Trading Controls Manager – Financial Markets

Location: London, UK; hybrid working requires at least two days per week or 40% of working time at an office site

Salary: £95,000–£110,000 per year, dependent on experience

Company

hirify.global is a major UK banking organisation focused on financial services, with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion.

What you will do

• Operate and continuously enhance the Trading Control Framework across Financial Markets businesses, aligning it with regulatory standards and internal policies.
• Identify and assess risks across trading product workflows, settlement processes, and internal and external trading platforms.
• Deliver trading supervisory activity and provide review and constructive challenge to Front Office colleagues.
• Drive remediation into sustainable BAU while strengthening control design, automation, and operational resilience.
• Develop Trading Control MI, including risk reporting, dashboards, trend analysis, and threshold calibration.
• Advise on new products and initiatives, escalate material issues, and partner with Trading, Sales, Markets Operations, Compliance, and Technology.

Requirements

• Strong Financial Markets experience and product knowledge, including a deep understanding of trading controls, related risks, and operational risk frameworks.
• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle and associated risks across front-to-back functions.
• Experience identifying control weaknesses, performing root cause analysis, and driving remediation and continuous improvement.
• Strong data and analytical capability, including experience developing risk reporting and management information.
• Experience implementing automated and preventative controls.
• Confidence providing constructive challenge and influencing senior stakeholders while balancing competing priorities.
• Strong knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and industry standards within a Financial Markets environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment with a hybrid working pattern.
• Up to 15% pension contribution, annual performance-related bonus, and share schemes including free shares.
• 30 days of holiday plus bank holidays, adaptable lifestyle benefits, wellbeing initiatives, and parental leave policies.
• Workplace adjustments are available for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location, and working patterns.
• Support for diversity, equity and inclusion, learning and development, and a fair recruitment process through the Disability Confident Scheme.