Head of Americas Global Banking Business Risk Management

Your role

Are you passionate about operational risk and keen to understand how an Investment Bank manages it? Are you self‑motivated, driven, and able to lead workstreams to meet deadlines? Do you have the confidence to constructively challenge processes and provide innovative solutions?

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the first line non financial risk and supervisory framework across AMER Global Banking
• Act as a point of contact for risk, supervision and control matters, providing pragmatic, business aligned advice
• Oversee key non financial risk processes, including RCSAs, conflicts of interest and inducements registers, non financial risk events and issues, and remediation tracking
• Review and challenge risk and supervisory MI, escalating material issues and employee conduct incidents as appropriate
• Responsibility to lead local regulatory and audit exams, representing GB BRM
• Build strong relationships with Global Banking senior management and control partners, and present at relevant governance forums

Job Type

Full Time

Job Reference #

336686BR

City

New York

Your team

This role sits within the Investment Banking COO / Business Risk Management function, supporting the AMER Global Banking business. Global Banking covers the firm’s corporate advisory and capital markets activities, including M&A, Leveraged Finance / DCM, Corporate Lending and ECM. The role sits within a global BRM team reporting to the Head of Global Banking BRM, with scope to contribute to cross regional initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in Global Banking Compliance, Business Risk Management, COO or a related control role
• Understanding of non financial risk and supervision within Global Banking, including information barriers, Banking–Research interactions, cross border risks, conflicts / inducements, RCSAs, risk events and conduct matters
• Proven ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, exercising sound judgement
• People management experience, or readiness to step into broader leadership responsibility
• Analytical skills, including use of Excel (e.g. pivots / lookups)
• Ability to produce clear PowerPoint materials and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders
• Comfortable using AI enabled tools to support analysis and drafting, with a willingness to continue developing capability

Salary information

United States - New York - New York min USD 172500 - max USD 207500 /annum

Equal Employment Opportunity

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.