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Risk and Control Project Manager

  • Location: New York, 10013
  • Salary: $86 - $92 / hour
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted about 2 months ago

Grow your career as a Risk and Control Project Manager with an innovative global bank in New York, NY. Long-term contract with excellent growth potential. Will be required to be onsite 2-3 days per week. Will be part of the Markets Front Office organization and will be a key part of the in-business risk & control team responsible for devising and delivering a multi-phase program of booking controls.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage and coordinate delivery on scoping, design, and implementation of preventative controls to ensure a complete, effective, and efficient first line control framework across the range of Markets products and systems.
  • Manage internal and external dependencies across initiatives, including working closely with Risk Managers, Product Owners, Front Office, Product Control, and a variety of IT teams amongst others.
  • Identify challenges and proactively seek to resolve or escalate risk and issues in a timely and well-articulated manner to the projects by engaging relevant stakeholders and PMs.
  • Engage senior stakeholders continuously by capturing and escalating and resolving issues as they arise.
  • Produce accurate and insightful project update materials and artifacts, tailoring to various forums and committees.
  • Analyze variations in trade bookings across asset classes and applications to ensure these are considered in the design of all control implementations.
  • Partner with 1LOD businesses and technology teams to ensure compliance with relevant firm policies/standards, also external regulatory expectations, and industry standards where relevant.
  • Ensure that relevant booking control standards and control documentation is kept up to date, and booking practices are considered as businesses introduce new products or changes.

Qualifications:
  • In-depth knowledge of traded products combined with a clear understanding of Front Office trading controls.
  • Experienced in project management and with sufficient subject matter expertise to be able to provide meaningful solutions that are functional and sustainable.
  • Seasoned PM with great presentation skills that understands data and can present the data to stakeholders/senior management.
  • PMO/Project Manager within the banking/financial industry.

About our client

Our client stands as one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services. Its teams provide unique insights to more than 200 million clients and enable progress all over the world. While growing your career, you will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Candidates will be responsible for following the client's COVID-19 protocols. Please refer to your MATRIX representative for specifics.

About Us

At MATRIX, we expertly match talented professionals with job opportunities to elevate careers. Since 1983, we have placed thousands of professionals at innovative clients across every industry ranging from small startups to Fortune 50 companies. It’s why we’re consistently in the top 25 of all U.S. IT staffing firms and why our consultants rate us well above the industry average, earning us ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing awards year after year. People come to us for a job, and stay with us because of our top-notch consultant care.

MATRIX is and Equal Employment Opportunity employer including disability and veteran and provides reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals.  Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable. If you are a qualified individual you may request a reasonable accommodation under the American Disability Act (ADA). If you are a person with a disability needing assistance applying, or at any point in the hiring process, please email us at MATRIX_HR@MatrixRes.com. To ensure a quick response to your request, please use the words “Accommodation request” as the subject line of your email.

For hourly W2 contract roles MATRIX offers a highly competitive benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, HSA, and 401(k) with pre and post-tax options.  Please see MatrixRes.com/Benefits for more information.

For direct hire placement with our clients, benefits would be offered in accordance with that particular client’s offerings. This may include PTO, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and other pre and post-tax options.