Trade and Working Capital Control Manager - Vice President

Join a high-impact controls team where you’ll help shape a proactive risk culture and safeguard our clients and franchise. You’ll lead with data, collaborate across functions, and see your impact at the highest levels of the organization.

As a Control Manager Vice President in Trade & Working Capital, you will lead the build-out of an enhanced, integrated control framework that enables continuous risk assessment and strengthens our control environment. You will champion real-time issue detection and escalation, partner closely with business and control stakeholders, and drive root-cause remediation that reduces financial, regulatory, and reputational risk. Your leadership will advance risk transparency, discipline, and sustainable change.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the design and build-out of an enhanced, integrated control framework that embeds risk management into daily operations.
• Drive continuous, top-down risk assessment and thematic analysis to identify emerging risks and control gaps.
• Oversee real-time control issue detection, timely escalation, and execution of sustainable remediation plans.
• Direct the end-to-end Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), including control break monitoring and resolution.
• Review, interpret, and action KRI/KPI data to inform risk decisions, prioritization, and program strategy.
• Conduct root-cause analyses and implement corrective actions with clear ownership, milestones, and metrics.
• Strengthen a proactive risk and control culture through effective change management and coaching.
• Partner across business, operations, legal, compliance, risk, audit, regulators, and technology control functions.
• Track and report on control breaks and remediation progress to reduce financial loss and regulatory exposure.
• Communicate risk insights, trends, and recommendations to senior stakeholders with clear, concise narratives.
• Ensure adherence to firm policies, control standards, and applicable regulatory expectations.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in banking operations, risk management, audit, quality assurance, or related risk and control functions.
• Business knowledge of Trade and Working Capital product offerings, including Core Trade, Supply Chain Finance, Structured Working Capital, and Export and Agency Finance.
• Demonstrated control mindset with ability to identify issues from discrete control failures to structural business gaps and design effective solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; detail oriented and able to learn and apply new information in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including data presentation, influence, and negotiation; able to establish and maintain credibility with senior management.
• Self-motivated decision-maker with leadership presence; able to challenge constructively and influence change.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with comfort presenting in senior forums within and outside the line of business.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience with enterprise risk and control platforms and tooling.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Familiarity with applying large language models to improve efficiency in risk and control workflows.
• Experience leading cross-functional, global risk and control initiatives.
• Strong organization, prioritization, and follow-through skills.
• Familiarity with KRI/KPI design, monitoring, and reporting practices.
• Domain experience in Payments or Trade & Working Capital environments.