Santander Bank

VP – Business Controls - Conduct and Codes | SCIB | S3

Country: United Kingdom

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Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customised services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs.

In this critical role within in the Business Risk and Control team, you’ll be responsible for the oversight and operation of the Conduct Risk Framework in Santander London Branch.

You’ll oversee conduct risk management and industry code adherence alongside broader business controls whilst ensuring that ethical behaviour, regulatory compliance, and risk management are embedded in business processes and decisions. You’ll identify, assess, and mitigate conduct-related risks, safeguarding the interests of clients, employees, and stakeholders while upholding the bank’s reputation.

If you’ve performed a similar role previously, this could be the perfect opportunity to develop your career.

The difference you’ll make:

• Monitoring and analysing business activities to identify potential conduct risks, control gaps, emerging risks and operational weaknesses, such as conflicts of interest, unethical behaviour or market misconduct
• Developing tools and frameworks to assess conduct risks across divisions of the bank alongside broader adherence to codes and regulatory requirements
• Partnering with business leaders and infrastructure teams (e.g. Compliance, NFR, Audit) to proactively design and implement guidelines and procedures within 1LoD to manage and mitigate conduct risk effectively
• Working closely with internal teams to align conduct risk strategies and supporting engagement with external regulators and industry bodies to ensure the bank adheres to best practices
• Supporting governance forums and control committees, providing creditable challenge, data-driven insights and clear reporting on risk/control status, incidents and remediation progress
• Championing a culture of conduct integrity, and operational resilience, promoting awareness of front-office obligations under internal policies and external codes (e.g. FMSB, UK Money Market Code, Code of Conduct)

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Previous experience in operating a Conduct Risk Framework within an Investment Banking Markets, Sales and Trading environment
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the UK regulatory environment and the evolution of conduct risk management in wholesale markets
• Working knowledge of relevant conduct regulations such as UK MAR, SM&CR and FSMA, and industry codes of practice including FMSB, Global FX Code, UK Money Market code
• High ethical standards and commitment to integrity in all aspects of risk management

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management and communication skills
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and develop actionable insights
• Proficiency in risk management software, statistical analysis tools, and Microsoft Office Suite
• Relevant industry-recognised qualifications or equivalent

What else you need to know:

This role is based at our offices in Triton Square, London located within easy walking distance from Warren Street and Euston.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 3 days a week (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location. We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

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What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.