About the Role
This role provides independent second-line Compliance and Operational Risk oversight of Enterprise Position Monitoring & Disclosures (EPMD) across EMEA, a high-risk area covering share ownership monitoring and disclosure obligations. The role will offer oversight of EPMD processes, controls, regulatory change, and remediation activities, collaborating closely with various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Conduct real-time independent review and challenge of the firm's EPMD alert activity on a risk-based approach.
- Provide compliance and operational risk oversight of EPMD regulatory changes, control enhancements, and remediation initiatives.
- Perform monitoring, targeted assessments, and other risk-based coverage activities to assess compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Support the development of second-line data testing to independently review the accuracy of EPMD disclosures.
- Support the development of EPMD training and perform periodic review of policies relating to EPMD.
- Review and challenge FLU processes, risks, controls, Single Process Inventory, and Risk and Control Self-Assessments relating to EPMD activities.
- Partner with regional and global stakeholders to promote effective implementation of regulatory requirements and consistent oversight practices.
- Support the development of less experienced team members through coaching, knowledge sharing, and day-to-day guidance.
Requirements
- Strong compliance, operational risk, or regulatory reporting experience.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders, provide credible challenges, and drive positive risk outcomes.
- Capability to apply risk-based oversight in a technically complex and evolving regulatory environment.
- Ability to analyze regulatory requirements and apply them to complex business scenarios.
- Proven ability to provide credible challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and sound judgment.
- Ability to identify regulatory nuances, assess complex fact patterns, and ensure consistent application of requirements.
- Ability to mentor and develop less experienced team members.
- Ability to communicate complex topics clearly and concisely to senior management, governance forums, and regulators.
- Several years’ experience in financial services.
- Compliance and/or Operational Risk experience.
- Knowledge of EPMD-related requirements (e.g., share ownership disclosures, position monitoring) or other regulatory reporting regimes.
- Global Markets experience preferred.
Skills
- Interpret Laws, Rules and Regulations
- Stakeholder Management & Influence
- Critical Thinking & Decision Making
- Attention to Detail
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Global Risk Management experience
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Up to Director
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Benefits
- Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen.
- Competitive pension plan, life assurance, and group income protection cover.
- 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements.
- 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.
- Ability to change core benefits and select flexible benefits.
- Access to a well-being account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc.
- Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits.
- Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services.
- Access to the Peppy App for 1:1 support, consultations and resources.
- Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes, and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm.
- Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering.
About the Company
- At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.
- Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
- We are devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone.
- We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits.
- Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees.
- Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference.
- Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long-term success.
- Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religious or similar philosophical belief, political opinion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability.
- The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.
- We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.
