Financial Crime - Market Abuse Risk & Controls Specialist- Manager

Job Description

In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients - working together to aid responsible recovery and growth. Working on iconic deals with national and global clients,we put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises - from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency. We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with ourclients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate. Restructuring & Forensics- Market Abuse TeamThe Market Abuse Team helps clients tackle current and evolving regulatory demands and help them implement and review solutions which enable them to meet challenges in the surveillance space including assisting them design risk assessments and business controls. Who we are looking forWe are currently looking for a manager with expertise in Front Office risk and controls in respect of the management of market abuse and market misconduct and how to perform a MAR risk assessment. The role responsibilities will include the following:

• Conducting a risk assessment to identify exposure and current mitigation in relation to market abuse and market conduct risks
• Establishment of control framework to assist management of market abuse and market misconduct risks
• Improving efficiencies within the operation of first line of defence control processes
• Design and implementation of a workflow management tool to assist in the execution of first line controls
• Development of a framework to assist in compliance with relevant industry standards and codes of conduct
• Market abuse surveillance implementation and calibration (e.g., detection scenarios, parameter setting and tuning)

• Providing practical insights on how supervisors discharge their responsibilities with respect to the Front Office risk and control framework
• Development of risk assessment methodology and procedures behind our market abuse and market misconduct offerings

Essential skills and experience

• Awareness of how financial institutions approach the management of risk, with a particular focus on the first line of defence
• Experience of working for,or with, front office risk and controls teams
• Knowledge of the operation of a broad risk management framework e.g., policies and procedures, governance, controls, surveillance, risk assessments
• Knowledge of different types of market abuse and market conduct risk
• Awareness of how risk can be effectively and efficiently mitigated and identification of levers to be used in doing so
• Demonstrable technical knowledge of specific wholesale banking products and asset classes
• Hands on experience of working within a Front Office Risk and Controls team, or who has experience of risk and/or business controls management within a first line of defence controls environment

The benefits of working in the PwC market abuse team:

• Working under the PwC empowered flexibility deal which Includes empowered day and hybrid working
• A highly competitive bonus and benefits package, with generous matched pension