Group Director - Control Centre of Excellence Utility

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. LSEG is a systemically important part of the global financial system. It is the UK’s second largest financial services business by market capitalisation, and in the top 10 of the FTSE 100.

A major financial information provider, with extensive experience, deep knowledge, and worldwide presence across financial markets, LSEG enables businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. LSEG has contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.

Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and its open-access model – LSEG provides the flexibility, stability and trust that enable its customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in London, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The Group employs 26,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

The core values of the business are integrity, partnership, excellence, and change.

LSEG has demonstrated its successful strategy as shown in its strong financial performance. Post the Refinitiv acquisition, LSEG has shifted from a period of integration to transformation. The Group is a proven innovator with its market leading strategic partnership with Microsoft enabling next-gen data, analytics and cloud infrastructure solutions.

LSEG operates across the following divisions:

Data & Analytics: delivering data-driven insights, workflow and products to customers simply and flexibly so they can make better-informed decisions.

FTSE Russell: delivering category-defining indices across asset classes and investment objectives to create new possibilities for the global investment community.

Risk Intelligence: providing a comprehensive suite of screening, due diligence, verification and onboarding solutions, helping customers protect their businesses from a wide range of threats.

Markets: supporting customers across the end-to-end capital markets workflow, providing them with access to liquidity across multiple asset classes and regions; supporting their clearing and reporting obligations; and providing risk and balance sheet solutions.

LSEG is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Risk and Control Leader to establish and manage a Control Centre of Excellence (CoE) utility. This role is pivotal in providing a 1st Line of Defence capability that leverages best practices, sets control standards, assists control owners in designing and implementing effective and sustainable controls, operates controls when insourced, and tests/assures control design and operating effectiveness to provide management assurance. The goal of the CoE is to provide LSEG with a strategic capability that delivers a consistent, repeatable, and efficient service to help control owners maintain an effective control environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and operate a comprehensive Control CoE utility to strengthen and enable an effective control environment through advisory and assurance services.
• Help set risk and control standards and operate the Controls CoE in accordance with standards and industry best practices.
• Implement processes and tools to effectively deliver a customer-centric solution.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of control operators, control assurers, and control engineers that:
• Partner with the 1LOD in developing remediation plans for any design gaps or control deficiencies and support in assessing the impact of any control deficiency.
• Support the annual scoping and risk assessment exercise.
• Support external audits around control assurance efforts and collaborate with the 2nd Line and 3rd Line of Defence on key initiatives and ongoing assurance efforts.
• Contribute to designing controls, providing guidance on controls, and offering control framework feedback.
• Implement peer-based quality assurance practices to ensure assurance practices meet the right standard of performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including Control Owners, Risk Managers, and Senior Management, to ensure alignment and effectiveness of controls.
• Provide assurance that forms the basis for corporate governance and management assurance.
• Offer expert guidance in conducting assessments, identifying areas of improvement, and providing recommendations for remediation.
• Support the 1LOD on risk matters impacting the strategic objectives of the business.
• Promote and enable a proactive risk culture, including the provision of risk education and training sessions.
• Assist control owners in the design and implementation of controls.
• Operate controls and ensure their effectiveness for controls insourced to the utility.
• Perform tests of design and effectiveness of in-scope controls to provide management assurance.
• Design and deliver workshops and training focused on enhancing risk and controls understanding across the 1st Line of Defence (1LOD).
• Identify opportunities to enhance the control environment through automation or by eliminating non-value-added activities.

Required Qualifications And Skills:

• Proven experience in a senior leadership role within a control environment.
• Extensive knowledge of control standards and practices.
• Strong background in designing, implementing, and operating controls.
• 15+ years of experience in testing and assuring control effectiveness.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence Control Owners, Risk Managers, and Senior Management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Relevant certifications in risk management or control assurance.

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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