement. Working with senior stakeholders across Risk, Compliance and the business, you’ll support effective regulatory responses, enhance the control environment and help drive consistent, high-quality outcomes across CIB.

Key Accountabilities

• Regulatory Controls & Governance: Lead the design, implementation and oversight of regulatory control frameworks across CIB and LBCM, ensuring effective control operation, strong governance and sustained regulatory compliance. Act as a regulatory subject matter expert within the first line of defence, shaping responses to regulatory enquiries and examinations and ensuring clear evidence of compliance and “reasonable steps” for senior management.
• Control Operation & Optimisation: Be responsible for the effective operation, monitoring and continuous improvement of regulatory controls in line with Group standards, driving the identification and remediation of control weaknesses, audit findings and high-priority actions. Embed Control by Design principles, simplifying and optimising control processes to improve efficiency, reduce risk and support operational resilience.
• Regulatory Change & Reform: Lead the assessment, triage and implementation of regulatory change across CIB, ensuring alignment to risk appetite and strategic objectives. Direct the delivery of regulatory reform initiatives (e.g. Wholesale Markets Review, Edinburgh Reform, FMSB), including business impact assessments and governance of working groups and steering committees.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership: Lead and develop a high-performing team, building and leading cross-functional partnerships across CIB, Risk, Compliance and Product teams, influencing at senior levels to support consistent and effective regulatory control outcomes. Represent the function at governance forums and senior committees, deputising where required and providing clear direction on regulatory developments, impacts and control expectations.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong knowledge of regulatory frameworks and governance standards, with significant experience overseeing the design and operation of regulatory controls within a large financial services or banking organisation.
• Significant experience (typically 5+ years) working within CIB or a closely aligned wholesale/investment banking environment, with a strong understanding of CIB products, processes and regulatory expectations.
• Proven experience (typically 5+ years) leading regulatory change delivery, including assessing regulatory impacts and translating regulatory requirements into effective control frameworks, processes and evidence.
• Experience leading all aspects of control effectiveness, including identifying control weaknesses and driving remediation of audit findings or material issues.
• Strong leadership and relationship management capabilities, with the ability to influence senior colleagues across Risk, Compliance, Product and Control teams.
• A strategic and analytical approach, with experience driving continuous improvement in control design, including simplification, automation and the use of data to enhance control effectiveness and operational resilience.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.